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Amy Freeman is a freelance writer living in Philadelphia, PA. Her interest in personal finance and budgeting began when she was earning an MFA in theater, living in one of the most expensive cities in the country (Brooklyn, NY) on a student's budget.
College is expensive, and the cost keeps going up. It’s not just the sticker price of tuition, fees, and room and board. The materials most students need to succeed in class, such as textbooks, also tend to be pricey. The…
Once advertised as the “cool” and “elegant” thing to do, smoking has lost its edge. The number of people in the U.S. who smoke has been falling each year for many years now. In 2015, nearly 21% of U.S. adults…
“Why don’t you just quit?” might be the question your friends and family ask you every time you say “I hate my job” or describe the latest work horror to them. Although quitting a job you aren’t happy with can…
Many people don’t notice typos or grammatical errors in printed documents or online. Two spaces after a period, an apostrophe where none is needed, or mixed up homophones don’t bother them. But for you, a typo in a restaurant menu…
Do you think Feb. 14 should be just another day on the calendar? The annual onslaught of heart-shaped objects, cheap chocolates, and exploitatively priced diamonds can leave those who are recently or perennially single — or just don’t like Hallmark…
The future of many jobs is remote work. While some roles, such as waiting tables or physically examining patients in a doctor’s office, require a person to be on-site, you can do most 21st-century jobs from pretty much anywhere. Modern…
You’ve done it: You’ve convinced your boss to let you work from home. Or perhaps you recently decided to go solo and launch your own home-based business. No matter who you’re working for or what you’re doing, you’re going to…
If you didn’t study a foreign language in high school or college, is it too late to do it now? Did you learn a language way back in school, but you can’t remember most – if any – of it?…
If you don’t currently have health insurance, you’re not alone. In 2019, 26.1 million people in the United States were uninsured, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. For a few years before 2018, if you didn’t get insurance, you had…
People love their pets. In the U.S., 67% of households have at least one pet, according to the American Pet Products Association. Those households spent over $100 billion on care for their pets, more than $8 billion of which went…
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