You know those girls who frequent the gym in cute spandex outfits, striding on the elliptical machine while reading Self magazine and sipping Diet Coke? What a ridiculous sight. I’d never be caught dead doing that, except when I did exactly that every day for eight years. (Self magazine had…
Welp, we did it. Starting October 1st, we got on our very own health insurance plans for the very first time ever. Before this point, we’ve always had an employer offering us plans and subsidizing the costs. But now that we’re 100% self-employed, we’re 100% in charge of our own…
As we dive headfirst into the unchartered waters of self-employment (surprise!… we’ll be talking more about this soon), we find ourselves faced with a few new financial considerations. Some aspects of our budget that were dictated by our various employers are now 100% dictated by us. For example, when our contract…
One of the big question marks with our move out to New York City was how our health insurance would change — and how it would affect our budget. Because our insurance in Utah was with a regional company, it couldn’t come with us to NYC. So we found ourselves…
Welp, it’s that time. Johnny and I are choosing new health insurance. For multiple reasons — okay, mostly because of the Affordable Care Act — our current health insurance has gone up in price and is now too expensive, and so Johnny’s company is dropping it and opting for different…