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To those who have had a rough week, here is Pico looking especially handsome. 🥰 [image: tiny black and tan dog with tall ears looking at the camera]

Tuesday night at 8 pm ET/7 pm CT/6 pm MT/5 pm PT! Join me and one of my favorite humans, Amanda Holden @dumpster.doggy, to talk about Wallet Activism virtually at @oldfirehousebooks. This is my LAST event focused on the book, so don’t miss out. Link in stories! #walletactivism [image: graphic with info from this caption and pictures of Tanja and Amanda.]

Join me for a free virtual event this week to talk about Wallet Activism! Wednesday, January 12, 7 PM ET/4 PM PT @booksandbooks with @miamiclimatealliance | Thursday, January 13, 8 PM ET/6 PM MT/5 PM PT @bookbardenver |

New on the blog today: Seven New Year’s resolutions that benefit the planet and other people — and your wallet, too. Go to OurNextLife.com to read! (Link in stories, too.) [image: screenshot from the blog showing our next life blog header, a photo of fog in the snowy mountains, and the headline captioned here.]

A print so big I don’t fit into the frame. 😂 Thank you to the incredible team at @benbellabooks for this fantastic memento for #WalletActivism. 🥰 #bookstagram #author #authorsofinstagram #coverart [image: 1/3 of my face next to a framed canvas print of the Wallet Activism cover.]

I purposely did not use the term “Latinx” in Wallet Activism because of ample research showing that most people who identify as Latino/Latina or Hispanic do NOT identify as Latinx (or often even know the term). And here’s more to back that up: Ruben Gallego saying he doesn’t let his staff use it in their official comms, and a new poll showing use of Latinx is hurting Democrats. I thought about using Latine, as @michellekimkim does beautifully in The Wake Up, but opted not to as it is also not widely known. The big lesson: don’t assume a term is best or most inclusive just because you see other progressives using it. Another example: trans women have told me that “womxn” makes them feel excluded, not included, because it signals that they require a special term instead of just being considered women. I explained my choice of every debated term in Wallet Activism in the notes so you can read my rationale and form your own opinion! #walletactivism #latinx #latine #womxn #inclusivelanguage #inclusivity [image: tweets by Ruben Gallego and Fernand Amandi paraphrased in my caption]

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Best New Personal Finance Book and Community Builder 2019

Best New Personal Finance Book and Community Builder 2019

Blog of the Year 2018

Our Next Life, winner of Blog of the Year at the 2018 9th Annual Plutus Awards

Best FI/FIRE Blog 2017

8th Annual Plutus Awards Finalist

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