🔥🐎 The year of the Fire Horse is GOING! 🔥🐎
2026 Mid-Year Check-In
Personal Updates
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I travelled for 31 days from May 2, 2026 to June 2, 2026.
- PDX > SEA > TPE > SIN — 7,120 NM
- SIN > KUL — 160 NM
- KUL > MEL — 3410 NM
- MEL > KUL > CDG — 9,048 NM
- CDG > KEF — 1,210 NM
- KEF > PDX — 3,238 NM
That was a total of 24,186 Nautical Miles, probably enough carbon emissions to last me the rest of my life, and equated to 60 hours of airport time. I would like to not be on an airplane for a very long time. 🫠
31 Days of Travel! · Jan 7, 2022 – Jun 1, 2026 📸
I made an album to share with you, take a look and leave me a comment! 💟
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I also moved! As of July 8, 2026, I officially live in the Kerns neighborhood off 29th and Davis. If you had told me I would be moving again two years ago, I would laugh in your face. But life has taken new and exciting turns for me, and I’m really excited for this next chapter in my life.
I’m still in the City so hollar atcha girl if you want to connect in person!
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My personal values on money, investment and retirement have changed.
I’m part of a 10-month book club with Toi Marie called Uprooting Capitalism and it’s completely changed my perspective on money, investing, and how I envision the world we live in.
- Did you know that 401(k)s were created in the 80’s as a social experiment? The IRS moved away from pensions (guaranteed future payments) to investing our retirement funds.
- I don’t believe in modern investing because of the extractive and exploitative nature of profit. I am currently contributing to my SEP IRA (pre-tax dollars = business deductions) and I am leaving the funds in the account to bear very small interest.
- Investing is gambling, and it’s a bet that I will not take, especially at what it costs us living on this Earth.
- I am growing my savings account to help fund my life as well as my beloveds’ lives and to have accessible funds in case of emergency that is not penalized when withdrawn on.
- Did you know that Jeff Bezos has paid himself $80,000 since 1998 but has had Amazon reimburse him for use of his personal assets for hundreds of thousands of dollars (probably in the millions at this point)?
My values continue to stay the same but the practical vision of building a future that includes all of us has solidified into something I couldn’t have guessed. I want my community to:
- Have the funds to live an abundant life
- Release shame and dehumanizing values that capitalism has cast upon us
- Share resources in a way that cares for all of us
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New Service Offerings
Breath and Taxes LLC
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Financial Coaching
The service offering I’m most excited about, I’m offering sliding scale financial coaching. We’ll explore the following:
- Your history and relationship with money
- What money means to you
- How aligned your values are to your relationship with money
- Build budgets, goals, action plans
My intention with this launch: provide an open, vulnerable, and honest space to talk about money. We can start where you are, go where you want to go, and explore what it means to align your values with how you spend money.
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Tax Planning and Consulting
This link has been updated for 15-minute increments into a single scheduling link.
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S-Corp Check-In
A flat $65 fee for S-Corp business owners to check-in with me. Schedule as many or as few as you’d like!
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Withholdings Review
For my employed people, let’s review your withholdings to make sure you’re not paying the government more money! This flat $15 fee will be included in your next tax return.
Adjusting your withholdings will do the following:
- Result in owing the IRS money -- This means that more money is deposited into your bank account instead of into theirs. That money can be earning you interest instead of sitting interest-free in the IRS bank account.
- Help pay off other liabilities -- If you live in Portland, you might owe Metro and Multnomah taxes. Adjusting your withholdings can help reduce that liability and potential underpayment penalties.
- Educate you on filing statuses and how they work
- Spark a discussion on budgeting -- These adjustments affect your overall personal financial picture. Maybe these adjustments will ignite some curiosity and change that you seek in your own financial journey!
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