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Don’t Give in to Pandemic Panic – Realistically Reassess Your Finances

Allen Francis / October 21st, 2020 / No Comments

Over 840,000 people applied for unemployment benefits in the first week of October. How sad it is that 840,000 people applying for unemployment, instead of 1 million, is considered progress. The point is that the state of your personal finances has probably been obscenely disrupted by the pandemic. Don’t fall into pandemic panic. And don’t pretend everything is normal so you can continue conducting...

Posted in: Career, Career and Work, Debt, Money, Personal Finance, Saving Money Tagged with: budget, pandemic, savings

2 Money Mistakes Keeping You in a Debt-Cycle

Allen Francis / September 26th, 2020 / No Comments

Did you know that the average person owes over $90,500 in debts? That is because debt is a like a viral financial mindset. The average person mired in debt can only create money by generating more debt. This is a debt-cycle mindset created and perpetuated by desperation and complacency. I am not judging you. I have been broke, homeless, and it took me a decade to learn I had fostered a debt-cycle...

Posted in: Credit and Debt, Debt, Minimalism and Frugality, Money, Personal Finance, Saving Money, saving money Tagged with: debt, debt payoff

How To Pay Your Loan Off Early During COVID-19

Susan Paige / June 11th, 2020 / No Comments

Photo credit: Images of Money via Flickr While many of us are in survival mode during the current pandemic, there is actually no better time to get ahead in our financial situation in order to set us up for financial wellness in the future. Particularly for young adults, the current situation has presented us with some unique opportunities we may have not had before. jQuery(window).load(function(){ ...

Posted in: Debt, Personal Finance Tagged with: coping with debt, debt freedom, loans

I May Not Qualify As a Freelancer, But I’ll Try Unemployment

Allen Francis / May 6th, 2020 / No Comments

Have you heard about the “Murder Hornet?” It’s not enough that the coronavirus pandemic is encircling the globe. And its not enough that that over 30.3 million Americans are currently unemployed. (Or that the real estimate may be double that.) Additionally, it doesn’t seem like its enough that the pandemic, and preventative lockdowns, seem to have no end in sight. Now, we have murder hornets....

Posted in: Career, Career and Work, Debt, Health, Money, Online Income, Personal Finance, Philosophy, Saving Money, saving money Tagged with: unemployment insurance