This is my first real round up on this site of great posts collected from the blogosphere. Today’s theme? Life. More specifically, personal stories from my favorite personal finance bloggers. Some of these stories are told in a PF frame, but some are not.
Put your best foot forward in a job search
The past month, for the first time in my career, I got to sit on the other side of the interview table, and it was quite an eye-opening experience. After polishing up my soft skills in grad school, I feel pretty comfortable with the interviewing and just generally with the job search process. While most people seem to understand the …
Do you have too much in your emergency fund?
There’s this guideline to having an emergency fund; save three to six month’s worth of expenses (expenses, not salary). The importance of having a cash buffer to fall back on in case of emergencies can’t be stressed enough; however, I do think that there’s a lot to be unpacked in a simple recommendation of “three to six months of expenses”.
This doesn’t seem frugal… I got a Vitamix
Let me start this off by saying that I don’t like buying expensive appliances. Yes, copper cookware is great, and a juicer can do magical things, but I like my $20 food processor far more than a $200 one that can make ice cream and sauces and everything in between. Let me also add in that the man I live with …
Cash Fasting Round 5: A week without groceries and restaurants
It’s been a while since I’ve Cash Fasted! At the beginning of May, I decided to attempt one week without spending any money on food. On the last day of April, we did a small grocery run (<$20), but the fact is, we have a full pantry and plenty of fridge scraps that will otherwise go to waste. Why did I choose …
The Cost of Living in NYC
I recently wrote a guest post for Zero Day Finance detailing my salary growth in only three years of working. Today, I’d like to provide a proper breakdown of my average monthly expenses, to be used as a benchmark for those looking to move here or others trying to estimate what a frugal (but reasonable) financial breakdown in an expensive …
Two Cents: Q&A with Kate
A wedding, a big move, and a house purchase – all in under a year! Meet Kate, an Assistant Project Manager in Texas.
Two Cents: Q&A with Zero Day Finance
Meet David, the blogger behind Zero Day Finance. He’s a stress-baker who has his finances all figured out.
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