I had a crazy conversation with a friend lately about a major reach job I kind of wanted and he just pishawed me and essentially said of course I’m going to get it because I’m me. I looked at him as though he’d lost his mind and changed the course of the conversation, but I’ve…
Next in our series of city cards I’ve actually used, let’s check out the Vienna Pass card. Things I love about city cards: Makes narrowing down what to do easier. Helps you budget your attraction spending in advance. Lets you pay off a lot of your attraction spending before even going on vacation. They often have…
Here’s an interesting trend I’ve noticed. People who go hard for a while with their financials and then have an “eff this, life’s too short, I’m doing what I want moment.” But they fully embrace the eff this. They’re like, “I got this, yo.” They know they can make more money. They know how to…
Profile I am thirty four years old and I’m a freelance stage manager and blogger – and part-time vagabond. I live at my parent’s house right now and lately I travel a lot. I’m very lucky and don’t have to pay any rent. My only monthly bill is my health insurance. Saving & Spending I…
If you have to be out of work for a long time because of an injury or long-term illness, it can be a particularly worrying circumstance which you would probably rather not to have to worry about. Of course, there is plenty that you can do to try and make the most of it, and…
In what situations would you need to consolidate your debt and what is it? If you are struggling with debt repayments, it might be time to consider entering into some sort of debt consolidation plan. Debt consolidation can lower your monthly repayments, giving you room to breathe again financially and sometimes it can help you…
London is the second most popular destination in the world for international tourists. It’s an amazing city no matter how you look at it and everyone can have a great time there. However, the abundance of entertainment, attractions, great food, and versatile accommodations comes at a rather steep price. The average daily cost of a stay…
Budgeting is one of those things that most people are put off by but if you get the hang of it, it’s very easy and helps keep you on track with your expenses month to month. Your budget should be prepared each month before the budget month starts. If you’re budgeting for May, you should…
For many, credit card debt feels like a “can’t live with it, can’t live without it” situation. On one hand, using credit cards to pay for purchases helps you build your credit score—which is an important rating for many reasons. But credit cards come with a certain set of challenges, namely that they can easily…
It’s been a pretty jet setting month and my last adventure was a return trip to New Orleans, Louisiana with one of my best friends. We both did a lot of Pinterest searching for what to do and here (in my expert opinion), are a few things you could skip to save money and a…
It’s been a while since we talked about cruise ships but I was recently reading a post somewhere that said you should try to live the first few days after you receive a paycheck the same as the last few days leading up to it (in terms of spending). I laughed because I understood the…
I’m a huge fan of most city cards. I absolutely loved using them in London, Dublin and Hawaii. However, I have also found the Amsterdam one to be pretty useless, unless you just want to go to a ton of museums. With that in mind, I think it’s a good idea to always do a little…
So this post is to point you guys in the direction of this fun quiz over at Cashflow Cop. Remember being a fourteen year old girl and taking quizzed in Seventeen to find out if you were a Dawson or a Pacey kind of girl? Weren’t you all fourteen year old girls once?? Well, fear not.…
Image Source. Licensed under Creative Commons. Going to college is certainly exciting. Without having to live under your parents’ home rules, you have complete freedom to do what you want. However, with this freedom comes responsibility – which is where many students make big mistakes. Some of these mistakes can have a negative impact on…
You know we’re all about frugal ways over here at brokeGIRLrich, but there are a few things that provide so much value, they’re worth saving up for and splurging on. If you’re a student or early career stage manager with Broadway aspirations, the Broadway Stage Management Symposium is a really amazing weekend crammed with educational lectures,…
I know some people who just thrive in a whirling dervish of chaos. I am not one of those people. I spent the last month in Milwaukee really upset that I hadn’t brought my 2019 calendar with me because I was trying to book and organize things and suddenly felt really overwhelmed that I couldn’t…
5 Different Types of Insurance Policies You Should Buy Your odds of winning the lotteryare fairly slim, but you still like to daydream about it. Life is unpredictable, after all. Who knows what will happen in the future? Not all of life’s surprises are as pleasant as picking the winning lotto numbers. It’s much more…
People think that working from home is easy because you can just do your own thing and work at your own pace in a comfortable environment. But the truth is, even though there are a lot of benefits, working from home is actually very hard. When you’re working in an office, it’s easy to stay…
Anyone who drives knows full well that it is something that is usually a considerable drain on financial resources. This can often be so bad that it even seems unavoidable, but this is far from the truth. Actually, if you want to find a way to stop your car from causing you financial loss, there…
Profile I am thirty four years old and I started out the month as the Stage Manager of Things That Go Ding! at Skylight Music Theatre in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. However, the show ended on the 3rdand I’ve spent the rest of the month as a vagabond. Saving & Spending This month I put $500 into my IRA…
Learning to be smart about your money is a lot like trying to lose weight. You know that diet and exercise will help, but sometimes it is hard to fit those efforts into your life. Money is no different. You know that if you want to have more money, you either have to spend less…
Need to get away? Taking a vacation isn’t something that’s nice to do, but necessary. Only 60% of Americans took a vacation in 2017. If you’re one of them, all of that working isn’t good for you. You’re less productive and you could be on the verge of burning yourself out. Traveling to Dubai can expose…
Over the years I’ve read and even written a few posts about how finance and physical fitness are so similar. Lately I’ve been really unhappy with my weight, my energy levels and my perpetually upset stomach. I keep coming back to the idea that personal finance and physical fitness are so similar that I should actually…
Folks, I have tried a lot of different tactics to get my financial life in order, some with little difficulty but big payouts (like setting up a budget at the beginning or continually tracking my net worth), others with questionable payouts (no spend months, buying meat in dollar stores, mystery shopping). At the end of the…
Investing is a fantastic way to create wealth and safeguard your financial security and it’s a good idea to start saving sooner than later. The most difficult part is overcoming our perceived obstacles towards saving. Our excuses are our biggest barriers to saving For the majority of people around the world, times are tough and…