Graduation is an exciting time, it marks a huge accomplishment, it also marks a huge transition from full-time student to full-time adult. Here are 8 things to know after you graduate. 1. Your Student Loans Have a Grace Period Take advantage of this post graduate time, do not use it to be in denial about…
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Happy Friday friends! Today I’m excited for another installment of Student Loan Conquerors. Student Loan Conquerors is an interview series where I talk with some awesome people tackling their student loan debt head on. Finding out how they are doing it and what inspired them to start in the first place. If you are interested in…
Happy Friday friends! Today I’m excited to announce a new series here on Less Debt More Wine, the Student Loan Conqueror series. Student Loan Conquerors is an interview series. I will be talking with some awesome people tackling their student loan debt head on and finding out how they are doing it and what inspired…
Congratulations! You’ve graduated. But you haven’t yet been hit with the reality of repaying all those student loans. You are likely very much enjoying your grace period. How about instead of ignoring the inevitable you take advantage of this time? Here are some things you can do to take advantage of your grace period. In…
You’ve just graduated and you’ve got your first full-time job lined up; congratulations! You still have a lot of decisions to make and if you are like me when I got my first full-time job, you don’t understand half of the information they are throwing at you. From health insurance to retirement, things are different in this…
Very few people love to budget and if you aren’t one of them I don’t blame you. While I generally enjoy budgeting now, it wasn’t always the case. One thing that made budgeting for me way easier and more enjoyable was using multiple bank accounts. Checking Accounts For Expense Types When budgeting you generally are…
Budgeting can be clutch to taking control of your money but can be a bit overwhelming when starting out. I’m going to break it down for you by first explaining what a budget is, hint, it’s not a way to torture yourself. Then we are going to cover the three basic rules of a successful…
Hopefully, you’ve done some spring cleaning this month. If so you’ve probably made a few bucks selling some of your old junk, but chances are you still haven’t sold everything. Rather than keeping a pile of stuff around just go ahead and donate it. I know what you are thinking how can you take advantage…
Less Debt More Wine is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. Keeping with the theme of spring cleaning this month, I thought I’d share with you some easy and frugal DIYs…