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June 2009

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Moving: Making the Decision, Part 2

This is a continuation of Moving: Making the Decision, where I talked about the budget I made to help me decide if I could afford to live on my own for the year following college. The budget I made can be downloaded as a PDF, if it helps you to follow along. If you’re just [...]

The Government’s Student Bailout: Federal Loan Changes

It’s not the billions received by AIG and the car companies, but at least it’s something The following is a guest post by Emily, a 20 something single gal who writes about navigating her way through her finances and the world, at Musings and Ruminations of a Single Gal. Like so many other graduate students, [...]

Moving: Making the Decision

Oh sweet, you graduated! Or maybe you didn’t, but you’re moving on anyway. Moving out (and moving up) may seem like the natural progression from here, but more and more grads (and non-grads) are deciding to return to the nest for a while. According to a survey conducted on CollegeGrad.com, 77% of college grad job [...]

Moving Out on Your Own

Ah, summertime! If you’re relaxing, chilling, or just enjoying the freedom of homework-less-ness while working a cool summer job, I hate you. I managed to graduate, which means I have to start real life stuff now. Like moving out of my parents’ house and getting a job. Pssh – I don’t remember signing up for [...]

Net Worth Update: May 2009

The other day, I had a fight with a vine of poison ivy and lost. So now I’ve got an awful rash on the wrist of my dominant hand. Fun, huh? So I’ll be keeping this short, as well as trying to round up some awesome guest posts for you guys to read while I’m [...]