April 25th, 2012
Broke Gal in NYC, Part 7: Wrapping Things Up
Welcome to the “Broke Gal in NYC” blog series! For the past seven months, we’ve followed Kate from the Broke Gal in NYC blog in her progress to pay down debt, make a career change and do it all in a financially savvy way!
Read Kate’s first, second, third, and fourth and fifth and sixth posts, then come back and read this summary of her journey.
It’s been a great seven months of blogging for Credit Karma and having Justine give me advice on my goals. It’s been full of challenges but overall has been a wonderful experience that has helped me mature not only fiscally, but also intellectually. To reflect on the past seven months, I’m sharing my highs, lows and future goals:
Highs
- Investing: I am really pleased that I started investing, since I know this is necessary for my long-term financial well-being. I hope to grow and diversify both my brokerage account and retirement savings in the next few years.
- Paying off credit card debt: This was a huge success for me; now I can put money I would be throwing away on interest towards my student loans, savings or investments.
- Feeling “in control”: The most important thing I learned was how to take control of my money and feel in control of my own financial destiny. So often people, especially women, act like financial success is something that just happens to a select lucky few, but that is absolutely not the case! Feeling in charge of my money has definitely been one of the most empowering experiences of my life.
March 7th, 2012
Broke Gal in NYC, Part 6: A Personal Fiscal Year in Review
February 8th, 2012
Broke Gal in NYC, Part 5: Love (of Fiscal Goals) is in the Air
January 5th, 2012
Broke Gal in NYC, Part 4: The New Year in Numbers
December 7th, 2011
Broke Gal in NYC, Part 3: Frugal Finds at Holiday Time
November 2nd, 2011
Broke Gal in NYC, Part 2: Time Equals Money and Other Handy Conversions
October 5th, 2011
Broke Gal in NYC, Part 1: Getting to know you
As of August 2010, I was unemployed, owing nearly $3,000 in credit card debt, and had no savings. I was living way beyond my means. I felt hopeless, helpless and out of control. A year later, I have almost $5,000 in savings and my credit card debt is nearly paid off (I only have 100 bucks left!).
