Welcome to the Weekly Quick Hits Roundup! 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. We also have our giveaway roundup every Friday. This Friday there […]
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I finally decided it was time to divide up the weekly giveaway roundup with my own personal weekly roundup. We have 118 giveaways listed on the roundup this week so be sure to head over and get entered! As for this post, I will write about what we did here at Young Adult Money this […]
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The one year anniversary party will be held in Las Vegas! Just kidding – maybe the 10 year??? ;) It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since the first post went up on Young Adult Money. Over the past year I have stuck with a 5+ posts per week blog schedule, met some truly […]
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Starting a WordPress blog is easier than ever if you know what tools and services to use. People start blogs for all sorts of reasons from having a site to share personal/family news, to writing about their favorite sports team, or to share some knowledge or expertise they have. I once wrote a post on […]
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When it comes to blogging, having an image versus not having an image to go with your blog post can make a huge difference from a reader’s standpoint. People don’t read entire blog posts, but more often than not skim the posts for key points and information. I’m sure you’ve heard the saying “a picture […]
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I started Young Adult Money less than a year ago, but I’ve actually been blogging for years. I started out as a political blogger, then was a music blogger, and finally found my way to the personal finance blogosphere. Besides being a blogger myself, I read tons of blogs. The blogs I read on a […]
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For years I had read almost exclusively non-fiction. This year, though, I have started to read fiction and plan on reading many more fiction books than non-fiction. As some of my Twitter followers may have noticed, I started to read fiction. I read the first two books of The Hunger Games series relatively quickly, and […]
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Happy New Year! Today to help close the book on 2012 I thought it would be fun to do a “Best of” Young Adult Money from the past year. As some of you know, Young Adult Money is a relatively young website – we only just started in July of 2012. In 2012, Young Adult […]
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Welcome to the weekly Saturday Quick Hits and Weekend Reading post – Christmas Edition! Quick Hits Christmas is here Well Christmas is just around the corner. I have plans with my family today, the in-laws on Sunday, and Christmas eve with my family. Considering the fact that the anticipation of Christmas starts pretty much right […]
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Welcome to the weekly Saturday Quick Hits and Weekend Reading post! Quick Hits Blizzard! Well it snowed and snowed…and snowed some more last Sunday. Because of the foot-plus of snow and the embarrassing/nonexistent cleanup effort by our Department of Transportation, I spent over two hours commuting home on Monday evening. I thought Tuesday would be […]
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