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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 money — […]

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 […]

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 I’ve earned […]

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 […]

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 […]

To celebrate The Billfold, we’re sharing some of our favorite posts. This piece originally published on September 23, 2014. Read old comments via the Wayback Machine. I’m a young freelance costume designer living and working […]

NICOLE: Tell them how many times we drew the Death card. NICOLE: All the time. In EVERY SINGLE TAROT READING. NICOLE: And we even re-ordered and cleansed the deck under the full moon just to […]

It’s Friday, which means it’s time to estimate our weekend spending. Since Monday is Presidents’ Day, you can either estimate a long weekend of spending or a short one. We’ll be doing the check-in on […]

In March 2016, with the burst of energy that accompanies both the end of a long winter and the start of a new relationship, I called my primary care provider. I had a boyfriend again […]

Have you ever gotten a promotion? Occasionally you’ll luck out and one will just get bestowed on you, and (if you’re like me and this happens at a formative early stage in your career) you […]