Today’s post is from our regular Wednesday contributor, Cat. I’m only two weeks into the New Year, and I can already feel myself wasting money. It just seems like one trip to Wal-Mart can totally blow my budget, and I leave sometimes wondering why I even go to begin with when I always leave with […]
Read More >>My College Finances
Today’s post is from our regular Tuesday contributor, Sally. It’s hard to admit this, but I honestly didn’t really take the time to think about how I was funding my college education until I was in my third year at school. I wasn’t taking out excessive amounts of loans or anything like that, but I […]
Read More >>Is Roku a Good Alternative to Cable?
One of the gifts I received for Christmas was a Roku. Some of you may be thinking “what the heck is Roku?” A Roku is a digital media player that allows you to access internet streamed video services through your television. It’s essentially a box you hook up to your TV that has ‘channels’ you […]
Read More >>The Weekly Quick Hits Roundup
At one point this week Minnesota was colder than Mars. *sigh* 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 […]
Read More >>Friday Giveaway Roundup – 134 Giveaways
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 to make it as easy as possible for you […]
Read More >>15 Ways to Improve your Finances in the New Year – Part 3
Today is the final post in our three part series, 15 Ways to Improve Your Finances in the New Year. Part 1 covered the first five ways, Part 2 covered five more ways, and today we have the final five ways to improve your finances in the New Year. In today’s post we will dive […]
Read More >>Tips for Completing Your FAFSA Form (And Why You Need One)
It’s that time of year again. If you’re taking college classes and you don’t want to foot the bill all by yourself, you’ll need to get moving on your Free Application for Federal Student Aid, affectionately referred to as the FAFSA form. This is the gateway to student financial aid and assistance. States, schools and […]
Read More >>My Top 3 Financial Resolutions
Please welcome back Cat, our regular Wednesday contributor. She has been out the past couple weeks taking some (much-deserved) time off. I’m going to warn you right now – my money goals for 2014 are kind of boring… It’s not that I don’t want to do amazing things with my finances this year. It’s just that […]
Read More >>15 Ways to Improve your Finances in the New Year – Part 2
Today is part two of our three part series, 15 Ways to Improve Your Finances in the New Year. Part 1 covered the first five ways to improve your finances. Today we will discuss five more ways to improve your finances. Personal finance isn’t solely about things that directly impact your income and expenses. A […]
Read More >>15 Ways to Improve your Finances in the New Year – Part 1
No time is better than the New Year to have a symbolic “fresh start.” Today we want to talk about starting the new year on the right financial foot by sharing fifteen ways you can improve your finances in the new year. Not all fifteen will be applicable to everyone. Nevertheless, I hope you pick […]
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