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HOW TO| MAKING MONEY

Negotiate Your Salary, Please: You Owe It to Yourself

September 8, 2017 41 Comments
How to Negotiate Your Salary

*This advice is for negotiating job offers only, not for asking for a raise or a promotion.* I’m a pretty flexible person. If you want to spend half your income on rent, then I’m cool with that. If you have an entire closet filled with fast fashion, that’s A-OK in my book. But there’s one […]

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HOW TO| SHOPPING

Fall Shopping: Six Steps to a Wardrobe You Love Without Overspending

August 28, 2017 22 Comments
Fall Shopping: How to Avoid Overspending

Fall is right around the corner and instead of shopping for sweaters and boots I’m on the hunt for a pair of sandals. For next summer. What the what? Here’s the thing: I have enough sweaters and I don’t think I need any boots. I’m what you’d call, a Season-less Shopper, which means I shop […]

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HOW TO| SAVING

The One Thing to Do Today If You’re Tired of Being Bad with Money

August 25, 2017 19 Comments
What to Do Today If You're Bad with Money

As I’ve gotten better with money, here’s what I’ve noticed: spending money becomes less of a big deal. For example, summer’s winding down and I’m browsing online to see what I need for fall shopping. One of the bags I’m looking at costs over $1,000. It’s the type of purchase that would make my coworkers […]

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How to Sell Clothes on eBay Better than Everyone Else

July 31, 2017 49 Comments
How to Sell Clothes on eBay Better than Everyone Else

*Some links below are affiliate links. When I was 16 I swiped my mom’s bank book so I could set up an eBay account. Despite my stealthy tactics, I had innocent intentions: I wanted to buy anime videos that were sold only through this one eBay seller. I’d get money orders from CVS and mail […]

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How to Save When You Live in New York City

July 10, 2017 36 Comments
How to Save When You Live in New York City

Updated: 7/15/17 If you live in an expensive city it’s easy for money to slip through your fingers like sand. With $3,000 studio apartments, $16 cocktails, and gym memberships that cost as much as car insurance, it’s no wonder people say you need at least $200,000 salary to get by. These things can seem like […]

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HOW TO| SHOPPING

Exactly How to Afford Designer Clothes Without a Benefactor

June 21, 2017 38 Comments
How to Afford Designer Clothes

Updated: August 6, 2017 Frugality and designer clothes. Sounds like an oxymoron, right? But what if I told you that there are ways to rock designer clothes without wrecking your budget? Tell me if any of this sounds familiar: you’re flipping through Vogue and see a super cute jacket. But then your heart plummets: the […]

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HOW TO| LIFE & PERSONAL| SAVING

How to Live a Luxe Life…and Still Save Money

May 19, 2017 12 Comments
How to Live Luxe Life and Still Save Money

A few years ago, my coworkers and I got a fat bonus. Unexpected, and unusually high. We all clinked our glasses of champagne, musing about what we were going to do with the money. One coworker was a Lord of the Rings fan and wanted to book a trip to New Zealand. “I’m thinking of buying a […]

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