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Finance Check-In (11P.M.)
Dear Conscience, It is 11pm, my last check-in with you today. I haven’t done great. I did some minor tasks that needed to get done, but I didn’t do any substantial work today. I did take some time to take a step back over the root cause of all this anxiety spiral: my finances. I Continue reading
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Finances
Dear Conscience, Tuesday is here, and so is the theme of Finances. What’s up? This is probably the most anxiety-inducing topic in recent years. And not because I’m broke (I don’t feel broke in day to day life), but rather because I’m not on a sustainable path towards retirement. I’m turning 40 next year, and Continue reading
About Me
I got my first nickname when I was 4 years old. It was “bakitza”, which means ‘an old lady’. I’ve always been an old lady on the inside. And as I progress towards being an old lady on the outside too, I want to take control of this journey. To reach the full fledged bakitza level with a peace of mind I always associated with that life stage. I thought it would come on it’s own with age. But now I realize that I have to take control over the mess that my life currently is in order to be a thoroughly satisfied bakitza one day.
Becoming Bakitza 