“How Are We Going To Pay for That?” How to Finance Your Next College Degree

Last week my husband and I were having a discussion. I mentioned to him that I was thinking about going back to school to pursue an advanced degree. His immediate response was ‘how are we going to pay for that’? Now my husband is always super supportive of me and all my endeavors, so I

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Don’t Be That Girl: 3 Types of Women That Have Toxic Relationships with Money

It is so important that women have access and constant exposure to positive financial role models as they journey from girlhood into womanhood. When they don’t, they end up like one of the following financial archetypes — using money as a proxy and substitute for self-worth, love, status, security, and identity. #1 Danielle The DivaDanielle

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How to Stop Other People From Spending Your Money

How many times have you heard the phrase, “I know you have it!” Maybe we said it to our parents when we were younger, or maybe friends or family have said it to us. Regardless of the situation, someone else is counting another person’s pockets! It’s hard enough to manage our own money without falling

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I Made More than $16k Since We Last Talked

This year I’ve shared part of my journey with you in other posts… (SEE RELATED POSTS: I Work Less But I Still Make Money and Getting Rid of the Crutches in Your Life). In short, I was working like crazy, but something had to give so I quit three of my part-time gigs. I’d calculated

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Flight or Fight Everyday

As humans we are all wired with a fight or flight response to certain situations. Situations that cause of heightened level of stress will either be mad with a response of running and getting the hell out of Dodge or staying and fighting. And that fight will usually comes with an increased level of intensity

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Two Things I Learned About Customer Service and Money On A Flight To Florida

I have to be in Florida for the next few days. I was kinda looking forward to a change of pace, meeting new people, and learning something new. Well, I learned something new for sure; my flight from NYC to Tampa really showed me a lot about myself as a customer and a lot about

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Why The Best Goals Are SMART Goals

One of the primary reasons people don’t stick to goals is that the goals are not appropriate or realistic.  Often, when we decide to do something, we set lofty goals without defining specific milestones and eventually we give up because we get discouraged with our lack of progress towards the end result.  We may not

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Dear Black People, So Are We All Working Too Hard For The Money???

On the heels of my post from last week, I am again asking myself how much people will endure for a dollar? Only now we’re talking about a lot more money at stake. I’m referring to the whole NBA scandal involving Clippers owner Donald Sterling and his racist rant. Among other well documented abhorrent, racist comments,

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Is Your Social Life Killing Your Budget?

I have SUCH great news guys, which I will be sending out in FF Newsletter later this weekend, but The Frugal Feminista has a new writer. I met the Aisha Taylor, the founder of FNPhenomenal (Frugal N Phenomenal) at the end of March when I attended The Get Radical Conference.  In just a few minutes, we

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5 Things You MUST Do With Your Money Before You Turn 30

Just for the record, your 20s is not a throwaway decade. While it is expected that you will make mistakes when it comes to your finances, it is not expected that you will habitually make money mistakes all willy-nilly for a full ten years. Before you turn the big 3-0, make sure you check the

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