If there’s one thing they don’t teach you in college it’s how to manage your money. In fact, most college grads walk in their cap and gowns already owing about $20,000 or more in student loans. Add that to a couple of thousand they probably owe on their credit card and they’ve got some serious [...] Read more »
3 Tips for Traveling Without Breaking the Bank
If there is one thing I have learned since I started traveling on my own a few years ago it’s that I am damn good at being resourceful. Granted, I have always worked for my trips (except Europe because that was a graduation present), but even if we’ve worked for it many times we find [...] Read more »
2011 Money Goals for Gen Y
In preparation for today’s post I made a simple Google search for “Gen Y Money”. You know, to get a feel for what people are writing about us. Boy, are we a popular topic of discussion! Headlines like Why Gen Y is Broke, Why Gen Y Might Never Retire, and Gen Y’s Money Woes are [...] Read more »
Taking the Red Pill: 5 Steps for Taking Control of Your Finances
This is a guest post from a fabulous 20-something finance blogger who writes under the name Money Rabbit. Money Rabbit is a 23 year old personal finance blogger currently living in Toronto, Ontario. She likes investing, saving for travel, and long walks on the beach. MoneyRabbit.ca was started as a form of cataloguing her journey [...] Read more »
Managing Your Finances 101, a job update, and more free templates
Image via mynameisharsha A couple of days ago I told you all about how I was going to try The Simple Dollar’s 31 Days to Fix Your Finances. Well I suppose it is about time I give you all an update, considering I have literally spent 3 days just trying to figure out what my [...] Read more »
5 Tools for the First Time Budget
Like most 20somethings, I find myself in credit card debt. Granted not a lot of debt, and most of the purchases recently have been business expenses, but still some debt nonetheless. For quite some time now I’ve wanted to compile a list of resources for people who have never made a budget in their lives. [...] Read more »
