debt

SHOW US YOUR DEBT! We're Coming Clean About What We Owe and Why

Whether it be too many nights out drinking eating up your hard earned cash, an academic diploma you can't pawn or a serious medical condition your evil insurance company wouldn't cover, we want know what you owe. Send a photo of your totals and tallies to olivia@xojane.com.
Helena in
Issues, debt, personal finances

Aug 22, 2012 at 2:00pm | 390 comments

debt

I'm $130K in Debt and Fine With It

All told, my first experience with credit was embarrassing, demoralizing, stressful, and it banged up my virgin credit something fierce. But none of it stopped me from getting another card or another and another.
Rebecca in
Issues, debt, money, credit cards, finances

Dec 11, 2012 at 3:00pm | 227 comments

being an adult

Should I Feel Bad About My Weekly Splurge?

Every week we justify this splurge simply because it makes us happy, and helps us feel like adults who have their shit together, even if we are worried about our careers and student loans every other day of the week.
Caitlin Abber in
Issues, being an adult, debt, hostessing, splurge, wine

Aug 7, 2012 at 6:00pm | 117 comments

materialism

I Downsized My Whole Life To 100 Things

As long as the total is 100, it’s okay to lose one thing and gain another. If someone gives me a gift that I mean to keep, it must replace an existing item.
Courtney Carver as told to Jamie Joseph of LearnVest in
Relationships, materialism, budgeting, money, debt

Oct 31, 2012 at 5:00pm | 95 comments

debt

Will My Student Loans Keep Me From Ever Finding Love?

I truly believed this insurmountable amount of cash I owed to both the government and Sallie Mae was my albatross.
Caitlin Abber in
Issues, debt, marriage, obama, roger ebert, rrstudent loans

Jul 31, 2012 at 12:30pm | 81 comments

homelessness

I Was Technically Homeless For Six Months While Paying Off Debt

I had no concrete plans when I left my lease renewal unsigned. All I had was a personal belief that I wouldn’t end up living on the train.
Nikki Yeager in
Issues, homelessness, poor, debt, work, hard

Mar 4, 2013 at 3:30pm | 68 comments

finances

Does My Bad Credit Mean I'll Be Forever Alone?

I don’t need some jerk reminding me that my borked student loan situation is probably keeping me from finding love.
Rebecca in
Sex, Sex, Sex ... and Love, finances, money, debt, credit score

Dec 28, 2012 at 12:30pm | 61 comments

debt

Average Student Loan Debt Is Higher Than Ever Before

A combination of factors are coming together like a perfect storm to trap people pursuing higher education in a maelstrom of debt that will be difficult to escape, and it could cast a pall over our future as well as our present.
s.e. smith in
Issues, debt, financial planning, money, student loans

Aug 31, 2012 at 11:30am | 52 comments