The Financial Confessions: “What An Eating Disorder Really Costs”
I gained a significant amount of weight in college, which seems like a rite of passage for American university students. But, I passed the “Freshman 15” in a matter of months, binging on cereal in my...
View ArticleThe Financial Confessions: “My Husband Left Me And I Couldn’t Use A Checkbook”
I’m a cautionary tale, this I know and accept now. I am the statistic that they warn you about when telling you how important it is that women understand and take control of their finances. I am the...
View ArticleThe Financial Confessions: “I’m A ‘Rich Kid,’ And I’m Scared Of Being Judged...
“I used to watch girls like Cher from ‘Clueless’ or Elle Woods in ‘Legally Blonde’ and think about how I didn’t ever want to be that girl. You know the girl (or guy) I’m talking about: the rich kid who...
View ArticleThe Financial Confessions: “I Have An Ivy League Degree, And It Left Me...
“I was financially stable before I got my master’s degree. Don’t get me wrong, there was some debt from my SUNY undergrad experience, about $40K, but I could have gotten a job with my two bachelor’s...
View ArticleThe Financial Confessions: “I Was Pressured To Move For A Job I Got Fired From”
If you had asked me four years ago what my biggest career aspirations were, I would have said “living in New York and working for a hip PR firm.” Two years ago, that would have been my exact life. One...
View ArticleThe Financial Confessions: “I Lost My Job Over A Social Media Post”
I went to college in California, and graduated almost five years ago. The job market when I got out of school, as you can imagine, was pretty grim. It was 2011, and I was scared my marketing degree...
View ArticleThe Financial Confessions: “How I Got Into Credit Card Debt, Out, And Back In...
I got my first and only credit card when I was 18. Until that point, I had heard about credit cards, but didn’t really understand the whole concept behind them. To give a brief background, I come from...
View ArticleThe Financial Confessions: “I Waste Money On Vacations Every Year, And I...
The other day, I was reading an old article on a popular personal finance website I won’t name because… I don’t believe in hate-linking things. But I was reading the article and I immediately felt very...
View ArticleThe Financial Confessions: How I Racked Up $10K Of Debt (After Graduating...
I was always told that, financially, I was so incredibly lucky to graduate without student loans. And I was. In fact, I still am. I went to a communications-oriented college in Boston, where the...
View ArticleThe Financial Confessions: “I Spent $1,200 On Taxis In 4 Months”
As a young professional with financially responsible/hard-working parents, who is a loyal reader of TFD since the beginning, and someone who appears “budget conscious” to their friends, it absolutely...
View ArticleThe Financial Confessions: “I Don’t Want A Career, And Everyone Judges Me For...
I worked a 9-5 job for the first year and a half out of college, and I hated it. Everyone looked at me like I was crazy, because I was already one of the “lucky ones” who managed to get a “real” job...
View ArticleThe Financial Confessions: “What It Feels Like When Your Boyfriend Can Afford...
My boyfriend and I are buying a house. Wait, let me rephrase that: my boyfriend is buying a house. My boyfriend and I have been dating for a little over a year. Though we don’t officially live together...
View ArticleThe Financial Confessions: “I Moved To Europe To Avoid My Student Loans”
I grew up poor. Like, really, really poor. When it came time to go to college, I knew that there wasn’t going to be any financial help, and moreover, there was no way my parents could co-sign on any...
View ArticleThe Financial Confessions: “I Didn’t File My Taxes For 5 Years, And Here’s...
It all started when I moved across the country for my senior year of undergrad, graduated summa cum laude, landed an amazing job that allowed me to travel, and just assumed that “adulting” would come...
View ArticleThe Financial Confessions: “I Earn Good Money, But I Still Shoplift”
The first time I shoplifted I was 12 years old in a Rite Aid that I walked 25 minutes from my lower-middle-class suburb to get to. I wanted this clear, glittery, lightly-pink-tinged lip gloss I had...
View ArticleThe Financial Confessions: “I’ve Spent At Least $10K On Failed Relationships”
There are lots of different types of impulse spending. You can be someone who impulsively spends on bath products, or on fancy coffees, or on $15 salads even on the days when you remembered to bring...
View ArticleThe Financial Confessions: “I Work As An Erotic Massage Therapist To Pay My...
Want to share your NSFW money story? Send it to submissions@thefinancialdiet.com with the subject line “NSFW Saturday” If you are a successful businessman in New York City, and you are usually of a...
View ArticleThe Financial Confessions: “I Quit My Job To Travel, And Now I’m Out Of Money”
After four years in publishing, I’d had it. I was sick of not making a lot. I was sick of the long hours. I was sick of a boss, who I had seen at her absolute worst many, many times, treat me like I...
View ArticleThe Financial Confessions: “I’ve Spent $2,800 On Instagram In 2016”
Two weeks ago, I took a 45 minute train to a distant neighborhood in my borough to get a photo of a trendy and highly photogenic food item. You’ve probably seen a thousand pictures of this food item...
View ArticleThe Financial Confessions: “I Only Feel Wealthy When I’m In A Relationship”
I have deleted and re-installed Tinder at least a dozen times on my phone. I’m one of those tragic, wannabe Sex and the City girls who came to the city she lives in (not New York, I’m not that fancy)...
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