I was really hoping to avoid talking about Occupy Wall Street again. I gave insights in to my stance on the movement last week and didn’t feel as though more needed to be said. That was until yesterday when I read this story on the Huffington Post… While the Occupy Wall Street movement continues to [...]
College
Half way through my Sophomore year of college I saw a job announcement to be a RA (residence assistant) in one of my college’s dorms. My roommate that year was already an RA so I knew quite a bit about the position and how it worked. Although the position was unpaid, RA’s receive free room [...]
Today is the first day of the new school year at my Alma Mater. I figured it was only appropriate to kick the school year off with some “Do’s and Dont’s” for all college students to consider. Hope you enjoy Do look in to going to a public school. I made the decision to go [...]
Dave Ramsey often repeats the popular phrase “Cash is king.” While I wont necessarily disagree with Dave, I’d be much more on-board if he said “Liquidity is King.” Two similar statements, but they mean a world of difference. Let’s look at an example… Say Girl Ninja and I have been diligent little savers and we [...]
If my blogs url doesn’t give it away, let me spell it out for you… I – H-A-T-E- D-E-B-T. It hasn’t always been this way. Four years ago, I was impartial. I knew debt was bad news, but didn’t really know why. It wasn’t until I used this nifty little student loan calculator, that I [...]
Gotta love the news sometimes. Every year, around this time, all the major media outlets seem to get a sick pleasure out of reminding me how worthless my college degree is (BA in Psychology). Talk about rubbing salt in a wound. Here’s a snippet from a USAToday article… An analysis of the projected lifetime earnings [...]
Yes. I said it. Graduate school is overrated. Every once in a while I get asked if I’ve ever thought about going back to school. My response has consistently been “HECK NO.” Am I the only person that thinks 99% of graduate students are either A) taking classes simply because school is all they’ve ever [...]
