PERSONAL FINANCE, ELEVATED.
Have you ever been at a group dinner where everyone except you put down a Chase Sapphire card, and wondered: what do they know that I don’t? Maybe you got your first credit card at your local bank, because you didn’t know other credit cards existed. Or like me, you were a hapless college student […]
I started writing this weeks ago, but then I got self-conscious and decided to scrap it. Doubts told me that this story wasn’t worth talking about. Because $58k is an absurd amount of money for a single person with no real responsibilities. Even in New York City. At least to me. And wouldn’t that be […]
Last month, I wrote about the fashion classics everyone says I should buy but don’t. Today I’m flipping the script and talking about the clothes I couldn’t live without. The ones I wear over and over again and constantly re-buy, because they always seem to suit me. There are very few “shoulds” when it comes to […]
What happens when someone who’s “good at money” tracks their spending the old school way? With a pen and paper and not using an automated system like Mint? Inspired by the Man Repeller and Refinery29 money diaries, I thought it’d be fun to see what happens when I track my spending for a weekend. Although I’m conscious about my overall […]
A while back someone asked me to write a post on how to use Mint to check your net worth, and I said, ‘yes, of course’. Well, approximately one year later, here we are. Coincidentally, I was browsing the personal finance forums on Reddit the other day, when I noticed a pattern emerging with the […]
The thing about personal style is that it doesn’t have much to do with money. Some of the best-dressed people I’ve seen have also spent the least amount of money on clothes, so in the interest of saving monies, today I’m advocating the virtues of thrift store shopping. For me, a love of thrifting was […]
Talking to your significant other about money might be one of the most cringe-worthy things you ever have to do. But even before you have the talk, if you really look, people drop hints about their money mindsets all over the place. Take my husband and me when we were first dating. In the early […]