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One girl's adventures in learning how to adult, brought to you by Sam Beckbessinger

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Let's all make gifts!

Giving stuff away for free is the cure for hopelessness, and it's PUNK AS HELL.

Let's all make gifts!

Starting a small family business or side-hustle in 2020

Your step-by-step guide to helping your family start a small business in 2020.

Starting a small family business or side-hustle in 2020

Technology isn't (always) the solution

Why the climate emergency needs political solutions, not just shiny new inventions.

Technology isn't (always) the solution

On Victory Gardens and community resilience

Who knew it's so hard to grow your own damn food?

On Victory Gardens and community resilience

The Politics Follow the People (or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the protests)

Something I learned this week that helped me to feel a little less hopeless.

The Politics Follow the People (or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the protests)

Should you split up your savings?

Tackling a reader's question about whether to maintain different savings accounts for your specific goals.

Should you split up your savings?

It's book launch week! AAAAAH! 😱🥂🥳

Just for members, here's the first chapter of Manage Your Money Like a Grownup: the Best Money Advice for Teens.

What marshmallows can teach you about the limits of knowledge

Some musings about the money cultures of different social classes.

What marshmallows can teach you about the limits of knowledge

Marketing books, collaboration, and creative freedom

A nerdy deep-dive into how books are made, on Arthur Attwell's new podcast.

Marketing books, collaboration, and creative freedom

Getting teens interested in personal finance: a Q&A with Bargain Books

I recently did a little Q&A with Bargain Books, talking about what it was like adapting Manage Your Money Like a Grownup for teens 😈

Getting teens interested in personal finance: a Q&A with Bargain Books

Being your own rich husband

Someone once told me I needed to get a rich husband if I wanted to do what I love. I found a different option.

Being your own rich husband

Would somebody tell me what's happening, please? I'm so confused.

How to make sense of things when you feel like you're living in a totally different reality to everyone else around you.

Would somebody tell me what's happening, please? I'm so confused.

How does compound interest apply to ETFs, and where would you invest for a teen?

Talking about how ETFs actually grow in value, and where you should invest a large lump-sum on behalf of a teen with globetrotting ambitions.

How does compound interest apply to ETFs, and where would you invest for a teen?

What to do when a loved one is dying, or has died

Some practical tips for managing the death of someone you love.

What to do when a loved one is dying, or has died

How much does it cost to move overseas?

Lifting the lid to show you what it really cost me to move to the UK.

How much does it cost to move overseas?

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