Month: October 2019

Money and family

8 ways good intentions can sabotage your finances

The more I learn about personal finance, the more I am aware of the well-intended decisions that actually sabotage our progress. We begin to make financial decisions based on the mashup of knowledge (or lack of) we gather from our surroundings: the conversation with our family at the dinner table, the clerk’s savings advice at […]

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Money and family

5 rules to follow when financially helping family

Helping family financially is a subject of polarizing opinions.  Nonetheless, many of us decide to do so for a variety of reasons that vary from cultural to personal. This article is not about if you should or shouldn’t help. Instead, my purpose is to share how you can offer your financial support in a more […]

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Side Hustling

10 side hustle that made me money while being a student

A few weeks ago, I was attending my friend’s 70th birthday party when a lady stopped me on my tracks and said: “You may not remember me, but you painted one of my bedrooms almost two decades ago!” I totally remembered her!  Not only was she the first customer my friend and I had for […]

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