This post contains affiliate links. If you buy from one of the links, I may receive a small commission. Thank you for your support! Have you ever wondered how bloggers, Instagram influencers or even your every day social media guru makes money? Do you want in on the action but have no idea where to start? Look no further. Phew, did that sound too salesy? Let me back up. My…
In case you, by some miracle, don’t know what an MLM is, allow me to enlighten you: MLM=multi-level marketing, and encompasses companies that basically involve home parties. When I graduated from a small, liberal arts college, seemingly all of my classmates were peddling eye cream, essential oils and vitamin packs. While I am most certainly not a hater when it comes to an entrepreneurial spirit, the way many people went…
Like any good millennial, I’m in to podcasts. If you’re not a millennial (my website analytics tell me that I’m quite popular with the over-60 crowd. Hi, Mom and Dad!) and don’t know what a podcast is, it’s basically on-demand (think Netflix) talk radio. Because I have a roughly hour commute two days per week, it’s nice to use that time wisely to learn a few new things. Rare are…
I actually wrote this post on my phone while on the plane ride home on Spirit, mainly because I didn’t want to get my laptop out of my bag and wanted to write while it was still fresh in my mind. I hope you enjoy! For as much as I usually love it, January lasted approximately 800 years this year and I needed an escape. What I did not need,…
I’ve written extensively about how your 30s are way better than your 20s, and one of the main reasons that that is true for me is simple–I have a lot more money now. This is largely due to the fact that I chose education as my first career path and well, just about every other field is way more lucrative. Money, of course, isn’t everything, but it is nice to…
For as much as they’re such an easy target for jokes, the answer to the title question is yes. Sorry to give it all away so quickly. My mom is every salesperson’s dream client. You give her a pitch while she’s drinking wine at your Arbonne/Tupperware/Pampered Chef (note-she doesn’t cook)/Tastefully Simple party and she’s writing you a $400+ check and is the biggest believer in the products ever. SO, when…
It amazes me how many people who are otherwise very intelligent don’t have a professional helping them with their finances. We see professionals for health reasons and to get our hair colored.. Why not something that will literally impact you for the rest of your life? I met Jordan Smith a few months ago when I decided to switch away from a financial planner I’d been working with for a…
Perhaps the #1 question I get asked is, “How do you stay so organized?” I would be lying if I said it’s all an act and that I’m kind of a mess and that it’s all for the ‘gram. That wouldn’t be true. I am, in fact, super organized and share this on social not to give you a complex but to show you how you can do it too!…
Perhaps the #1 question I get from friends and family is “How did you land your job?” I’ll admit that my story is unique (it involves being irate at my principal and impulsively writing a cover letter about Steve Jobs) but it can be done. So many teachers falsely assume that, because their degrees are in education and that their relevant work experience involves cutting out paper bumble bees and…
I went to the Atlantis in the Bahamas a few weeks ago and perhaps the #1 question I got asked on social media was something along the lines of, “So, you’re a budget blogger… How is this a budget-friendly trip?” The short answer was that it wasn’t. At all. Atlantis is very, very expensive no matter how you slice it. One thing I should clarify overall is that I’m not…