January
- Hung my real estate license with Corcoran Icon Properties!
- Laid off from Carta
- Started taking Construction Management classes at CCSF
February / March
- Ran a half marathon PR
- Went to Adele’s concert in Vegas
- Bought my first car!!!
A few months after being laid off, I took up a new job as an Assistant Project Manager at a construction subcontractor company. It was what I had been working towards, after taking a semester of Construction Management classes. I was given the opportunity to jump right in, after a quick pivot from my tech career.
A few months ago, I was laid off as a software engineer at a fintech company. Ten percent of the company got let go, and my team was heavily affected. After I got over the shock of what happened, I had to maneuver the reality of the loss of routine. Suddenly I had all day to do whatever I pleased and at first, that was overwhelming. But quickly my days filled up with running, meeting friends, hanging out with my family, and finally choosing a brokerage to hang my real estate license with.
Since coming back from Kenya, many of my friends have asked me, “How was your trip? How was Kenya?”
“It was good,” I reply.
I mean where do I start? There is so much depth to that question that I cannot distill it into a simple sentence or two. Sure, the safari was amazing, the motorcycle tour riveting as we descended into the Rift Valley, and the visit to the school enlightening. But these surface-level activities are not what I’ll remember this trip by. It is the invisible soul-touching aspects that have captured my heart.
I began my FIRE journey when I was 18 years old. I started with stock investing, then a friend introduced me to Wealthfront’s robo-advising, and I quickly invested my hard-earned summer internship money into a Roth IRA. My interest in personal finance blossomed, and I worked on developing a sound financial mindset from there. It wasn’t until I started working full-time that I had the means to make strides in my wealth accumulation.
Originally I had planned to post this around my birthday, back in November. As that passed, I targeted this for the New Year… and now it’s mid-April. Nevertheless, here it is.
The myth is that introverts aren’t good at socializing.
The truth is we just don’t want to talk to you.
Hi! I’m back with a short and sweet recap of the last 6 months of my life.
For each, I plan to dig into more detail in the future, but that’s all for now! Thank you for being patient and staying interested in what I’m up to (the few of you!).
I have been searching for the perfect brownie recipe since I first started baking, and this is THE ONE. In the past, I’ve struggled with cakey dry brownies, brownies that lacked a rich chocolatey flavor, crispy brownies… you name it, I’ve baked it. I almost gave up on making them because they were so variable every time. But alas, the craving for chocolatey goodness hit me again, and I gave it another shot. And thank goodness I did!! This batch came out perfect – crackly top, melt-in-your-mouth soft, full-bodied chocolatey fudgy goodness.
My name is Sally and I live in San Francisco, born and raised. I like to think, read, run, bake, knit, write, and create. So this is my corner of the internet where that all happens. Peruse my thoughts or learn more about me here.