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Our Healthcare System Sucks: Breathing & Getting Ready for Open Enrollment blog healthcare open enrollment period Oct 24, 2022

Introduction

Hey there, friends! The 2023 Open Enrollment Period begins November 1, 2022, so we thought we’d take a minute to break down some of the things you might want to consider when navigating your healthcare choices for the upcoming year. 

First things first:

Yeah, this system...

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You're Not Alone: Navigating Financial Shame & Trauma blog financial shame Sep 22, 2022

On the final day of FinCon 2022 (a conference just for personal finance geeks who love to blog/podcast/etc.), I attended a panel called, “Financial Trauma: Navigating Shame and Privilege.” Honestly, I wasn’t expecting much. I sort of expected personal finance professionals who...

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Some Easy Financial Tips for the End of 2021 blog Dec 22, 2021

Well, hello again, intrepid money-pals! This is Daniel, and I’m here with some of the End-of-Year steps I’m taking to get myself feeling bright and shiny and secure in my spending as we barrel on into 2022! A little background on me: I’m a lifelong theatre and literature kid who...

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Your Investment Portfolio is Diverse, Shouldn’t Your Favorite Finance Blogs Be Too? blog instagram personal finance blogs Dec 08, 2021

Daniel here! Honesty time, Team: Part of why I stayed away from Talking ‘Bout Money for so long was because I didn’t want to learn from an old, white cis dude what I was doing "wrong" with my queer artist life.

And good news! You don’t have to do that either! We’ve...

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Vacation (All I Ever Wanted), or: How to Feel Better the Next Time You Get Away blog tips travel vacation Dec 01, 2021

Good morning, afternoon, or evening, money pals! Let’s get right into it:

I LOVE VACATION.

I love road trips, I love gas station snacks*, I love planes, I love overpriced airport Starbucks, I LOVE ACCOMMODATIONS.

But it can be hard-- if finances are low/tight--to feel like you’re even...

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