The Writer’s Coin

I was tagged by GradGirl for this and so I’ll dutifully pass it along.
What was I doing 5 years ago?
In May of 2003 I’m pretty sure I was in Paris, having one of the greatest times in my life. I had French class every day from 9–1, and then I’d just walk around different parts […]

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I got locked out of my apartment on Thursday night and it cost me $25 to get them to open up my apartment. I felt like such an idiot. You scrimp and hustle and save and everything you can, you take lunch to work every day and don’t buy unnecessary stuff and then this stuff […]

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The Money Hacks Carnival is up and running over at Money Hacks. My post, Someone Else’s Money, was featured as an Editor’s Pick so I’m really excited about that.
It was a post that I wrote from the heart and even though it’s a little personal I decided to go ahead and publish it. I’m glad […]

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I’ve talked and thought about alternative income and diversifying my income for a long time but I’ve never really counted up all the pennies to see how much I’ve been making. It was just such an “insignificant” amount that I never gave it much thought.
Then last month I saw some actual amounts of money in […]

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We’ve all heard the stories out there of companies profiting even when they haven’t done their job well, especially CEOs. Well, I thought I had heard it all until I read this article. It talks about Washington Mutual and how the board has approved a new way of measuring the performance of the CEO to […]

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Here’s a good article from a while back that I really like. Here’s what the article is about:
This article is not about how to fake being an expert, so it’s not some quick, easy thing you can do and then be way better at something tomorrow. It’s about actually becoming an expert, which will take […]

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Here is an interesting post asking the question “What would you do if you found a wallet with a lot of money and no ID?”
There are all kinds of moral implications, obviously, but since something similar had just happened to me, I wanted to discuss some of the other issues involved.
I found a wallet in […]

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I’m 26 years old now and I’m constantly looking back to my time in college thinking of how I would’ve done things differently. Reading things like this post show me how I really could’ve done things in a more practical, efficient way (I majored in Communications and Philosophy (I know, ouch)).
Back then I didn’t really […]

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It’s a very exciting move for The Writer’s Coin and I hope it’s the beginning of a long stretch of great posts, good commentary, and more discoveries.
If you have any suggestions or gripes (like the ads) please comment on them or drop me an email.
Thanks!
WC

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I’ve written before about the way routines make it easier to stick to your budget because you do the math beforehand and then lay out your week in terms of expenses (mostly the post was about food and groceries). Then you just follow the map you set for yourself. Yes, it can be boring, but […]

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