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How Spending My Way Through NYC Taught Me What I Value

August 23, 2018 19 Comments
How Spending My Way Through NYC Taught Me What I Value

*I’m on vacation! So today I’ve got an epic guest post from my friend A Purple Life. Like most people, I’m fascinated by how others spend money, but this is more than a list of outrageous spending–it’s about the too-relatable pressure to fit in–something I think we’ve all felt at some point. Enjoy! -Luxe* *** All my […]

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Questioning the American Dream: Why I’m Not Obsessed with Buying a House

August 8, 2018 86 Comments
Questioning the American Dream: Why I'm Not Obsessed with Buying a House

I’ve never lived in a house. Ever. I realized just how strange that was one day in high school when I was talking to a boy in the hallway. I don’t remember why, but he asked me if I knew how to use a lawn mower. Without thinking, I said no. It was an innocent […]

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How I Learned to Talk about Money

June 18, 2018 12 Comments
How I Learned to Talk About Money

*Guest post: I’m lucky to have readers with some legit writing chops. Today I’m happy to share a guest post from one such reader, Ann, who talks about the one thing she didn’t have growing up. I might not have had lunches lovingly packed by mom when I was little, but I always felt I was […]

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Life and Money Advice I Wish I Knew When I Was 22

June 8, 2018 27 Comments
Money Advice I Wish I Knew When I Was 22

A few weeks ago I was minding my own business on the train when I felt a certain energy in the air. I looked up and saw a sea of purple satin. Oh, hello, NYU grads. Since I’ve realized I have some young readers, I thought I’d write something specifically for people fresh out of […]

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The One Thing I Wished I Had Growing Up That Cost Almost Nothing

June 4, 2018 68 Comments
The One Thing I Wished I Had Growing Up That Cost Almost Nothing

There’s no such thing as a happy poor kid. At least, that’s how it always seems in the stories. As someone from a low-income family, I naturally like reading about people who grew up like me. But in more instances than not, it’s hard for me to relate to their stories. Maybe it’s because for […]

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Alice Gao: How the Jet-Setting Photographer Does Money

May 14, 2018 37 Comments
Alice Gao: The NYC Photographer Who Wants to Talk About Money

There’s a good chance you already follow Alice Gao on Instagram. She happens to be the only photographer on my personal feed. Recently, as I was flipping through her portfolio, I realized that those dreamy inspiration photos I had pinned to my wedding Pinterest board were actually hers. Alice not only has an artistic eye, […]

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How My Financial Anxiety Turned Into Confidence

April 30, 2018 66 Comments
How My Financial Anxiety Turned into Confidence

This post was supposed to be different. I was finally going to write one of those witty, bite-sized posts that everyone else seems so good at yet have utterly eluded me. I’d dusted off an old money snapshot from my Hotmail account (don’t make fun). This is it, I thought. This time was going to […]

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