Posted On: March 5, 2013 | Posted In: Random | Posted by: Broke Millennial®
Growing up as an expat provided me with the wonderful luxury of traveling the globe at a young age. By the time I could buy cigarettes and get drafted (yeah right), I had been to upwards of 20 countries. Then I repatriated to the United States in order to attend college. (Climbed to the … Continued
Posted On: February 27, 2013 | Posted In: Personal Finance 101 | Posted by: Broke Millennial®
Kids in elementary school cafeterias all over the world are immediately divided into two groups: lunch buyers and lunch bringers. I was a lunch bringer and boy did I rock those homemade lunches. No Lunchables or processed snacks for this girl. It also took me an embarrassingly long time to realize that a reusable cold … Continued
Posted On: February 19, 2013 | Posted In: Millennials | Posted by: Broke Millennial®
Few social customs frighten a millennial more than dealing with the end-of-meal check. Recently, I had a terrifying splitting-the-check experience at a birthday dinner for a friend. The restaurant was a typical over-priced Mexican joint in Manhattan. The kind of place that would reduce most abuelas to tears, because they charge $13 for a chicken … Continued
Posted On: February 13, 2013 | Posted In: Personal Finance 101 | Posted by: Broke Millennial®
So here I was, in New York City at 22-years-old barely making enough money to keep a roof over my head and put food in my mouth. Luckily, I can be a pretty resourceful person, please remember the hoarding of hotel toiletries, and found ways to embrace my budget cuts and feed myself for little … Continued
Posted On: February 4, 2013 | Posted In: Personal Finance 101 | Posted by: Broke Millennial®
In June of 2011, three weeks after college graduation, I packed two bags and boarded a plane to New York City. I had landed a job working as a page for an iconic late night talk-show host. A fun, rewarding job but certainly not a well-paying. Even though I came prepared to be broke… (Yeah, … Continued
