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Black Girl Luxury: Creating my Dream Lifestyle
The Black Girl Luxury lifestyle I’ve created for myself didn’t happen overnight. In college, while most of the people I knew spent their weekends partying, shopping or brunching, I was working in order to stay at my dream school. While my friends would join clubs for pure interest, I chose ones for interest that included stipends. My breaking and humbling moment was during my junior year while studying abroad where I had to make $200 stretch each month because of a family situation. My overall…
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Easy Income: 5 Apps that will Pay You Cash Rewards
1. Ibotta This is one of my favorite apps, especially because I enjoy grocery shopping. Once you download the app, my advice is to add all the retail cards you have onto the app. This will automates the process of receiving cash-back rewards once a purchase has been made at the store. The main work you have to do is to add the offers that will enable you to get the most cash back. They currently have a browser extension that is in beta which will…
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How to Set S.M.A.R.T Financial Goals
When it comes to finances, it is smart (Ha- see what I did there), to be clear regarding your desired outcome. Dreaming about one million dollars and developing an actionable plan for a million dollars are two different perceptive resulting in different outcomes. One gets you no where, while the other makes an idea more possible. S.M.A.R.T. is an acronym that allows you to set actionable goals. SMART stands for: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timely. Let us delve into how you develop an actionable…
