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Improving Your Digital Technology Skills Through Online Training

Outlier Model / March 6th, 2014 / 4 Comments

Some things you can only learn through workplace experience, such as teamwork, leadership, and communication. However, critical skills are best picked up and honed through formal training. Previously, online resources for professional development were scarce and required classroom or on-the-job training. However, many online training options can help workers keep their technical skills up to date with...

Posted in: Career and Work Tagged with: continuing education, digital media, online training, video game design, video game industry, Web Design

Three Ways to Use Your Tax Refund to Save Money

Ways to Use Your Tax Refund, extra money

Melissa Batai / March 2nd, 2014 / 1 Comment

It’s tax season. For some, that means paying out money, but for many, that means getting a good chunk of change back. In fact, according to TIME, 75% of Americans receive tax refunds. Many financial advisors recommend that you change your tax withholding so you don’t get a return. But if your income isn’t that high and you have children, you may always get a tax refund. People...

Posted in: Saving Money Tagged with: income tax refund, ooma, router, tax refund

How to Buy Wedding and Bridesmaid Dresses on the Cheap

Buy Wedding and Bridesmaid Dresses , wedding preparations

Melissa Batai / February 26th, 2014 / 1 Comment

Many young girls imagine their wedding. They imagine their dress, the flowers, and the ceremony. As they grow up, these same girls might buy bridal magazines and gaze longingly at wedding dresses before they’re even engaged. While we’ve seen the rise of expensive, couture dresses thanks to shows like Say Yes to the Dress, some retailers are bucking the trend and offering discount bridal...

Posted in: Editors Picks, Minimalism and Frugality Tagged with: bridesmaid, bridesmaid dress, cost of a wedding, Rent the Runway, save money on your wedding, saving and frugality, target, wedding, wedding dress

The Hidden Costs of Stress

CF / February 24th, 2014 / 5 Comments

Sooooo… After falling off the face of the Earth for about 8 weeks, I’m back! I think I could fill a book with everything that happened in those weeks. But suffice to say – it was a rough period of many personal changes for me. I spent the last 2 or 3 weeks catching up with my life and I’m only just getting back into the groove of things. I’m getting back to writing, and I realized quite...

Posted in: Philosophy Tagged with: $100 grocery budget, budget, forgetting to pay the bills, late fees, money