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COVID-19 has accelerated the move to working from home. And WFH has become a permanent reality for many Bay Area companies, including Twitter and Coinbase. Escaping the Bay Area or California [...]

Income taxes are one of your largest expenses. But it’s easy to ignore income taxes. They’re automatically withheld from your paychecks. Then you file your tax return in the spring, and you [...]

Edited 6/2/2020 and 6/4/2020: if you’re angry/disturbed/depressed by racial injustices like George Floyd’s murder, there are many ways you can help. Here’s a short list of [...]

You’ve probably seen sobering headlines about healthcare workers rushing to finalize their wills and other estate planning documents. Even if you’re not on the front lines of the crisis, anyone [...]

If you have a lot of company stock, the past several weeks have been a roller coaster ride. Against the backdrop of the COVID-19 epidemic, we experienced the sharpest and fastest bear market in [...]

In normal times, early April means hunting down your W-2 and other forms, and slogging through TurboTax. Because of the COVID-19 crisis, however, you have an extra three months to file your [...]

As a small business owner, I feel for the personal service providers whose businesses were suddenly forced to close during the shelter-in-place orders. These small business owners include your [...]

COVID-19 cases continue to climb in the US. California and New York are now under shelter-in-place orders. Bay Area and Seattle companies are requiring that people work from home for the month of [...]

Earlier this year, I posted about mindfulness and your financial and overall health. I’ve compiled those posts on the principles of mindfulness, and tips on managing burnout, and mindful [...]

Have you discussed marriage with your partner? Paying for the wedding might be your biggest worry: booking the venue, shopping for a dress/tuxedo, organizing the honeymoon…A pre-nup is probably [...]