*Newly updated money goals for 2020!* Is getting your shit together with money one of your new year’s resolutions? You know you need to start #adulting, but may not know where to start. So I reached out to the top personal finance bloggers to get their suggestions of what money goals should make it on […]
5 questions to ask yourself if you’re feeling unhappy with your life
Sometimes, we wake up and realize that the path we’ve been going down isn’t the right one for us. I remember, when I graduated college and realized that the degree that I spent 4.5 years getting and now working as an Accountant in, wasn’t for me. I started dreading going to work and feeling this […]
Saying Goodbye To Patrick- Heartfelt advice for anyone losing their pet
Editors Note: I wrote this days after saying goodbye to Patrick as a way for me to process, cope, and rationalize what happened. It has not been proofread, and there are probably still typos. It just hurts to read through this again, so I hope you’ll overlook that. When I was 19, I found an […]
Your Financial Privilege is Showing
Not gonna lie- I’m irritated. I’ve been seeing lot of personal finance messages that tells us to: Live a little Buy the daily latte it won’t make a difference Don’t give up eating out- it won’t move the needle The message is empowering for some and truly detrimental for others. Where the “treat yo’ self” […]
How to save big on pet care: Guest Post
WHITNEY’S NOTE: This is a guest post from my pal Sarah Wilson, Budget Girl. Not only is Sarah a total badass who paid off $33,000 within 3 years, she did this on a $26,000/year salary as a reporter. She’s also a wildly popular YouTuber AND dog lover. As many of you know, I have a […]
Top 9 Back-to-School Money Saving Tips
Editors Note: This post is by Lindsay Nichols. I LOVED learning her tips and tricks for saving on back to school. I have a love/hate relationship with the month of August. I love the dog days of summer – enjoying family time with the kids, the smell of freshly cut grass, swimming under the hot […]
How To Flip Furniture + Bring in an Extra $500 Per Month
*You’re going to want to bookmark this and refer to it again later. It’s by far the most detailed and comprehensive free guide I’ve ever seen on flipping furniture. I love testing side hustles. And for a lot of people, an extra $500 per month is life changing. Considering 60% of Americans couldn’t cover a […]
KISS: How to simplify your financial life
Hey guys, news flash: you can’t spend more money than you make. It seems so simple, doesn’t it? But for some reason, overspending is something that many people struggle with. Has society taught us that we can have whatever we want, even if we can’t afford it? If you spend more money than you make, […]
CREDIT PART 2: What NOT to do when you are trying to improve your credit score
Hey there credit-inquisitors! This series of posts is designed for you to learn all you can about credit. By now, I hope you have read the first post “What does your credit score mean and what can you do to improve it?” which teaches you why you should care about your credit score and outlines […]
CREDIT PART 1: What does your credit score mean and what can you do to improve it?
You probably know that there’s a mysterious number tied to your identity called your credit score. I say it’s mysterious because like most people, you probably aren’t sure exactly how it was determined, what it means, if it’s important, or what you can to do make it better (and why you want to)! When it […]