By: Kara Stevens
Kelly from Immigrating With a Purpose reached out to me with this amazing financial journey. I am happy that she can share it with us! Very badass. She takes travel, wanderlust, and teaching and makes her student loans go away…fast. Sidenote: If you have a financial struggle that you have overcome, email me at kara@thefrugalfeminista.com
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By: Kara Stevens
“I’m worried about adult care at a point when most people my age are worried about daycare” ~ @iamChrissie_K on Twitter I found out my mother had been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia when I was around 13 years old; her first breakdown was about four years earlier. I didn’t know what it meant at the
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By: Kara Stevens
Alright. Its time to stop sugar coating your credit score. For months you have been trying to figure out why your score is in the 400-500 range. You ask yourself “Is There Hope?” or “Can I at least get my score to 590 or 600. I am here to tell you YES! The only way
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By: Kara Stevens
There are so many things that I could tell you about Natasha Cobb but I’ll let her tell you herself. I just want to say, though, that Natasha and I were the best of friends in middle school and one of my biggest regrets (which I shared with her) was that I wasn’t a part
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By: Kara Stevens
As soon as I got home from work last night, I ate quickly and went straight to the couch. I pulled out my pen (because I can’t read without underlining) and I lay supine. I told my husband, who was nattering about robots taking humans’ job (or something like that), to go away. I was
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By: Kara Stevens
According to a 2011 Mint.com study, the average total cost of being a bridesmaid was $1,695. This is a lot of money. Elite Daily breaks the costs down into the following categories: – $150 – $400 for the dress; – $50 for alterations – $200 for engagement, bridal shower, and wedding gifts – $1,000 for
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By: Kara Stevens
Why would I spend the rest of my days unhappy Why would I spend the rest of this year alone When I can go therapy When I can go therapy When I can go therapy two times a day ~lyrics from “Therapy” by Mary J Blige One thing many minorities do not do, and may
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By: Kara Stevens
So, I subscribe to Rosetta Thurman’s Happy Black Woman newsletter. If you don’t know her, you should; she is AMAZING and very inspiring. With trainings and tools, she helps black women live their ideal lives. One of the emails that she sent recently had me thinking. She asked, “Where do you want to be in
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By: Kara Stevens
Many consumers are looking for the best and fastest way to increase their credit score. Some people think a small personal loan or auto loan would do the trick. That would work……only if the score was high enough to achieve that along with high monthly payments. The best and fastest way to increase a low
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By: Kara Stevens
I was speaking to one of my favorite colleagues about life and his family. Let’s call him Abdul. Abdul is well into his fifties with a wife and a family of four. In one of our recent conversations, he shared something so beautiful and so inspiring that I know it is going to stay with
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