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Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
- Aug 13, 2020
- 3 min
What’s the best financial advice you’ve ever received?
I asked around and put together some of the best personal finance advice out there.
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Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
- Aug 6, 2020
- 3 min
Gym Membership Financials
Do you have a gym membership? My family always had one at the YMCA when I was growing up, and when I met my husband, we joined a gym toge...
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Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
- Jul 16, 2020
- 3 min
What is Life-Cycle Planning?
There are many focus areas within financial planning, including insurance, investments, tax planning, retirement planning, estate plannin...
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Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
- Jun 4, 2020
- 2 min
How We Pay Our Joint Bills as a Couple
You may consider this TMI or overly complicated, but I figured I'll let everyone know how my husband and I currently pay our bills.
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Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
- Apr 16, 2020
- 2 min
Getting Your Spending Under Control
A deep dive into the balanced money formula or 50/30/20 budget.
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Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
- Jan 16, 2020
- 4 min
8 Ways to Increase Savings
A little more savings here and a little more savings there. Here are 8 tips for you to increase your savings.
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Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
- Dec 5, 2019
- 4 min
Adulting with Budgets
This posts provides an overview of 9 budgeting methods and philosophies.
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Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
- Nov 28, 2019
- 3 min
10 Things About Money I Wish I Could Tell My Younger Self
I write a letter to my 16-year-old self, including 10 things I wish I knew about money then.
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Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
- Nov 14, 2019
- 3 min
The Gender Investing Gap
There's more than the gender pay gap to be concerned with.
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Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
- Nov 7, 2019
- 2 min
Personal Finance Books: What You Should (and Shouldn't) Read
You should read most (if not all) of these books.
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Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
- Sep 19, 2019
- 4 min
How to Prepare for Your First Meeting with a Financial Adviser: 7 Steps
Take these 7 steps to get the most out of your first meeting with a financial adviser.
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Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
- Sep 12, 2019
- 2 min
Financial Literacy Has a Gender Gap
The post explores the sad facts and stats facing women when it comes to financial literacy and offers some solutions.
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Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
- Aug 15, 2019
- 2 min
Ceramic smokers: how much research is too much?
Big Green Eggs, Kamado Joe, or Saffire?
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Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
- Aug 8, 2019
- 3 min
What’s the “deal” with 0% interest?
We explore the dark side of 0% interest offers on cars, electronics, furniture, and more.
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Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
- Jul 25, 2019
- 4 min
Yes, you can have a "real" wedding in Las Vegas. What does it cost?
Here I detail the costs of our Las Vegas wedding.
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Adulting Is Easy (Lauren)
- Jun 27, 2019
- 2 min
Should I lease or finance a car?
What kind of payment do you want? Is it a pick-your-poison situation or is there a right answer?
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