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The American Dream died…they forgot to send the memo

May 23, 2017May 31, 2015 by Shay

Coming from humble working class roots, it was instilled in me that my ticket to the good life was to be found in attending college and getting a good job. The kind of job that paid at least $50,000 a year and had good benefits.  I suspect many of us heard some version of this …

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Categories Money Tags financial insecurity 1 Comment

I’m so gauche or the high cost of consumption

May 23, 2017November 10, 2014 by Shay

Deep breath here. This is a post that has been simmering for months yet every time I try to get the words out, my inner good girl would chide me and say don’t do it… Yet after a really strange series of happenings, it’s time. I may lose a few readers and that is okay …

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Categories Money, Random babble 8 Comments

Shame and closets…they don’t feel good

May 7, 2020June 3, 2013 by Shay

We live in strange times; we will talk about the most intimate details of our sexual lives with virtual strangers. We will share pictures of ourselves and our families with any and every one (I am on Instagram, so I am guilty of this myself). Yet we will avoid talking about our financial lives because …

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Categories Money Tags heath insurance, uninsured 3 Comments
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