I want to do good. I want to give back. I want to benefit my community, and I want to be charitable. There’s just one problem: I don’t have a spare cent to give. Because all of my income is carefully allocated to pay off debt, save for retirement, and build an emergency fund ―…
Did you guys know that after Black Friday and Cyber Monday is Giving Tuesday? We won’t get into it here how effed up I think it is that the day set aside for giving comes several days after rampant consumerism… or maybe we just did… but I honestly didn’t know that was a thing until…
During the holiday season, charitable giving increases. Whether it’s the warm and gooey feeling of helping others or the season of tax write-off prep, either way it’s nice to know that when you’re giving money to an organization they’re going to use it the right way. What’s the right way? Personally, when I give money…
Profile I am twenty-nine years old. I work as an associate production manager and my yearly salary is $38,000. I live on a train most of the year and stay with my parents for free during my vacations, so I have no rent or utilities to pay other than a $50 a month internet fee…
Most of the time news articles are not full of happy rays of sunshine and hope. This one is. Coca Cola announced that it will not be spending any money on advertising starting on Novermber 18. Instead, the global company will be spending that money on relief efforts in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan.…
I tend to keep my blog here in the realm of personal finance, but I think in doing so I focus more on the finance and less on the personal. So today I’m throwing out this extra post about something that is very near and dear to my heart – the Philippines. I’m not one…