A great weekend in my books gives you opportunity to dress up, dress down, work out, snuggle in, and adventure and this weekend has been a glorious example of that, finally. Not that weekends are usually horrible around here, but it’s so nice to have a weekend to ourselves with nowhere really to be. Here’s a photo diary from our fun!
This post originally appeared on Voleo’s blog.
PERSONAL FINANCE 101: TOP 5 TAKEAWAYS
Last Wednesday evening I had the pleasure of hosting a personal finance workshop for Ladies Get Paid, a New York-based but nationwide organization focused on helping women find career and financial success, at San Francisco’s GitHub headquarters. I’m pleased to say that the event made for a very engaging and interesting discussion on how different people manage their money, what their perceptions of the stock market are, and the various approaches to investing, whether through work in a 401k or directly through the stock market.
Besides your bag, which may be an investment in itself, there are a several specific accounts that are designed to help you financially plan for the future.
This past weekend has been super lovely and relaxed, but still quite productive as I managed to accomplish quite a bit on my to-do list. I’d also made it a mission of mine this past weekend not to spend money frivolously, because I feel like the little things lately are adding up too quickly. My boyfriend was away so it was a nice opportunity to chill at home and have some Duchess time. The whole don’t-spend-frivolously thing didn’t go very well, and so last night I started working out how I can curb the spending that doesn’t feel like you’re really spending, but actually adds up to quite a shock at the end of the month.
I should preface this by noting that I have a love for many old man things (or things perceived to be for an old man like cigars, smoking slippers, the color forest green, plaid, scotch, and historical non-fiction books usually featuring finance or a political figure), and that perhaps this is part of the reason I love the experience of reading a newspaper so much.
Headlines lately have been dominated by the current White House’s actions, as have our twitter feeds. My twitter feed is now probably about 70% political, and I haven’t really followed many new politically-active folks. I find that people want to talk politics at work, at dinner, and at the dog park (happened this very morning; a lady shared her politics in explaining why she had named her dog George after President Bush). It does not end. Keeping up, keeping motivated, it is emotionally exhausting.
