9 Ways to Make Your Finances Thrive in the New Decade
2020 is coming in strong. Face it head-on with your best financial year yet.
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Life Is a Competition for Everyone — Here’s Why
We now live in a world of criticism and high standards for just about anything — whether that be looks, grades, finances, physical capability or expertise in certain fields — our levels of ability in anything are competitions.
Financial Tips for Your 20’s
At this point in your life, you probably are not the most frugal when it comes to your finances. You have important things to pay for such...
How to be Financially Savvy when you feel the soul-crushing weight of student loans on your entire being
When I’m freaked out about the state of my finances and fearing the ever-looming start date that I’m going to have to start paying my...
Money Manager: The Best App for Tracking Your Expenses
Keeping track of your expenses is vital to understanding your personal finances.
How to Budget in College
Make your bank account and you smile with these helpful tips to keep a budget while in college.
Resources for Those Facing Food and/or Financial Insecurity
I’ve recently learned something that really upset me: The 2016 Undergraduate Experience Survey by the University of California found that...
4 Ways to Start Saving Money
Let’s face it, college isn’t cheap. At the end of the day, most of us are just broke college kids. It doesn’t help that the holiday season...
How I Bought My Own Car Months After I Moved Out, at 19-Years-Old
I have been self-supporting financially for seven months, and last week I bought my own car. Last week, I got an internship 30 minutes away...
Financial Literacy: Your Credit Score
Credit this, credit that, credit SMACK! - you right in the face when you least expect it. Many young adults are not taught the necessary...
Why You Should Stop Worrying About Growing Up
It’s common amongst children and prepubescent pre-teens to desire the ability to instantaneously become adults, and just plain grow up...
Closing the Gender Pay Gap is Mandatory, Not Optional
According to the AAUW , the gender pay gap is the gap between what men and women are paid. (Vagins) It is an issue that has continually...
Why California Students Should Apply for CalFresh
For as long as I can remember, I’ve seen multiple hungry college student memes appear on every surface of the internet. Unfortunately, it’s...
Credit: The Basics
Credit is that thing we need to get a car, a phone, a credit card, a house, and essentially every other utility and important purchase of...
Living With a Significant Other in College: Yay or Nay?
Roommates or love mates, communication is always key!
The Recession for Our Generation
Over this past summer there has been quite a lot of talk about an impending recession. With television news being what it is these days,...
‘Stuck’: An Original Prose Poem
I feel stuck. It’s a phrase that has been going through my mind like it’s the mantra of the century. Imagine this: you get to work and like...
8 Ways to Do a Financially Sustainable Food Shop
Money is complicated to talk about. Everyone has some sort of insecurity related to money, whether it’s having enough of it, worrying about...
Easy Ways to Save and Make Money in College!
We’ve all been there, saying we’re a “broke college student.” And let’s admit it, those tiny expenses add up over the semester and you come...
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Three responsible ways to spend your refund check
Oh you ballin' now!! It’s the second best time of the year (Christmas being the first of course): refund check season ! Financial aid...
