3 Tips To Consider Before You Quit Your 9-To-5 To Pursue Your Passion Full-Time

When I decided to leave my job to pursue my side-hustle full-time, I was equal parts excited and frightened. I was excited because I actually had a chance to pursue something I was extremely passionate about. I was frightened because my job allowed for financial security and a level of predictability I enjoyed. Quitting meant

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3 Money Lessons I’ve Rediscovered During Quarantine

I live in New York City, the epicenter of the coronavirus. Before it started to sink in how serious this public health scare was, I kept to my regular work and social schedule — which always translates to spending. Since state mandates have forced us to stay home and have shut down all non-essential businesses,

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Recipes and Progress Always Eat After 7

This post is brought to you by our sponsor, “Always Eat After 7 PM”. The opinions expressed below are my own. Going through this process has been such a rewarding experience. Here are just a few of the nuggets I’ve been uncovering about myself and my relationship with food.  I did some food exploration to

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Always Eat After 7 – Author Interview

This post is brought to you by our sponsor, “Always Eat After 7 PM”. The opinions expressed below are my own. Reading Always Eat After 7 has been such a powerful learning experience. It’s helping me reconnect with myself and food in mindful and helpful ways. I’m learning that I don’t have to be so

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How The Coronavirus Forced Me To Rethink My Life Emotionally And Financially

If you would have told me that I’d be having to self-quarantine for the next couple of months because of the coronavirus, which would force me to revisit my approach to saving and spending, I would have told you to lay off the sci-fi binges on Netflix and drink some more water. But this is

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Why I Chose This Diet

  This post is brought to you by our sponsor, “Always Eat After 7 PM”. The opinions expressed below are my own. I decided that I wanted to read Always Eat After 7 PM: The Revolutionary Rule-Breaking Diet That Lets You Enjoy Huge Dinners, Desserts, and Indulgent Snacks—While Burning Fat Overnight by Joel Marion  so I can

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How to Put Your Financial Knowledge to Good Use

Building up your knowledge of the financial world can take a lot of time and effort. This is why so many people are content to have a basic understanding and never really get to grips with all the things they could do with their finances. The world of money might be open for business but

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Thanks To Coronavirus, We Are All Rethinking Our Work Lives

As Black women, we tend to put ourselves last and push ourselves to the limit at work and at home. This is often to our detriment. As coronavirus (COVID-19) graduates from being a global health crisis to being declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, maintaining our health is the highest priority. Period. “We have

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How to Make the Most of What You Have

Making the most of what you have comes in many forms. Clearly, the most obvious is financial. Being able to make the most of your finances without feeling like you are missing out is great. Sometimes, though being able to make do with what you have is better when you think about things such as

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5 Ways To Look After Your Bank Account During This Testing Time

Life isn’t exactly a walk in the park financially in the best of times. Well, for some, it’ll be quite a stroll, but the majority of us need to keep an eye on things pretty much every day. One day, everything can be hunky-dory. The next day, though? A problem could arise out of seemingly

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