As someone new to the world of personal finance, I’ve spent the last couple of years learning a lot of information. 401(k) rollovers, high-interest savings accounts, budgeting apps, side hustles, the list goes on. I’ve accomplished so much, but I didn’t get my hands fully around my financial strategy until earlier this year, when I…
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The One Budget Category I Can Never Seem To Stick To — & Why I Stopped Caring
I’ve had several financial successes this year, including funding my emergency savings and sticking to a real budget for the first time. Well, most of one. As it turns out, my husband and I are terrible at keeping to a dining-out budget. Read the rest at The Financial Diet. Photo by Realmac Dan on Unsplash
Why Everyone Should Get an Allergy Test
Speech 9: Persuade with Power. The ninth speech of the Toastmasters Competent Communicator program is meant to help me get comfortable using various forms of persuasion to encourage an audience to take a certain action. Earlier this year my mother and I took a girls’ trip to North Carolina. We were both looking forward to…
Accessibility 101: The Web is for Everyone
Speech 8: Get Comfortable with Visual Aids. The eighth speech of the Toastmasters Competent Communicator program is meant to help me get comfortable using slides, transparencies, flip charts, whiteboards, or props. Good afternoon everyone. Today I’m going to talk about a topic that’s near and dear to my heart: accessibility. “Accessibility” is a blanket term…
Some Totally Honest Thoughts On Making Friends As An Introvert In My 30s
Do you remember how easy it was to make friends in high school? You were thrown together by circumstance or mutual interests. If you went to college, it was probably even easier; you were surrounded by people in your same major, and there were a seemingly unlimited number of clubs and sororities/fraternities to join. Read…