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Charity and Personal Finances
This is a response to the plonkee money competition, which asks… How does donating to charity improve your well-being, financial and otherwise? I’m going to make a comparision here, and some people aren’t going to like it: putting money into a charity is just like putting money into your retirement. In both cases, you’re taking [...]
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Comments (5)The Blog Apocalypse: My Final Post
Don’t be afraid, this isn’t really my last post! But my friend Sam over at Forest Azuaron put me up to a challenge: write a post as if it was your last. Give one final piece of financial advice. It’s funny, really, because if I were going to make a final statement, it would be [...]
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No Credit Needed on the News
NCN over at No Credit Needed did an interview for WSB-TV in Atlanta, and they posted the clip on their website. You can check out the 3-minute segment here: Climbing Out of Debt Check it out and watch for something familar at the 50 second mark: this website! Also shown are Blogging Away Debt and [...]
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Obsessive Thoughts from an Obsessive Mind
1mil got Millionster up and running again, and tagged me for this Obsessive Thoughts meme. For some reason, I’m compelled to introduce it in pirate speak, so here be the rules: Link back to the person who tagged you. List five of your obsessions. Tag five other bloggers to list their obsessive thoughts. Arrr! Me [...]
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WHOA!
Oh man, you found me out. Yes, this is the future home of Poorer Than You. But I’m still in the process of moving, so things are still a little bit crazy around here! Check back in a couple days, or subscribe to the feed, which will keep you updated: http://feeds.feedburner.com/PoorerThanYou Peace out! (If you’re [...]
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Money In, Money Out
I just deposited over $400 in the bank! Included in that was a check for money I was owed, cash from selling an old textbook and my iPod shuffle, and a bunch of rolled change! Of course, things are not all cheery in the Financial Land of Stephanie… I called the school back today – [...]
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Be a Film Producer, Thanks to Ebay!
It doesn’t make a lot of sense for me to say “a friend of mine makes independent films.” Why? Because a lot of my friends make independent films! I went to film school, after all. But I do have one friend that is very, very ambitious (some would say “overly”), who makes several independent films [...]
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Pop Goes the Credit Score
Well crap. My school sent me a “Notice of Delinquency” today. They’re going to send my account to collections unless I pay them the $500 I still owe them. Crap, crap, crap. No, I don’t have $500 to pay them with. An old paycheck of mine from my summer job was supposedly sent out this [...]
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Reader Question: Credit Card Hardship
I had an anonymous reader post a question in the comments section of another post, and I wanted to make sure that the question and answer didn’t get buried! Here’s what this reader came to me with: Hi Stephanie–I just discovered your site through some browsing. I am currently a Senior in college and in [...]
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“Really Bad Advice” is Very Good Advice?
A little background: when I was a freshman in high school, I had a class called “Electronic Publishing,” which basically amounted to “fool around on the computer time.” Every day I would take this opportunity to check out my daily “humorscope” on a very funny website. Yesterday, I got the inclination to check and see [...]
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