The Emergency Fund, Revisited
Walk before you run, kid. One of the most oft-cited stats I see in the finance sphere is the one
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The Basics
Here’s the basics of We Want Guac – how Darcy got her stat, reached a six-figure net worth in her 20s, and how you can get there too with a high-pay job and better budget.
What’s Better, Greater Income or Lower Expenses?
You can tell which finance bloggers prefer which approach depending on their content. Some have built an audience with doing
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The Least Disciplined Of All
Picture this: you’re in a darkened auditorium filled with a hushed audience, shifting nervously in their folding chairs as they
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Owning Your Home: Do NOT Consider It an Investment
Ahh, I can hear the screaming already. The costs of homeownership – and rent, for that matter – keep skyrocketing,
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What You Shouldn’t Sacrifice to Reach Your Riches
Happy Valentine’s Day!!!!! Let’s talk about love for a hot second, specifically how love, especially the true kind, generally requires
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I’m Poor. Do I Really Need to Budget?
Tl;dr: YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Out of all the excuses people throw out for not budgeting, citing their struggles with poverty or living
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How to Get Rich: There’s Only Three Things You Need to Do
If you had to distill all financial advice into three actionable items, two of them are obvious: lower expenses, increase
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My Start Came with Temp Work
It’s been weeks since I graduated from college and I still don’t have a job. We’re deep into June 2016
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Career Case Study: My Job Trajectory Through College and Onwards
“Duh, Darcy, anyone can do it with your family connections.” Uh… wrong. My parents run machinery in rural Fearsville. It’s
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You Want to be Thrifty, NOT Cheap
In high school, my freshman English teacher had some choice words about being thrifty vs being cheap. She said “cheap”
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