HeyJaredFirst Gen Money
Writing about life in my 30s (pursuing financial independence in a HCOL area, preparing for my first child, and navigating life as the household breadwinner). Being a first gen Latina shapes how I see money, work, and the world.
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On becoming a working mom (opens the original)
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Sat on our porch yesterday morning with blueberry pancakes and eggs, Baby R joined us after her first cat nap of the day and I fed her slowly while we sat listening to the rain falling on our roof. ‘This is what Sundays are for’ I thought to myself.Last week Ari went back to work, in-person at the school five days a week and this coming week, it’s my turn. I’ll be going back three days a week for the first time since January. I used to ask myself how are parents doing this? when do they see thei
On maternity leave coming to an end (opens the original)
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“Has it rained all summer?” I asked Ari from the same lagoon colored West Elm couch we’ve spent too many hours to count in the last 17 weeks. Maybe it was the clouds that turned our otherwise bright living room into a sad grey, or maybe I was the cloud in a sad grey mood.Subscribe for honest reflections on money, motherhood, and the economics of raising Baby R.<input class="email-input" name="email" tabindex="-1" typ
They could have been my father (opens the original)
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Lorenzo Salgado Araujo could be my father. Joan Sebastian Guerrero could be my father. They were someone’s father. They were also their individual human beings, with their own unique hopes and dreams. Hopes and dreams that landed them in Texas and Maine. Hoping that they could provide a better life for themselves, their children, and family they left behind. But instead they were robbed of their life, killed by a government agency supported by our tax dollars. By their tax dollars.When their fam
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