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Afraid of Life? Grad School Isn’t the Answer
As I begin my slow descent away from the nostalgic highs of my undergrad yesteryear it has become very interesting to me to see what paths many of my old peers are taking. Many have of course moved on to jobs, others to careers, and still others are pursuing leisure...
How Cool Is Fiverr?
About two months ago I finally took a long look at this phenomenon they call Fiverr. If you haven’t heard, the basic idea of the site is that you can sign up and post a service you will do for 5 dollars (USD) or you can search for people to do something for you for...
The My University Money Guide To Determining Your Risk Tolerance
Every investment made in the history of time has an element of risk associated with it. Heck, the whole concept of investing is trading risk for reward. If you lend money to the government of your country, it's (most of the time) a pretty low risk investment, since...
Pay Off Debt Fast or Build Assets?
Is it me, or are there a ton of people out there right now that get really hot and heavy for this whole pay off debt fast thing? I mean, I’ve read so many posts about eating the free range crickets that live in your basement for cheap nourishment, or hooking your...
Using Your Student Card To Get Student Discounts
I’ve mentioned here on My University Money before, the classic PF dilemma that I have in terms of saving money, but being pretty lazy as well. But I was impressed by how easy it is to get student discounts. You see, I hate coupons. I hate clipping them, I detest...
How To Crush the College Experience (The Best Advice I’ve Ever Received)
When I was given the opportunity to write at My University Money, I was extremely excited. I have a strong desire to inform and educate young adults with their finances. Unfortunately, if you’re looking for personal finance tips – you might as well stop reading. This...
My Sirius/XM Discount Journey
I constantly amazes me what the mark up is on certain products and services, and how much money you can save by remembering that Everything Is Negotiable! I’ve saved little bits of money on monthly services such as my phone, internet, and television costs before, but...
What Boxing Taught Me About Personal Finance
Growing up I played a lot of different sports. As I got older I focused on basketball, and became pretty good for a Canadian high school basketball player. After finding out I was a half-step below the CIS level when I started attending the University of Manitoba, I...
Why You Shouldn't Go To University
I can already hear your comments. What kind of moron writes a post called Why You Shouldn't Go To University on a site called My University Money? This site is all about going to university, and all sorts of tips on maximizing your experience. It's all about paying...
Expense Tracking Spreadsheet
Just a short post today to announce the upload of my personal expense tracking spreadsheet. If you are considering tracking your expenses in the new year to gain a better understanding of where your money goes, or you want to abandon your pen and paper methods, I...
Your Shiny NEW Staff Writing Duo
So as we enter the New Year here at My University Money we thought it was time to diversify the content we give to our readers. While I like to think we have done a pretty good job creating stuff that it is interesting to read, we felt we needed to add some different...
Stock Market Picking Contest
I truly don’t believe that there are more than handful of people out there who can truly pick stocks with enough skill to beat the street on a long-term basis. The more I read and gain experience with investing, the more sure I am that the best course for 99% of...
My Predictions for 2012
Inspired by Sam over at Financial Samurai, I thought I might as well throw my thoughts out there for 2012. I will actually give some extremely modest stock picks for 2012 in the January 4th post, so for now I’ll stick to the broader picture. As usual, I should make...
My Goals For 2012
With everyone doing “End of the Year” posts I thought I would join the party with my own modest contribution. Within my job in education, we are all about setting SMART goals: SMART goals are ideal for most people because it presents a specific target for you to...
Why Am I Writing An eBook?
In the last couple months I have watched several bloggers who are much more established than myself work extremely hard to put out high-quality eBooks, and then watch as their efforts have appeared mostly in vain. I have seen them get frustrated by the whole process,...
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