Success
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
According to the Nationwide Retirement Institute, 15% of Gen Zers and millennials “reduced contributions to their 401(k) and similar retirement plans over the last year.” Investments toward your future should be the last expense on your chopping block. You can separate yourself from your peers financially and retire in comfort.
Success
DECEMBER 6, 2022
For years, I put in for my FSA reimbursement to be paid out in December and used it like a “holiday bonus” to cover my extra expenses. Another hack for all those shindigs you’ll be attending: Buy host gifts like wine or candles in bulk—wine shops and other stores often offer discounts for larger orders. Increase your income.
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NOVEMBER 7, 2022
With an expensive California mortgage, car payments and student loans, the emergency fund she and her husband, Sylvester, had dutifully built quickly depleted. I started my blog for fun, highlighting how you can travel and get discounts and do stuff on a budget. Then, in 2019, she lost her job. I could do it, too.’
Success
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
With an expensive California mortgage, car payments and student loans, the emergency fund she and her husband, Sylvester, had dutifully built quickly depleted. I started my blog for fun, highlighting how you can travel and get discounts and do stuff on a budget. Then, in 2019, she lost her job. I could do it, too.’
Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant
NOVEMBER 1, 2012
Always buy the most expensive health insurance you can afford. Also look thru your employee handbook to save as much money as possible with your company matching 401k program and pre-tax contributions, employee discounts and perks, paid on going education, flexible spending accounts, etc. Retirement is your 401k, CDs, cash, etc.
Men With Pens
SEPTEMBER 21, 2010
“Kidorable on Sale&# , maybe, or perhaps, “Our Discount Section&#. We clicked through to that discount page to read what was there, even though we normally only critique the home page. You had a good site for job it needed to do, we’re sure, but now it’s time to bring it to the next level where it belongs.
Men With Pens
APRIL 7, 2011
As much as I love my friends and don’t blame them in any way for requesting discounted (or pro bono) services, I realised my principle to be a “good friend&# led me into making some bad business decisions. By the time I expensed medical, insurance, retirement etc, I barely broke even. This is a given.
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