I just saw yesterday that one of my favorite bands is playing nearby this summer with a 3PM start time!
Then I saw there are 6 bands in the lineup and they don't even tell me what order they are playing in. I don't want to watch 6 bands in a row, 2 or 3 is plenty, then let me go to bed at a reasonable hour.
Another vote for Freetaxusa. TurboTax might be marginally easier to use, but it is far more expensive and Intuit is a horrible company. If you hate filing taxes (because of the complexity), that is because Intuit and H&R Block lobby congress to keep things complicated so they can sell you their products.
I use a budget app for tracking income and spending on a transaction basis and then keep the rest of my finances in spreadsheets.
I adore Navajo Tacos! Ironically, they are a post colonial invention that was the result of the US forcing the Navajo into concentration camps and issuing them rations of flour, sugar, and lard. The Navajo people invented fry bread with their limited ingredients, which became the base for many other foods later on.
https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/how-to-survive-midlife-blues
Depending on how old you are, you might just be hitting the normal midlife low point. It hit me hard in my late 30s and I spent a lot of time reading about it once I found out it was typical. I think a lot of it has to do with the rate at which you're experiencing milestones and life changes. It feels like you are constantly progressing in your life up to your 20s or 30s and then the time scale suddenly shifts. Things take much longer to advance - saving enough for a house or retirement, that next promotion (assuming you even want one), major family changes, etc.
Understanding that helped me recover somewhat, though it still took a couple of years. I'm still in that lull, trying to figure out what I really even want to do next, but I don't feel sad about it anymore. I don't know if this applies to your situation, but I found it really helpful to learn about it.
Like a leveraged buyout, I love it! Borrow all the money, give the debt to the acquired entity, let it pay itself off.
I've never asked for time off, only informed my boss that I will be off. I have only had push back twice. Once, when I was in high school my boss said I couldn't, so I quit on the spot (nothing to lose in a minimum wage job when my parents were still supporting me). A few years later, a shift lead (who was not technically my boss) challenged me, I told him I wasn't asking for the day off, I was providing advance notice that I would not be there that day.
The irony is that I now manage people who have an attendance policy. I try to make sure people have plenty of opportunity to plan time off so they don't have to call out. They're going to take the time either way, I may as well know in advance.
That sounds awesome! I definitely vote for clean, refrigerated eggs.
I like to keep things simple and don't use any separator at all for time.
New users? We should ask the German communities to do the sturgeon thing again, that was fun!
If your main concern is the US currency or just wanting your money to be out of US-based assets, I believe Interactive Brokers provides a lot of flexibility to move your money between assets and currencies. You're still going to pay taxes and be subject to all US laws.
If your concern is US involvement in your personal financial affairs...good luck. The US has tremendous influence over the global financial system and no legitimate foreign organization is going to work with you unless you have substantial assets. The few countries that do not respect US influence are not particularly trustworthy and trying to do business with them will put you at significant legal risk.
You could also try converting to physical gold, but the US has confiscated gold before, so that's not a sure bet.
I just tell Boone to catch up when he's done playing with the cazador and very casually run the other direction as fast as possible...for exercise.