As we grow throughout our twenties and thirties, we are told to keep growing. We are told to keep going forward and rarely look back. We are told to strive forward in our careers, our relationships and the ways in which we live our lives without taking any prisoners along the way. But, no matter…
It’s not easy to find friends out in the real world. In college, you are constantly around people who are in a similar stage of life and have similar interests as you do, so it’s relatively easy to meet new people and make friends. And any of those people you meet will live close by,…
The champagne has been popped, and you’ve excitedly accepted your best friend’s request for you to become her maid of honor. You’re anxious to help her pick out the perfect bridal gown, and you already have every detail of the bachelorette party planned (Wine Country, here we come). Oh, but your responsibilities don’t end there,…
Ashley Gershenson is a financial expert from Northwestern Mutual. Ashley wanted to tell us how she helps people manage their finances. A lot of us are struggling with our finances, with Ashley’s help, we will be able to develop a plan that addresses our needs and gets us started on the path to fiscal security….
As a little girl, I lived with the two people who would later become the most influential in my life: my mother and my grandmother. Before starting preschool, I would stay home with my Grandma, and cuddle in the love seat, full with homemade biscuits, breakfast sausage, and of course, a huge helping of love….
Choosing a career is one of the most significant decisions we make in life. It’s the one choice that affects our happiness, success, fame, and fortune. So you’d think that when you cross projected job growth with a high median annual income, you will get the most highly coveted, hard-to-land positions in America. Yet, there…
Congratulations! You have graduated college and what a major accomplishment that is! But now that you have graduated, there are a few items that you are going to need to get. Things were actually set up pretty easily for you in college. You may not think so between all of the cramming and all-nighters but…
As a kid, I always helped my parents with their garden during summers. Digging holes, planting seeds, pulling weeds, and hose-watering (both the plants and myself) were key parts of my childhood. Now that I’ve moved into an apartment in the city, though, I’ve had no plants of my own. I didn’t realize how lucky…
You have dreamed about independence since you were 10 years old and here you are, fresh out of college, with $30K plus debt on your name, big ideas and not enough cash to fund them. It might not sound glamorous, but it’s the perfect moment to get a pen and paper and design a plan….
