6 Ways to Spring Clean Your Finances

It’s official, spring is here!!! Despite this damn snow, I am going to will the spring into existence! 🙂 I love what the spring represents. It represents growth, lightness, and newness. That’s why I understand the concept of “spring cleaning.” out with the old and in the new.  For the last couple of weeks, I

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Why Business School Is for Punks and Other Financial Lessons from Carter G. Woodson

Black History is Not Only about Lives, It’s About Lessons :During Black History month, we focus our collective energy on celebrating, honoring, and paying homage and respect to the accomplishments, struggles, and lives of black leaders, fighters, and survivors that challenged, revolutionized, and confronted America’s oppressive, color-based system of disenfranchisement and white supremacy. What we

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How to Use Pathmark to Avoid ATM Fees

One of the most annoying money wasters is ATM fees.  According to a  Bankrate Checking Survey, ATM surcharges hit  “a new highs for the 10th consecutive year.” The average ATM surcharge — the fee for using a bank’s ATM when you’re not a checking account holder at that bank — jumped 6.5 percent to $2.77.

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The True Story Behind How I Found My Wedding Dress for $35 the Day Before My Wedding

  Yes. That title is 100% true and 100% not clickbait.  But before we get into the story, I have to provide some context. The context When my husband and I decided to get married, we both knew that we didn’t want anything over-the-top for our wedding. Three reasons. Reason One: Laziness. I don’t like

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The ABCs of Designing a Small Space on a Tight Budget

 image source= GoHaus I’m so excited to share that I’ve partnered with Go Haus on a four-part Inspired Spaces series. I have a lot of companies reach out to me to do things like this, but I often decline the overture because their vision doesn’t align with the values of this community: authenticity, kindness, happiness, thoughtfulness, and

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EVENT RECAP: You Still Have Time to Register for the FREE PUSH Money Matters EVENT!

I had such an amazing time at the PUSH Money Matters Event this past Saturday!!! Even though I consider myself well versed in the area of personal finances, I still picked up a few nuggets and insights at this event. Here are just a few of the nuggets that I learned from each of the

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Yes, You Should Attend the FREE Rainbow PUSH Money Matters Event!!

It seems like everywhere I turn, my friends are either pushing out babies (including myself. I pushed my baby girl out in past July) or thinking about it. I have girlfriends that are pulling their coins together to make hefty down payments on the homes of their dreams or thinking about it. I have folk

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Why DIY is a Great Money Saving Strategy

Have you ever had something that you absolutely loved, but you wondered if you could continue to afford it?  Well, I recently felt this way.  Lately, I have been obsessed with a vegan chocolate milkshake from a local Detroit restaurant.  My obsession was bringing me into the restaurant about one to two times per week,

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5 Emotional Reasons for Spending and How to Overcome It

By Aisha Taylor How many of you have ever gone shopping, brought the items home, and then thought, “Why did I buy that?”  If so, you may have purchased that item because you were emotionally shopping.  The problem with emotional shopping is that often times we purchase things that we don’t need, and we spend

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How to Decide if You Should Put Your Bills on Auto Pay

auto pay, would spend money that she didn’t have, and then ended up with multiple overdraft fees on her checking account.  However, when she took the auto pay off she would forget to pay her bills and ended up paying late fees. It’s definitely a challenge because without the proper vigilance or system a lot of

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