INSIDE: Has your shopping habit gotten a little out of control? Or maybe a lot? I’ve been there and I can help! Read on to learn how to stop shopping addiction. It’s no secret that back in college I had a shopping addiction so large, I ended up with $10,000 in credit card debt by […]
For pete’s sake, please keep paying your student loans
So, I initially wrote an article to go live during the first few months of 2020 (during my maternity leave). And then the world changed. And then it didn’t change back within a few months as we thought. We are obviously living in a world where many are still reeling from the repercussions of the […]
The Tutorial: Doing Your Taxes with Turbotax Free Software
INSIDE: Filing your taxes online doesn’t have to be overly complicated, especially with the TurboTax free version online. Here’s a Turbo Tax step by step guide! Oh, hi tax season. Even though I cover personal finance topics for a living, tax season still sneaks up on me every year. Even if you don’t run your […]
These are the “pandemic cuts” to maintain once we’re back to normal if you want to keep saving money.
Daydreaming of “life after covid” has become one of my favorite pastimes of late. I don’t like to think of anything from this weird time in life lingering once we’re back to normal, but with that said, American savings rates are at an all-time high. As a financial wellness expert, I can’t help but think […]
In 2020 I slipped back into some bad financial habits. Here’s how I got out.
I still don’t know if I’ve fully processed everything that happened in 2020. In addition to a global pandemic, I gave birth to my first child right around the time of the major U.S. outbreak. I’m still taking it all in and reckoning with, “the new normal,” even a year later. But in the middle […]
This Netflix documentary inspired me to get rid of over 300 items in my home (and put $285 back in my pocket)
There are few silver linings to the pandemic, but one of my favorites is that as a culture we’re all now watching a lot of the same television at the same time. Before, everyone had different schedules and could watch the “buzzworthy” shows at their own pace. Now, we’re all pretty much trapped at home […]