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Investing 101
Gather ’round for a story.’Twas the tax season of 2019, and yours truly was an investing spring chicken. I had cautiously transferred a few thousand …
We’re Having Fun, Right?
The other morning, I woke up with a strange impulse: I wanted to go to the mall. Work had been particularly intense for a couple of weeks, so wanderi…
Streamlining Into the Void
I typically follow a simple social media strategy: Get incensed or enthused about a topic, then make a quippy, shareable, and, crucially, under-90-se…
The News that Makes Money Feel Worthless
The other night, my standard millennial woman stomach issues started to manifest in a new and exciting way (I’ll spare you the details, because I val…
The Financial Case for Creativity
Ever since that cursed Shein brand trip last summer in which American influencers toured the company’s Guangzhou factories and marveled aloud at how …
Maybe She’s Born with It, Maybe Her Mom’s the CFO of Kraft Heinz
Almost 10 years ago, I lived in a city surrounded by hordes of other early 20-somethings. We were Venn diagrams of friend groups connected by mutual …
The Capital Gaze
A few weeks ago, I received an email from a listener who was grappling with the hollow trappings of prestige. She described graduating from an MBA pr…
We Live in a Society
When we first moved to California, our next-door neighbors—a very kind Gen X couple—knocked on our door and invited us over for dinner. In the follow…
Just Asking Questions
Imagine for a moment that you have a magic browser plugin. When activated while viewing your portfolio, this mystical Chrome extension can scan your …
How to Travel for Free¹
¹must be willing to jump through a litany of loopholes and degrade oneself before the transfer portal gods.In the last week, I’ve seen a slew of head…
What Choice Do You Have?
I rarely go physically grocery shopping anymore, opting instead for the convenience of delivery orders of roughly five days’ worth of meal-making mat…