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How a Non-Rich Person Started Investing, and Why You Should Start, Too

January 31, 2018 52 Comments
How a Lazy, Non-Rich Person Started Investing

When I was young, everything I knew about investing I learned from TV. This was how you invested: You call guys in suits to buy a stock, and then they go to the trading floor and yell that order as loud as they can, and somehow the money lands in your account and you become […]

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My Super Easy Financial To-Do List for 2018

January 5, 2018 73 Comments
2018 Super Easy Financial To-Do List

When my husband and I first moved in together, we assigned ourselves roles and responsibilities with corresponding job titles. My husband is the cook in the house, so he became Executive Chef. And me? Naturally, I filled the role of VP of Finances. I just crunched the numbers, and we saved a decent amount on […]

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My Student Loan Story Was Lame: How I’d Pay It Off Now

September 18, 2017 14 Comments
How to Pay Off Student Loans

Confession: My student loan story is boring. It took me seven years to pay off 17k in student loan debt. Seven whole years. That’s a little over $200 paid per month. Meanwhile I get whiplash by so many awe-inspiring debt payoff stories like this or this. See? My story is unsexy in comparison. The $200 didn’t […]

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How I Plan to Crush My 2017 Goals

August 3, 2017 55 Comments
How I'm Going to Crush my 2017 Goals

A few months ago I told you that if you want to meet your goals you might want to broadcast them to people. Because if you do, to avoid embarrassment, you’re more likely to follow through. So here I am, oversharing on my goals. Because I want to crush them. There’s nothing like being competitive. […]

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My Financial Map: Exactly How I Manage My Money

July 21, 2017 34 Comments
My Financial Map

If you’re like me, you love reading stories about how other people do money. But have you ever wondered about the actual mechanics of money? How all the nuts and bolts work together to make the savings magic happen? Let’s back up. There are a million articles that show you how to spend less. You […]

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