Wow. Spending money feels good. If you’re having a bad day, or haven’t spent money in a while, you tend to feel like splurging. The mere transaction of trading paper money for tangible (or intangible) goods has been proven to release endorphins in the brain. Music even has been proven t...

With a brand new of experience of college or graduate school beginning, one tends to feel liberated by their choice of living away at school. Along with the new sense of freedom also comes the duty of responsibility. This often goes overlooked when move-in day occurs and can lead to speed bumps ahea...

We’ve been asking college students for the piggy bank saving strategies that they had growing up or while still in college. We were surprised at the amount of students who actually used piggy banks. Here’s what they did… A friend of mine goes on vacation every year with his family....

When it comes to shopping and saving, there’s many common-sense solutions for students. Here’s a list of helpful shopping tips for strapped for cash students. Use Discount Stores They may be hard to find in some locales, but dollar stores still abound. Also, Big Box retailers can often b...

The best part about school letting out is that we don’t have to pay for textbooks, and the worst part about school starting up is paying for textbooks. Why are textbooks so expensive? On my campus, we have two book stores: The university book store, and an independent, “off-campus”...

The first step to plotting out your budget is to know when you are getting paid and when your expenses come due. The best way to accomplish that is to map out your paychecks, and mark on your calendar around the time that your monthly bills come. After a month (or two), you will be into the habit of...

Why make a budget? You don’t really need to, especially if you have money in the bank to fall back on. I like to equate having a budget and spending to having a roadmap and traveling. Getting from Point A to Point B is a lot easier because you have a roadmap and guide to follow. The same appli...

Need a few bucks? Yeah, I know, life is tough when you live paycheck to paycheck and have nothing to fall back on. I’ve done it for years in college… down to even having $2-4 in my bank account the night before getting paid. A friend of mine put me through this assignment last year, and ...