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Author: Izzie

  • On early mornings

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    Early mornings, especially on your days off can be hard. It’s cold, your bed beckons, and there isn’t really anyone (except past/future you) to judge present you for hitting snooze on your day for a few hours. However, you must not let this happen as you’ll still need to accomplish everything you are putting off,…

  • Roommates

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    I can be the best or worst roommate. I have high standards, I won’t tolerate bullying, and I mostly keep to myself while at home. These attributes have allowed for years of peaceful co-habitation with other roommates, but for some, these attributes caused nothing but strife. No roommate is truly perfect, although I found a…

  • 401K

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    So, your job has a 401K. That’s awesome! But maybe you’re not sure where to start. That’s okay, look in the literature given to you about your 401K for the company that holds your 401K (Vanguard, Fidelity, etc). Go to their site and set it up. If you aren’t sure what to do, call them,…

  • Roth, Budget, & HYSA

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    So you know you need to get your financials in order, or maybe someone told you to, but where should you start. Investing, saving, brokerage, budgets, renting vs buying, day trading, 401K, 529, etc. All these are different areas of finance falling under the same umbrella and while they might have the same fundamentals, they…

  • Study Groups

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    It’s the first Friday of the semester/quarter, and you’ve just had a long week of very boring classes all repeating the same syllabus information for hours. You want to take a nap, maybe finish unpacking, and go home. But instead, you’re going to take a few small steps and set yourself up for success for…

  • Essay Tips for Scholarships and Admissions

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    Scholarship essays, or admission essays, essays are an art and a skill. When done well, the acceptances roll in, but when done poorly or without understanding, it can be an exercise in futility. Here are some of the guides and necessary essentials for writing an essay that gets results. In one sentence, this is it:…

  • Utilities

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    When you live at home or on campus during college, oftentimes you’ll never see a utility bill until you move into your first apartment. It can be quite a shock, suddenly having someone demand $50, $150, or even $600 a month for something that seemed so commonplace and necessary. It was a shock for me…

  • KitchenAid

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    When considering stocking your kitchen, some of the most important questions you’ll have to answer are what level of baker/cook are you. Are you a $150 chef’s knife, or a set from the store down the road cook, do you need glass, pyrex or plastic stacking bowls, and are you a stainless steel, ceramic, or…

  • Decluttering

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    Have you ever thought about what your ideal home would look and feel like? What activities you would do? Can you do those activities now and does your home feel that way now? If it doesn’t, may I suggest decluttering. When you first start decluttering, often it can be because you’re feeling overwhelmed by something…

  • Furnishing your Apartment

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    When you enter the workforce, and potentially move into your first apartment, you’ll be initially surrounded by all your college and hometown memorabilia and storage solutions – the rickety plastic shelf, the collapsible felt chair, and tons of cube boxes. You might be tempted to throw it all away, immediately, and start fresh, but I…