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Classic Billfold: A Story of a Fuck Off Fund
To celebrate The Billfold, we’re sharing some of our favorite posts. This piece originally published on January 20, 2016. You’re telling your own story: You graduated college and you’re a grown-ass...
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My 2018 Credit Card Spending
Sometime in January I received an email from Bank of America with the subject line “2018 spending statement.” I was about to delete it like all emails I receive from financial institutions because I’m...
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The Pain and Pleasure of Working for Tips
My armpits were sweating into the tight white jacket I had borrowed from a pile in the basement closet. It was the first weekend of June in downtown Manhattan and summer greeted concrete and glass...
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Billfold Recommends: Crazy Keiki Cloning Paste
My apartment currently contains six living plants. However, I’ve also killed two plants over the past year — first I mercy-killed a succulent that had lost all of its petals, and then I did unlicensed...
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The Cost of Mr. Biscuit’s Last Meal
Skin-on chicken thighs: $[I don’t remember] Unsalted butter: $[I don’t remember] Total cost: $[Doesn’t matter] The day before Mr. Biscuit died, I received an email from Logan Sachon, with whom I had...
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Classic Billfold: What I Wanted From My Move to Portland and What I Got
To celebrate The Billfold, we’re sharing some of our favorite posts. This piece originally published on March 14, 2016. “I always knew I wanted to live out here,” my friend Tahiti told me from behind...
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How a Program Assistant Dealing With a New Paycheck System Does Money
Jenn is a 38-year old program assistant in San Francisco. So, Jenn, how much are you making? I had to look this up because gross pay is not something I really think about. At the end of last year, I...
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What I Learned From Five Years of Writing and Editing for The Billfold
I started this process knowing very little about personal finance. I mean, I knew the basics. I’ve told the story about graduating college and reading Your Money and Your Life and tracking every penny...
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Question Wednesday
It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time for my final financial question. Earlier today I shared what I learned from five years of writing and editing for The Billfold. Now I want to know what you...
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We Did Good, Billfold
Naoshima, Japan (Photo: Mike Dang) Sometimes the spaces you need don’t already exist, so you create them for yourself. The Billfold was created because we needed a space to truly, honestly talk about...
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