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It is the newest craze to hit teens and 20-somethings across the globe. Or, the newest craze to come back from the dead and become popular again as Pokémon was huge in the 1990’s.
Pokémon Go — on the surface — seems like a relatively easy game that passes time with little need for complex thinking. If you look deeper under the surface, however, you can find motifs that can help improve your life and habits… even your finances.
Take, for instance, the pokeballs you can accumulate in the game. You have to go to pokestops in order to get the pokeballs but you only get a certain amount at a time (along with other items). Think of this like a paycheck, in a way. You have to take the ration of pokeballs you receive and budget them out in order to achieve your goal: capturing the Pokémon highest on your wish list. [ continue reading… ]
It’s back-to-school season, and that means back-to-school deals for all the students out there. If you’re a student, you might even snag an awesome discount on things like laptops, software and other tech. But what about teachers?
Students and their discounts get so much attention this time of year that educators — on the other end of the spectrum — tend to get overlooked. As someone with many teacher friends, who’s seen the time and effort they sacrifice for others’ children, I think every one of them deserve a few breaks. Upwards of 100+ major retailers and countless businesses think so, too.
Besides the extra special “Teacher Appreciation Week” held in May, teacher discounts apply all year round whether you’re a K-12 educator or university professor. Take a look at some of these discounts and deals you’re entitled to. Do any surprise you? [ continue reading… ]
Financial obligations are a part of adulthood no matter how old you are, as only their categories and amounts change from one decade to the next. The good news is that adults at either end of the age spectrum get better deals when it comes to discounts. In these situations, age does matter. Take a look at these discounts for students and see if there are any you’re not taking advantage of. After all, you’re only young once!
Discounts for Students and Young Adults
Students are overwhelmed with college debt more than ever before, and they deserve a little break. Merely being enrolled in a community college or university is enough to get you a discount on many items, services and venues, whether you’re 18 or 30. In most cases, simply provide proof of student status (your ID card or a university email account), and you’ll have access to the following items: [ continue reading… ]
If you missed the news, Starbucks raised their prices once again this summer, for the third summer in a row. The obvious solution to save money at Starbucks is to avoid the coffee shop altogether. However, if Starbucks is your crutch – like it is mine, you just have to learn how to get more creative about getting drinks for free.
Here are four such hacks you should try if you want to score free drinks.
Check Your Grocery Loyalty Card
The Starbucks in Vons, Albertsons and Barnes & Noble are all separate businesses, meaning they do not operate under the same umbrella as a Starbucks franchise. That means that they can offer different opportunities for Starbucks discounts and free drink offers.
My Vons’ card had four free Starbucks drinks on it last month. I also received multiple offers for discounted drinks and pastries in the past too. It seems that whenever Starbucks introduces a new drink, my Vons’ card has a free drink promo to entice me to try it. [ continue reading… ]
Whether or not you admit it, there is a certain thought in the back of your (possibly deep) subconscious that occurs every single time you have a little extra money. Maybe your paycheck was bigger than you expected this pay period. Maybe your Grandma Sue wrote you a check for $100 just for being her favorite grandchild (for the moment). Or maybe you got a nice big check from the government in late spring for being such a good tax-paying citizen. (I mean, one can dream, right?)
No matter how it happened, it happened, and now you have an extra chunk of change burning up your wallet like a book of lit matches. What are you supposed to do?
Half of your brain might be telling you that it is the mature, responsible, adult thing to put it all into your savings account; if you don’t have one, this part of you brain will urge you to consider opening one. The other half, however, has no willpower and immediately makes a list of the new clothes, fitness equipment and electronics this can fund. With your brain conflicting between spending the money on fun and being an adult and purely saving it, your head must be spinning.
The best course of action is the one which allows for compromise — i.e. do both. Yes, you can both save and spend at the same time! [ continue reading… ]
The popular new “free” app Pokémon Go has just as many kids and adults excited as rolling their eyes. Some see it as a harmless new obsession that gets people active and engaging with the outdoors (while still staring at their phones, of course). Others point out that it encourages people to do stupid things like drive while playing the game, trespass, fall into ditches, or even walk into traffic.
Regardless of which of these camps you fall into, there’s one thing everyone can agree on: the game and the potential for participants to waste money. Here are four ways this happens. [ continue reading… ]
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