Hi friend, Iโm Paco!
I started writing here in 2016 to share what Iโd learned while working in various financial services jobs. You can read a little more about my origin story on the home page, but since you clicked my about page, Iโm guessing you want to learn more about ME.
Here we go!
My day job is running a bookkeeping agency. We serve production companies and creative agencies. In addition to running my agency, Iโve been lucky to work on projects that are both interesting and important to me.
A few of my favorite projects that Iโm proud to be a part of:
Host to a podcast called Weird Finance on IHeartRadio.
Contributor to a monthly advice column on Refinery 29. Itโs a space where we can take a deep breath and figure out what the post-COVID economy means for our finances.
Co-founded a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization called Allies in Arts because making contributions to the artist community is pretty much like, my whole thing. Our organizationโs mission is to support artists who identify as womxn, BIPOC, and LGBTQQIA2S โ all of whom are underrepresented individuals in creative industries.
What Our Work Can Do For You
Our work is an exploration of ideas.
From what it means to have a good relationship with money in an uncertain, unequal world to what it means to have economic dignity in the modern, creative economy. We care deeply about finding and sharing the ways that creative people can exercise more agency in their financial lives.
Here are some of our beliefs and topics you will read about here:
Why being wealthy does not have to mean compromising your ethics and values
How investing is unethical, but is important to do it anyway
Changing your relationship with money starts by first examining your thoughts, beliefs, biases, and emotions around money
You canโt change your relationship with money until you acknowledge the role these have played on your views and beliefs on money
Finding your agency at any moment, despite existing within an unequal economic system
Everyoneโs view of money is a window into their socioeconomic circumstances, generational beliefs, culture, societal messaging, and lived experiences
Focusing on what matters while appreciating the journey
Learning about your emotions around money can help you shift your ideas about earning, spending, saving, and investing
We definitely donโt have all the answers to all our financial problems, but weโre interested in exploring and sharing ideas on how we can make financial decisions that are informed by both rationality and our emotions.
As much as our work is about money and how it works in the world, our work is really about personal power in a world that is hell bent on keeping so many folks powerless. As we come into our power, we realize our agency. Itโs not just our own lives we impact. Everything is connected.
So the feelings you have about money and your financial life aren't something that you can compartmentalize. You carry those feelings with you into your relationships and your everyday life. It bleeds into all the parts of your life and impacts how you feel about yourself.
How you feel impacts the choices you make. And all the choices you make, inform your experience, they impact what you're able to do, and who you will allow yourself to be.
Let's keep in touch!
If youโd like to hear from me on a regular basis, I also publish a weekly newsletter called the Nerdletter. Every week, I break down what Iโm thinking about and how that impacts how we think about money in our lives. 14,000+ other readers seem to enjoy it.
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