Katie

Knows. that this is a very impractical aesthetic choice. It is extremely time and capital intensive to have salon quality blonde hair. It requires a lot of upkeep. I had friends in college who dyed their hair blonde who were in a salon every seven weeks getting their roots touched up for hundreds of dollars.

Knows. that this is a very impractical aesthetic choice. It is extremely time and capital intensive to have salon quality blonde hair. It requires a lot of upkeep. I had friends in college who dyed their hair blonde who were in a salon every seven weeks getting their roots touched up for hundreds of dollars.

So when you get highlights, as I have for many years, what you are really signaling, whether you realize it or not, is what you actually possess in absence of blonde hair, which is time and money. Now, this is how all modern beauty standards work. So it's not like blonde hair, the only place that we see this.

So when you get highlights, as I have for many years, what you are really signaling, whether you realize it or not, is what you actually possess in absence of blonde hair, which is time and money. Now, this is how all modern beauty standards work. So it's not like blonde hair, the only place that we see this.

So when you get highlights, as I have for many years, what you are really signaling, whether you realize it or not, is what you actually possess in absence of blonde hair, which is time and money. Now, this is how all modern beauty standards work. So it's not like blonde hair, the only place that we see this.

You can think about any popular trend and you can pretty much trace it back to these same factors. But it's a particularly pernicious one just because of how time and capital intensive it is. And so I find it to be quite an interesting example. And I made it kind of a focus in that chapter for that reason.

You can think about any popular trend and you can pretty much trace it back to these same factors. But it's a particularly pernicious one just because of how time and capital intensive it is. And so I find it to be quite an interesting example. And I made it kind of a focus in that chapter for that reason.

You can think about any popular trend and you can pretty much trace it back to these same factors. But it's a particularly pernicious one just because of how time and capital intensive it is. And so I find it to be quite an interesting example. And I made it kind of a focus in that chapter for that reason.

Totally. So let's start soothing first. If that is a feeling that you are experiencing, good news, you are the perfect candidate for getting really serious about your finances.

Totally. So let's start soothing first. If that is a feeling that you are experiencing, good news, you are the perfect candidate for getting really serious about your finances.

Totally. So let's start soothing first. If that is a feeling that you are experiencing, good news, you are the perfect candidate for getting really serious about your finances.

I remember the moment where I had that realization where I liked my job, I liked my coworkers, I liked my company, but I felt absolutely trapped in that two-week cycle of working for a paycheck and coming to the end of every cycle and being like, What do I have to show for that? I just spent 80 hours working. They gave me my paycheck. I spent it all. And now I'm back to square one.

I remember the moment where I had that realization where I liked my job, I liked my coworkers, I liked my company, but I felt absolutely trapped in that two-week cycle of working for a paycheck and coming to the end of every cycle and being like, What do I have to show for that? I just spent 80 hours working. They gave me my paycheck. I spent it all. And now I'm back to square one.

I remember the moment where I had that realization where I liked my job, I liked my coworkers, I liked my company, but I felt absolutely trapped in that two-week cycle of working for a paycheck and coming to the end of every cycle and being like, What do I have to show for that? I just spent 80 hours working. They gave me my paycheck. I spent it all. And now I'm back to square one.

That was an incredibly claustrophobic experience and realization. And what ended up happening is that story. spurred me to go become interested in personal finance because I thought there has to be another way. There has to be another path. I discovered the financial independence, retire early movement through that soul searching. And here we are.

That was an incredibly claustrophobic experience and realization. And what ended up happening is that story. spurred me to go become interested in personal finance because I thought there has to be another way. There has to be another path. I discovered the financial independence, retire early movement through that soul searching. And here we are.

That was an incredibly claustrophobic experience and realization. And what ended up happening is that story. spurred me to go become interested in personal finance because I thought there has to be another way. There has to be another path. I discovered the financial independence, retire early movement through that soul searching. And here we are.

So I think if you are feeling that way, the good news is that rejiggering your financial life can be a step toward more optionality, more freedom. So you can really take chances with your career and pursue things that you're actually interested in. So I would say, as much as you can, embrace that mantra of life is a video game. And at any moment, you can be like, this isn't what I want to do.

So I think if you are feeling that way, the good news is that rejiggering your financial life can be a step toward more optionality, more freedom. So you can really take chances with your career and pursue things that you're actually interested in. So I would say, as much as you can, embrace that mantra of life is a video game. And at any moment, you can be like, this isn't what I want to do.

So I think if you are feeling that way, the good news is that rejiggering your financial life can be a step toward more optionality, more freedom. So you can really take chances with your career and pursue things that you're actually interested in. So I would say, as much as you can, embrace that mantra of life is a video game. And at any moment, you can be like, this isn't what I want to do.