Five money habits keeping millions of people broke

Most people struggling to make it from one payday to the next assume the problem is how much they earn, but a growing body of financial research points somewhere else entirely, toward five specific habits that quietly drain income no matter the paycheck size. A recent global workforce survey covering nearly 40,000 workers across 34…

ByGesi LloydSeptember 18, 20260Comments

Finance

How to stop the constant urge to go shopping

The most effective method, according to personal stylists and financial writers, is separating the act of looking from the act of buying, then backing that habit with a hard rule like an enough list or a fixed budget. September is one of the worst months to resist shopping because retailers stack back to school marketing,…

ByGesi LloydSeptember 11, 20260Comments

Finance

7 ways to handle black tax without wrecking your own finances

Black tax refers to the informal, often unspoken expectation that a working professional will regularly support parents, siblings and extended family financially, a pattern common across African communities and in diaspora communities abroad. It is not a legal obligation, but black tax can function like one once requests become routine, and left unmanaged it can…

ByGesi LloydSeptember 4, 20260Comments

Relationships

Would you break up over a secret bank account?

Financial infidelity is becoming the new deal-breaker — and couples are screening for it earlier than ever. Forget texts and dating apps. In 2026, the betrayal couples are talking about most is financial. A hidden savings account. Quiet credit card debt. Money moved around while one partner insists they're broke. Would that be enough to…

ByDempsey May AyucoAugust 26, 20260Comments

Dating

Money talk timing that could save your relationship

Financial compatibility shapes relationships more than most couples realize, and knowing when to raise it can change everything. Few topics feel as awkward on a first date as money. Yet as salary transparency becomes more common and budgeting apps turn financial habits into daily conversation, many people still freeze up the moment a partner's…

ByGesi LloydJuly 16, 20260Comments

Money

A 26 year old’s money diary after a rough week in Los Angeles

Money diary: Sometimes the most revealing weeks are the ones that catch you off guard. For one 26 year old TV and film coordinator living in Los Angeles, what started as an ordinary Monday quickly spiraled into one of the most emotionally and financially loaded weeks of her year. Between a sudden breakup and a…

ByDorcas OnasaMay 27, 20260Comments

Self

A government worker’s money diary on $76K a year

Money conversations can be uncomfortable. But they can also be revelatory and that is exactly the spirit behind Money Diaries, where real people open up about how they earn, spend and think about their finances. This week, a 30 year old forest planner working for the U.S. government in Utah pulls back the curtain on…

ByDorcas OnasaApril 22, 20260Comments

Ideas

10 Money-saving grocery hacks that could change everything

How everyday shoppers are quietly cutting hundreds from their monthly food bills — without couponing into chaos The weekly grocery run has quietly become one of the most financially loaded errands in American life. With household budgets stretched thin and prices continuing to fluctuate, the supermarket has transformed from a mundane chore into something closer…

ByDempsey May AyucoFebruary 27, 20260Comments

Lifestyle

Keke Palmer became a millionaire at 12 and never once lost her head

The actress became a millionaire before her teens — and still refuses to live like one Keke Palmer Has Never Let Fame Dictate Her Finances Long before most people negotiate their first salary, Keke Palmer was already navigating seven figures. The actress, now 32, has spent more than two decades in the entertainment industry —…

ByDempsey May AyucoFebruary 18, 20260Comments