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Catherine

Catherine

I'm a single woman in my mid-30s who's been learning to manage my money. In the last few years, I've paid off my debt, ramped up my savings, and generally turned my financial life around. I've been writing about my personal financial journey at www.thesingledollar.com for a little over two years, and I'm happy to be sharing info on YAM as well.
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10 Ways to Motivate Yourself to Save Money

10 Ways to Motivate Yourself to Save Money

Like a lot of people, I found paying off debt really exciting — I couldn’t wait for payday every month so that I could sling thousands of dollars at my student loans. But when I paid off my debt and switched my attention to savings, my motivation lagged. It was too easy to come up […]

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How to Save Money as a Grad Student

How to Save Money as a Grad Student

Saving money as a grad student can be tricky. Most grad students have a limited income, whether through graduate assistant-ships or student loans, and especially if you worked a regular job between college and grad school, cutting back to the minimum level is difficult. Making the most of what you have requires a certain amount […]

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4 Apps That Help You Save Money Automatically

4 Apps That Help You Save Money Automatically

OK. You know you need to save. But it’s just so hard to actually transfer big amounts of money into savings when you want to pay bills or travel or buy new shoes or whatever. Stop beating yourself up about this. It’s a real psychological problem: humans have a hard time setting aside for the […]

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Top 5 Places to Open an IRA

Top 5 Places to Open an IRA

For Americans, Individual Retirement Accounts or IRAs are one of the best ways to save for retirement. When I finally started to turn my financial life around at age 35, the very first thing I did was to open an IRA. And two years later, it’s a choice I haven’t once regretted. IRAs have a […]

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What to Expect When Using AirBnB for the First Time

What to Expect When Using AirBnB for the First Time

AirBnB is one of the fixtures of the “sharing economy” that has emerged in the last few years. Like Uber, the other company that’s often mentioned, it’s a platform that allows people to rent their possessions (in this case, a sofa, room, apartment, or whole house) to others directly. Instead of staying at a hotel […]

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A Step by Step Guide to Get Started Budgeting

A Step by Step Guide to Get Started Budgeting

Friends, as a converted and frankly evangelical budgeter, I am here to tell you the deep dark magical mystical secret of budgeting. The ONE CRAZY TRICK that will allow you — yes, you with the entry-level job and the student loan payments — to start a successful budget when you’ve never been able to do […]

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How to Get Your Credit Reports for Free

How to Get Your Credit Reports for Free

Lately I’ve been writing a lot about the importance of your credit score. All kinds of things impact your credit score, such as the way you use credit cards and the amount of debt you have. But you can’t work on building your credit score unless you know what’s on your credit report. Credit reports […]

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Personal Finance Checklist for Recent Grads

Personal Finance Checklist for Recent Grads

Oh boy, do I have a lot to say on this topic. And pretty much all of it boils down to “don’t do what I did when I was a recent grad.” I’m pretty old for someone writing on “Young Adult Money” (37!!!!) and I really wish sites like this had been around back when […]

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6 Options for Tracking Your Expenses

6 Options for Tracking Your Expenses

A few weeks ago I wrote about common budgeting mistakes and one thing that came up a lot in the comments was the importance of tracking your expenses. I could not agree with this more. Tracking what I spend every day, week, and month shows me what I actually spend and not what I wish […]

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