Author: Ashley C.
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3 Ways to Improve Your Credit Score
Growing up, “credit card” was a forbidden word. We were the “Let’s put these Christmas gifts on layaway,” type of household, not the “Just charge it all to my American Express” type, if you catch my drift. Credit cards were assumed to only be used by the rich: people who could pay it off in time […]
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Introduction to Budgeting
In the beginning….you had money. You received the paycheck (or direct deposit), saw that everything added up correctly, and deemed it good. And then you said “Let me buy this, that, and the other.” And before you knew it, there wasn’t enough left for necessities. Stress and debt followed, and it became a pattern, then […]
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How to Travel the World on a Budget
Get out. No, seriously, get out: out of your house, out of your mentality, out of your comfort zone. Go from “existing” to actually “living.” There’s an entire world outside your window. Being exposed to different environments, languages, cultures, customs, and ethnicities is an unexplainable yet remarkable feeling. Many people never visualize themselves traveling […]
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How to Save At Least $6000 Each Year
Is it just me, or are all of these “how-to” articles sounding pretty redundant? You know, with the clickbait title, strikingly attractive yet unrelated photo, and a list of things to “possibly” do that just “may” help you “almost” come close to doing what they said you’ll do? I don’t have time for that, and […]