“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” ~Abraham Lincoln The end of this month it will be 5 months since I walked away from a full-time job, without another to replace it. Two weeks later I relocated back to the town I grew up in, and 2
Read MoreFinancing a car can be time-consuming. First, you must find a car you like, look for a reasonable price to pay, and decide where you will do business. But the longest part of the process is being at the dealership. Whether you are doing back and forth on a price, going through their selection of
Read MoreI had to be out of the office this week at an off-site training in the City. I normally get in and get out, but New York City summers are something at which to marvel and savor. I took the long way to the train and caught myself outside of a thrift store whose funds
Read MoreOne of the most difficult things for most people to do is talk about themselves. We don’t want to come across as obnoxious, by rattling off all of the great things about ourselves. But, we don’t want to admit the not so great things about ourselves either. Have you ever had a job interview, or
Read MoreTo help avoid ruining a friendship, one of the things that you should consider is shifting the language of the request. Think of lending money as a gift and not a loan. The reason is to avoid the expectation that you will get that money back. If you get the money back then great, but
Read MoreSaturday night I was in the midst of great company. Kissa, the founder of Buttafly Unlimited and creator of those super popular I LOVE MY HAIR t-shirts and I were meeting at Panera Bread and coming up with ways to make a bigger difference in the world with the work that we do. It
Read MoreYou know the drill; wake up at the crack of dawn, get the kids to school, commute to work, work an 8-12 hour day, commute home… You get the picture. Even for the folks who work from home, there can be so many activities that suck time from your day. Our lives are often filled
Read MoreKelly from Immigrating With a Purpose reached out to me with this amazing financial journey. I am happy that she can share it with us! Very badass. She takes travel, wanderlust, and teaching and makes her student loans go away…fast. Sidenote: If you have a financial struggle that you have overcome, email me at kara@thefrugalfeminista.com
Read More“I’m worried about adult care at a point when most people my age are worried about daycare” ~ @iamChrissie_K on Twitter I found out my mother had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia when I was around 13 years old; her first breakdown was about four years earlier. I didn’t know what it meant at the
Read MoreThere are so many things that I could tell you about Natasha Cobb but I’ll let her tell you herself. I just want to say, though, that Natasha and I were the best of friends in middle school and one of my biggest regrets (which I shared with her) was that I wasn’t a part
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