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What’s Your Poison In Your 20s?
When it comes to dissecting various personal finance subjects it’s easy to think of the rational solution. When writing a budget for the first time we don’t factor in foolish spending. When setting goals for money we figure that we won’t mess up for the duration of the goal. The truth is that we all [...]
What You Need to Know After College
You’re done with school, you’re in your early-to-mid 20s, you’re officially in the real world, and it’s now time for the rest of your life. What do you do now? What’s going to happen next? I wanted to devote this piece to a few key pieces of information that you need to know after college. [...]
Working Full-Time While In College
Once you finish college it suddenly hits you that you need to find work because you have to start paying off those student loans. You partied in college, had a blast, but now you need to start making money. Is there a solution to this problem? There’s a simple one– you can work full-time in [...]
Financial Myths College Students Need to Stop Believing
When I first started college I was pretty much clueless (some will say I’m still lost). I was clueless when it came to personal finance and studying. I had no guidance and I sort of just went with the flow. I wasn’t sure of what I was doing. I didn’t know if what I was [...]
Three Ways to Invest in Yourself Right Now
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” — Benjamin Franklin Do you invest money in yourself? Do you believe in spending money to improve your quality of life? I personally think the best way to invest money in your 20s is into education. There are many foolish ways to squander your money. There are [...]
Why Are we so Obsessed With Celebrities?
“Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need.” — Tyler Durden, Fight Club Why’s everyone so obsessed with celebrities? I turn on the news to see what’s going on in the world and I hear about some party that The Situation got wasted at. [...]
Can You Be Careless in Your 20s?
Your 20s are all about having fun, right? You don’t want to be 50 years old and regret not having more fun. You want to be able to pass on stories to your family. On the other hand, you can be completely careless and mess up your future by the moves that you make in [...]
Should You Save Money on Coffee?
Do you drink a cup of coffee in the morning? Are you worried about the latte factor? Should you start saving that pocket change and look towards building your wealth? It’s time to debate what is arguably one of the most popular topics in the frugality realm, the cup of coffee. When I first started writing [...]
Is it Financially Worth Changing Majors?
Some of us will figure out what we want to do for the rest of our lives in high school. We will take the perfect courses in our senior year and then go on to college for that topic. We will graduate from college and work in the field until we retire. We will have [...]
Is Traveling Worth The Money in College?
Everyone wants to travel. We all talk about traveling. We all have fantasies about seeing the world. Yet so few college students ever even leave their own country. The reality is that few of us actually make that first bold move to start traveling. “The World is a book, and those who do not travel [...]
