Living Expenses

The Story of My Secondhand Stuff

by Katherine Coplen May 14th, 2013

So here’s the story of my old stuff. It behooves me to say that I’m blessed with an extremely generous family, who’s helped me get on my feet in a variety of ways. Stuff is just stuff, sure, but everything comes with a story.

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I Finally Internalized All Those Cheap Living in NYC Tips

by Kathleen Jordan May 8th, 2013

Hot NYC life tips.

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I Could Have Been a Great Opera Singer, If I Were Rich

by C.L. May 3rd, 2013

Saying you want to be an opera singer is like saying you want to be an astronaut.

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Appearing to Be Well Read Not Cheap

by William Foster May 3rd, 2013

The pile of unread publications on my coffee table attests to my knowledge of the names of publications that keep people informed on many and divergent areas of the cultural spectrum.

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Off the Grid

by Mike Dang May 1st, 2013

This Quora thread on what it’s like to live in the middle of nowhere is really fascinating. The person at the top of the thread found it to be, well, lonely: “I feel damaged from so many years alone.”

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The Cost of Things in Qatar

by Dane Wisher April 24th, 2013

Life as an expat in qatar.

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Living on $15,000 a Year

by Mike Dang April 8th, 2013

Broke Person: So, I’m 25, I live in the Midwest, I work and live at a camp/environmental learning center, and I earn just shy of $15,000 a year. It’s pretty seasonal work, so I earn most of that between late April and early November.

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Actually Useful Commencement Speeches

by Mike Dang January 31st, 2013

Remember graduation? Remember what your speakers talked about? I vaguely recall something about never forgetting about what my dreams are, and to remember to do something that I love and that makes a difference because I am the future.

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