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Buy All Your Furniture at Target, For Tomorrow We Die
Buy All Your Furniture at Target, For Tomorrow We Die
We own cheap furniture because we sense, consciously or unconsciously, that our situations are temporary.
Catherine Baab-Muguira
5 days ago
The Cost Of A (Somewhat) Legal Trip To Cuba
The Cost Of A (Somewhat) Legal Trip To Cuba
In late 2014, President Obama relaxed restrictions on Americans looking to travel to Cuba. The new rules said, in short, that you should…
Dewan Gibson
3 days ago
5 Moderately Difficult Steps To Creating Your Own Position
5 Moderately Difficult Steps To Creating Your Own Position
Submitting online applications into the infinite internet void wasn’t working. I decided it was time to try creation instead of application…
Rachel Ahrnsen
2 days ago
The Year I Became a Piano Tuner
The Year I Became a Piano Tuner
Can you really make $80 an hour tuning pianos? I decided to find out.
Samuel Annis
4 days ago
What Happened After Two Friends Went on a Trip Together: 2016 Edition
What Happened After Two Friends Went on a Trip Together: 2016 Edition
Previously:
Hope L
yesterday
Money Lost—and Lessons Learned—From My First Band
Money Lost—and Lessons Learned—From My First Band
Most of the time, if you think you’re getting paid you’ve got another think coming.
Dan hughes
2 days ago
Poem on a University Credit Card Training Session
Poem on a University Credit Card Training Session
There are so many budget codes in the world, and they help us to make sense of existence.
Susan Harlan
3 days ago
How a Library Assistant in Dallas Does Money
How a Library Assistant in Dallas Does Money
Elizabeth is a 31-year-old library assistant in Dallas.
Nicole Dieker
yesterday
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Job of the Day: AI Writer
Job of the Day: AI Writer
Who personalizes the artificial personalities?
Nicole Dieker
22 hrs ago
A Robot Etiquette Question of the Day
A Robot Etiquette Question of the Day
The moment that we all start believing our robots have feelings is the moment it’ll all change.
Nicole Dieker
yesterday
My Thoughts About Star Wars: Force For Change, In Order
My Thoughts About Star Wars: Force For Change, In Order
How much do I have to donate to get the T-shirt?
Nicole Dieker
yesterday
Friday Estimate
Friday Estimate
Happy Friday! Let’s estimate how much we plan to spend this weekend.
Nicole Dieker
yesterday
This New Yorker Article About Childcare, Emotional Labor, and Economics Is a Must-Read
This New Yorker Article About Childcare, Emotional Labor, and Economics Is a Must-Read
Trust me on this one.
Nicole Dieker
2 days ago
The Hazards of Online Bill Pay
The Hazards of Online Bill Pay
Or, How I Paid the Wrong Electric Bill for Six Months
Nicole Dieker
2 days ago
Do(ula) 1 Thing
Do(ula) 1 Thing
Thursday is a great day to do that 1 thing you don’t want to do but also don’t want to continue thinking about doing.
Meghan Nesmith
2 days ago
How Much Was Your Breakfast?
How Much Was Your Breakfast?
White corn tortilla: $0.65
Meghan Nesmith
2 days ago
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A Story of a Fuck Off Fund
A Story of a Fuck Off Fund
You will be the kind of woman who can tell anyone to fuck off if a fuck off is deserved, so naturally you start a Fuck Off Fund.
Paulette Perhach
Jan 20
I’ll Take Care of You
I’ll Take Care of You
On the sad seduction of “treating myself” during a crisis
Nona Willis Aronowitz
Jan 4
What I Learned About Money After My Parents Died
What I Learned About Money After My Parents Died
“I was inheriting everything my parents had and, in the process, getting a crash course in the practical financial aspects of death.”
The Billfold
Nov 3, 2015
My Nine Months as an Uber Customer Service Rep
My Nine Months as an Uber Customer Service Rep
by Anonymous
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What I remember most are the funny stories from disgruntled riders.
The Billfold
Sep 15, 2015
Shit Work
Shit Work
by Rachel Ahrnsen
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I have a theory that the easiest litmus test for privilege is how much contact someone’s had with poop that isn’t…
The Billfold
Aug 13, 2015
Let’s Kill Til It’s Dead The Myth That Mom’s Salary Pays For Childcare
Let’s Kill Til It’s Dead The Myth That Mom’s Salary Pays For Childcare
If everyone benefits from childcare, everyone pays for childcare. Period.
Ester Bloom
Jul 16, 2015
The Long Distance Approach to Getting Over It
The Long Distance Approach to Getting Over It
by Keith Flanagan
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Space can get expensive. In a city of New Yorkers nearing nine million strong, I live amongst a clan that’s reasonably…
The Billfold
Jun 26, 2015
The Moral Conflict of Living and Working in Qatar
The Moral Conflict of Living and Working in Qatar
by Dane Wisher
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I recently returned to the U.S. after teaching writing and rhetoric in Qatar, a Persian Gulf emirate in the news lately…
The Billfold
Jun 11, 2015
Doing Money
How a Woman in a Rent-Controlled San Francisco Apartment Does Money
How a Woman in a Rent-Controlled San Francisco Apartment Does Money
Mindy (not her real name) is a 30-year-old financial analyst in San Francisco.
Nicole Dieker
Mar 22
How a Woman Planning to Retire at 52 Does Money
How a Woman Planning to Retire at 52 Does Money
Ann (not her real name) is a 45-year-old Senior Director of Client Services for a tech company in Cincinnati.
Nicole Dieker
Mar 17
How a Stay at Home Mom in Washington, DC Does Money
How a Stay at Home Mom in Washington, DC Does Money
Maia (not her real name) is a 29-year-old stay-at-home mom and former attorney in the D.C. area.
Nicole Dieker
Mar 11
How a Woman Planning a ‘Money Makeover Year’ Does Money
How a Woman Planning a ‘Money Makeover Year’ Does Money
Allison (not her real name) is a 31-year-old government worker in Los Angeles.
Nicole Dieker
Mar 4
Relationships
Don’t Lie To Yourself About When You’re Spending Money
Don’t Lie To Yourself About When You’re Spending Money
Why I’ve got to stop pretending that those big purchases don’t count in my budget right now.
Rachel Goldfarb
Mar 22
The Flotsam and Jetsam of Failed Relationships
The Flotsam and Jetsam of Failed Relationships
A Friday chat about breakup stuff
Nicole Dieker
Mar 4
What Financial Obligations Do We Have To Our Romantic Partners?
What Financial Obligations Do We Have To Our Romantic Partners?
Love is grand, until money gets in the way
Ester Bloom
Mar 4
Meals I Have Made to Woo Men, Part I
Meals I Have Made to Woo Men, Part I
There’s a great scene in the middling Mike Nichols’ 1986 film adaptation of Nora Ephron’s perfect Heartburn where Meryl Streep cooks Jack…
Meghan Nesmith
Feb 23
Student Debt
How a Teacher in Tennessee Does Money
How a Teacher in Tennessee Does Money
Mal is a 30-year old teacher near Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Nicole Dieker
Dec 14, 2015
A Pre-Thanksgiving Student Loan Tweetstorm
A Pre-Thanksgiving Student Loan Tweetstorm
Logan messaged me to say that I should post about our pal Lauren Rodrigue’s recent tweetstorm about her student debt.
Mike Dang
Nov 25, 2015
I Could Have Avoided Student Debt, But Have No Regrets
I Could Have Avoided Student Debt, But Have No Regrets
by Elizabeth Belyeu
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My parents wanted all of their kids to go to college, but we knew they wouldn’t have the money to get us there.
The Billfold
Aug 20, 2015
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