It looks like half of my income/career is about to disappear. For the past few years, half of my income has come from the corporate training business that I own, and half has come from teaching at the local community college. The community college gig has been my rock, with the training business fluctuating...

Three years ago, I started my own business. I decided to be a corporate language and speech trainer; I got certification in my area, did some market research, rented an office and hung out my shingle. I knew that I wouldn't be able to earn an entire living from this work immediately, so I hung on...

It was in February of 2008 that I decided to change my relationship with money. I was sick of living week to week, always being scrambling to pay bills, being in debt and being generally stressed over money. I bartered with a life coach for a couple of sessions, but quickly realized I didn't need...

The past few months have been pretty tumultuous. I'm no longer selling my house. The main reason I was doing it was to move in with my boyfriend, and we both realized it wasn't a good idea for many, many reasons. Although the economic benefits for me would have been great on a short-term basis...

Well, I've decided to sell the house and all the stuff. I'm going to move in with my boyfriend on a "roommate" basis. I'll have my own room, my own space, and just split the bills with him. If it doesn't work out, I'll have enough in savings from the sale of the house to...

I moved into my dream house almost seven years ago -- it's a four-storey Victorian row house with marble fireplaces, pocket doors, mahogany banisters... it's gorgeous! It needed a lot of work, and I have it about half-renovated. Brand-new kitchen, gorgeous historic wallpaper, stripped wood-work...

I was listening to NPR while cooking dinner (as is my wont) and was getting really anxious about the economy and the future. But then I looked around me and saw many things to be thankful for. I love my kitchen, it's the heart of my house. And while I'd really like a shiny stainless-steel mandoline...

Well, I just got paid from a corporate client for my training business. Phew. I have had no income for about a month, and have been really stretching my pennies and living off savings (but NOT living off credit, for the first time in the past 20 years or so when in this situation -- why do I always get...

I have two main sources of income -- part-time (adjunct) language teaching at my community college, and 3/4 time language training that's my own business (sole proprietor). I know how much I earn each year teaching at the college (the scandalous $13,200 for teaching three courses per semester --...

Welcome to my blog, Yankee 2.0. I'm a New Englander trying to get back in touch with my Yankee roots of thrift and common sense, and trying to resist the lure of modern consumer culture. I'll be blogging about my financial goals (paying off all my debt in order to get "off the grid"...