Category: College Financing
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Podcast Episode 2 Sharing My Embarrassing Money Moron Moments and How Podcasts Saved My Financial Life
Although my About OMG My Money page has details on my personal finance journey, I think hearing the money moron moments directly provides another layer of OMG-ness. In this episode I share my embarrassing personal finance disasters, how I became debt free, and how podcasting saved my financial life. Why Start OMG My Money I…
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Getting Closer to Paying off My $77,000 Student Loan Debt Payoff December Progress Update
Thanks to a variety of personal finance and side hustle podcasts, I have been motivated more than ever to pay off my student loan debt. In my 20s I defaulted on my student loans and I have been paying the price on that mistake ever since. I am now on pace to pay off my…
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My 5 Biggest Money Mistakes
I have made some of the worst money mistakes any person can make. It took me at least 10 years to recover from these money mistakes in my 20s and I have been paying for these mistakes to this day. What are your worst financial mistakes and how have you or are you recovering? Here…
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My $77,000 Student Loan Debt Payoff November Progress Update
Ever since I set my student loan debt payoff goal of March 2019, I have been motivated more than ever to continue seeing my student loan debt shrink and eventually paid off. I have been paying a bit more on top of the $2,300 a month I currently pay thanks to my side hustles. Although…
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My $77,000 Student Loan Debt Progress as of August 2018
I am sure you have seen the articles about how the average college graduate has a 5 figure student loan debt amount. Here is an article from CNBC for a refresher. I ended up owing a 6 figure student loan debt upon graduation and defaulted. Fast forward more than 10 years and I still owed…
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Why I Am Happy I Chose to Attend An Out of State Big 10 University
As a self professed money moron (I was and partially still am), attending an out of state college was one of my biggest financial regrets. It would not be a blog without the flipside, right? I try not to be such a negative person and when it comes to finance, you have to think beyond…
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Getting Motivated to Accelerate Paying off My Student Loan Debt
In my 20’s I ignored my massive student loan debt and eventually went into default. One of the worst possible things financially you can do. I went into default only a few years out of college. This is the reason I started this personal finance blog. For cringeworthy money moron moments, give the post a look for…
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Why I Regret Going to An Out of State Big 10 University
Let me start off by saying that my regret going to a four year Big 10 college is my own doing because I was a money moron. Looking back to high school when I was coming up with a list of 4 year colleges, all I knew is I wanted to experience living on my…
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Top 3 Things I Would Do Differently When Applying to College
I made financial mistakes. Cringe worthy financial mistakes. Admittedly voluntary because I had no financial intelligence. Being a money moron started when I was considering college. In my previous post about the top 5 financial things to consider when applying to college, I did not fully provide my point of view. I am a firm…
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Top 5 Financial Considerations If Applying to a Four Year University
What I write in this post is purely from my own experiences. I am not a financial guru. I am not a financial ninja. I do not do interviews or guest posts. I am passionate about my full time job as VP, Digital Marketing. But. I am a money moron. I am here to share…
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