TweetShareSo I never actually shared this information, but I received my first official business cards in the mail a few weeks ago. At that moment it set in the my side hustle was for real. I had spent months building a portfolio and learning the ropes, and although I did eventually take a plunge into [...] Read more »
Gen-Y Financial Goal #2: Start Saving for Retirement and Open Up and IRA
TweetShareI can already hear you. “Retirement? WTF Amanda? I’m in my GD twenties! Shouldn’t old people be worrying about that?” Well, yes they should. Actually, everybody should be worried about it, ESPECIALLY US. I’m sure you are all already aware of the financial hurdles that face our generation. Mounting debt of our own, paying back [...] Read more »
8 Reasons Why Gen Y Should Invest and How I Stopped Being a Wuss
TweetShareSo I did it. I stopped being a pussy and opened up a brokerage account. Financial Goal #1. CHECK! Why was I so hesitant to do this? Well, because I thought the stock market was like legal gambling. Of course, after I did some major research I found that while there is always some level [...] Read more »
The Smart College Grad: 5 Ways to Make Extra Money in Your 20s
TweetShare The Bad News Whether we like it or not, we have to come to terms with the fact that our generation is being faced with multi-faceted financial problems. We are being forced to tackle a horrible job market, non-paying internships have replaced entry level jobs, entry level jobs don’t pay enough to meet our [...] Read more »
2011 Money Goals for Gen Y
TweetShareIn 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 »
7 Tips for Starting Your Own Freelance Business
TweetShareI received an email from Mahriana over at the Unclammed Black Pearl telling me that she wants to start her own freelance green home staging business (Congrats, girl!). She then asked me for some advice on how to run a freelance business and I immediately wrote a very long email with some things I have [...] Read more »
5 Reasons To Go Back Home After College
TweetShare This is a guest post by Patrick Mullaney over at HeyMullaney.com. Patrick Mullaney currently resides back home in Downingtown, PA. His commute takes him to Radnor, PA, and the two are not far apart, hence his decision to live at home for now. He writes on his blog, HeyMullaney. Feel free to email him, as he loves [...] Read more »
Taking the Red Pill: 5 Steps for Taking Control of Your Finances
TweetShare 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 [...] Read more »
5 Tools for the First Time Budget
TweetShareLike 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 »
