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Personal finance-related blog posts told with real-world, first-hand experience from two hard-working, hard-hustling millennial super savers.

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Debt and Depression – Why I’m Proud To Be A Grown Up Tattletale

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

I've tried writing this piece in my head for days. (Warning: this entry is about debt, depression, and suicide.) I remembered something that happened to me that I never told anyone. I never even told ...

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David or Goliath? Reducing Big Expenses VS Small Expenses

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

Mrs. Picky Pincher is the money-saving maven and blogger at Picky Pinchers. She writes about living the good life while paying off $250,000 of debt. (Editor Note: She's a spunky cutie blogger and has ...

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Making Our Epileptic Rainbow Unicorn Themed Financial Map

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

I'm not trying to come off as a hipster but I made this financial map for Apathy Ends long before it started rolling. When I first joined the personal finance community in late March, I connected with ...

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Tips for Battling High-Interest Debt and Other Debt that Won’t Go Away

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

Debt is a bad baby. Stubborn, high-interest debt is probably one of the worst demons to fight. I've spoken about how to overcome credit card addiction but Josh, our guest writer today will be ...

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The Dying Middle Class: “Two American Families” – PBS Frontline Documentary Review

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

Hiya guys! Come watch a movie with me!I started climbing down the YouTube auto-play pit when a blogger friend recommended a Warren Buffet documentary. I believe it was around midnight, I had insomnia, ...

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At What Age Does Being Broke Stop Being Cute?

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

When I left college, I was so depressed. I was depressed that I was working two jobs and I was still barely getting anywhere thanks to San Francisco's astronomical cost of living. I told my boyfriend ...

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How Any Person Under 30 Can Become a Millionaire By Retirement Age

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

Who wants to become a millionaire?After Gameboy Color came out I remember running over to my best friend's house to drool over hers. We took turns playing her Pokémon Blue and winning big money at ...

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Facebook Bragging Can Be Annoying & It Could Ruin Your Finances Too

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

We're all too social media crazy these days. It's becoming such a norm you have to announce you're off social media or else everyone assumes you're automatically on the radar. If I wasn't a blogger, I ...

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I’m on the Family Payroll Now? (Should You Accept Money From In-Laws?)

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

The anniversary of when I squeezed out of my mom rolled around and somehow on paper, I'm more than a quarter of a century old. Black magic.Someone just ends it all right now, it's all downhill from ...

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What Financial Health Means to Me {Contest Essay}

What Financial Health Means to Me: Overcoming My Hyperfrugality

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

ReflectionJune 9, 2000 was the day we arrived.Mom, dad and little me left our little fishing village and flew across the ocean to America. It was my first time on a plane, my first time in a car lane ...

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