How would you like to grow your career (and work towards earning more money) while also using your skills to help others? Well, then I have something for you! Today we're going to talk about the advantages volunteering can have on your career. More specifically, we'll detail how volunteering can assist in two of the seven steps to growing your career: helping … [Read more...]
How ESI Money Readers are Giving and Volunteering
As you know, I'm a big fan of giving both time and money to help those who are less advantaged. I have my own favorite charities, like anyone else, but I don't advocate that you give to them -- unless you like them. Instead, pick charities near and dear to your heart and support those organizations. I received several notes about giving after I launched my Salvation … [Read more...]
The Case for Giving on the Road to Financial Independence
In September 2018 I sat in the audience of FinCon, the financial media conference, and watched an interview with Pete from Mr. Money Moustache. He's a very interesting character, quite down-to-earth and prone to saying things so full of common sense that you have to laugh because no one has said them before. Towards the end the audience was invited to approach a … [Read more...]
Help Me Give Away $50k
Almost 15 years ago now, I started my first personal finance blog. One key feature of that site was that I gave away 100% of the profits. At first it was no big deal as the site didn't earn much. Then I had a couple great years and the charitable contributions shot up! One of the programs I created to get readers into the giving spirit was a matching gift challenge … [Read more...]
The Advantages of Using a Donor-Advised Fund
I've talked about giving several times on ESI Money. It's been an important part of our lives, and since this site is about what we did to become financially independent and retire early, it makes sense that giving is covered like the other issues. To be more specific, even while we were saving for financial independence, we were also donating 26% of our gross income to … [Read more...]
