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 »
The Real Post Grad: 3 Steps for Setting Up a Financial Savings Goal
Below is an excerpt I wrote for The Real Post Grad. If you haven’t checked out their site yet, you’re seriously missing out on some awesome post grad adventures. A big thanks to Allison and Shikole for allowing me to guest post for them! 3 Steps for Setting up a Financial Savings Goal As a [...] 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 »
5 Money Saving Tactics for Gen Y
The Situation: Currently, most of us Gen Y folk either a) can’t find a job and were forced to move back home after college, b) are doing internships for little to no money, c) are working at a low paying job to get by as you begin to climb the career ladder, or d) went [...] Read more »
The Book Every Freelancer, Part-Timer, and the Self Employed Individual Should Read
When I started freelance writing a few months ago I had no idea what I was doing. The only thing I had was my laptop and the written word. Eventually I started to get the hang of things like managing my time, how to do research quickly and efficiently, and figuring out which websites actually [...] 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 »
