There are many things young professionals should be doing to progress their career and set themselves up for success down the road. These include doing a knock-out job in their current position, taking on additional responsibility whenever possible, and getting some much needed on-the-job training and experience. Despite all this there are many young professionals […]
Read More >>The Benefits of Spring Cleaning Your Finances
Today’s post is from our regular Wednesday contributor, Cat. I promised myself that I would stay organized with my finances this year. Typically, I am pretty organized as it is but I knew I’d have a lot of big changes this year with a move across the country and having kids.
Read More >>5 Steps to Plan for Major Life Events
Today we have a post from Shannon, a regular contributor. My day job consists of working as a financial planner with clients who are in their 20s and 30s. The reason why I started my company and chose to work with people who are trying to build assets, rather than have them to begin with, […]
Read More >>5 Drawbacks of Freelancing and Consulting
Many people dream of quitting their full-time job to become their own boss. Whether it’s freelancing or some form of consulting, lots of cubicle dwellers have thought about how their life would look different if they could make freelancing work. There are certainly a lot of benefits to freelancing such as having no boss, working […]
Read More >>The Weekly Quick Hits Roundup
Welcome to the Weekly Quick Hits Roundup! If you’re new here, every week I write a weekly wrap-up of things that were going on here at Young Adult Money, a few personal updates/thoughts, and finally a few posts I read this week that I thought were worth sharing.
Read More >>Friday Giveaway Roundup – 94 Giveaways
What giveaway win will you get delivered this week? Welcome to the weekly Friday giveaway roundup! Every single Friday we post giveaways ending within the next week. You can enter all of them, or you can pick and choose which ones you want to enter. This resource was made with you in mind. We want […]
Read More >>5 Tips for Selling on eBay
Today we welcome Victoria, a regular contributor, to the blog. With the warm weather and spring finally upon us, along comes the desire for cleaning and purging items in your home. While some of your items may be perfect for donating, some might be in such great condition that you do not want to simply […]
Read More >>4 Lessons I’m Teaching My Kids About Money
Today’s post is from our regular Wednesday contributor, Cat. I know that my kids are only two months old, and right now, I’m just trying to get them to sleep four hours straight, let alone learn about finances. However, I’ve been thinking about the money lessons I want to teach them for quite some time, […]
Read More >>5 Steps to Save Money on Groceries
Today’s post is from our regular Tuesday contributor, Shannon. I have a confession to make: I used to waste hundreds of dollars a year grocery shopping. As a working mom with a working husband, I just always rationalized that our lives were too busy to think much about grocery shopping. And as a result of […]
Read More >>How Mental Accounting Can Motivate You To Make More Money
Are you looking for motivation to start a side hustle and make more money? Give mental accounting a try. Mental accounting is the practice of assigning specific income you receive to specific expenses or to specific goals. For example, let’s say I want to go on a $3,000 trip, but I don’t have room for […]
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