If you’re staring down a major shopping holiday like Memorial Day or Black Friday, still unclear on what you want to…
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Nicole Dieker
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Nicole Dieker has been writing about personal finance for nearly a decade. She's also the author of The Biographies of Ordinary People, a Millennial-era Little Women.
I don’t know about you, but I began saving money for my summer vacation in January. In fact, I have budget line…
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If you have a health insurance plan that comes with a health savings account (HSA) or if you’re planning to sign up…
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Before I moved from Seattle to Cedar Rapids, I booked a week-long stay at a Cedar Rapids Airbnb so I could do a…
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If you’ve been thinking about writing a novel, drafting a play, starting a journal or simply keeping a record of…
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How often do you check the news? Once when you wake up, probably—and once again before you start working, and one…
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If you feel like there isn’t enough time to do everything you want (and need) to do, one solution—as…
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Whether you’re a seasoned work-from-homer or still adjusting to it in these Pandemic Times, you’ve probably run into…
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If you received a stimulus check made out to a deceased relative, or a direct deposit into one of their accounts…
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The CARES Act allows federal student loan borrowers to put off loan payments until October 2020—and many of those…
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Giving Tuesday, a day on which people are invited to make charitable contributions to organizations they support and…
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If you’ve been working from home during the shutdown, the past eight weeks have probably felt twice as busy and…
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There are two big unknowns in all of our lives right now: What’s going to happen with the COVID-19 pandemic, and…
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Now that the “new normal” has started feeling, well, normal, how can we ensure we’re still remaining vigilant with…
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If you’ve got airline points or miles saved up, you could hang on to them in the hopes that you might be able to…
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I haven’t gotten my IRS stimulus check yet; every time I check the IRS’s Get My Payment site, I get the message “we…
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My home office is tucked into the corner of my studio apartment that’s farthest away from my west-facing…
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I know that my Fitbit isn’t meant to be used diagnostically, but I’m also sure I’m not the first person to have…
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Now that we’re all doing more Zoom calls, Google hangouts and FaceTime sessions, we’ve started to run into that…
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If you’ve been laid off, furloughed or have lost income due to the coronavirus pandemic, you might already have…
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