Tag: gender pay gap
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Income Problem or Spending Problem? Do the Math With Real Numbers
Paycheck to paycheck. This is something thrown around quite a bit. But how do you know if you are actually living paycheck to paycheck? When I first graduated, right into the 2008 financial crisis, it took months to find any job at all. When I finally found work in the service industry, I was happy…
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Dave Ramsey’s $1,000 Emergency Fund Advice Doesn’t Work for Women
In my first blog post, I shared how I fell back into credit card debt multiple times — even after paying it off. The culprit? An emergency fund that wasn’t actually big enough to cover emergencies. When I started researching debt payoff in 2015, Dave Ramsey’s advice was everywhere: save $1,000 as a starter emergency…