I often find the question of how much to give to charity a tough one to answer. After all, as a personal finance geek it can be tough to break out of the mindset of saving everywhere one can in order to prepare for the future. Realistically though, as much as we...
Sometimes when we think of being able to get through post-secondary education without being a million dollars in debt, we tend to focus heavily on where to cut little bits from a budget in order to save money. There is no doubt that saving hundreds of dollars on...
In my opinion, about 90% of what you need to know in life you can learn by watching Forrest Gump. One great money-related insight is revealed when he tells his fellow park bench-sitter: “Though he [Lieutenant Dan] did take care of my Bubba-Gump money. He got me...
When we first started My University Money we weren’t sure exactly what we wanted to be in terms of who we were writing for. Obviously we wanted to help the everyday student (and we think we’ve done a pretty good job of that, take a look at our past articles), but we...
Part-time jobs have always been part of the landscape for post-secondary students. I was very fortunate in being able to stay out of debt by piecing together cash from a great summer job, a few scholarships and awards, returning my empties, and sponging some RESP...