Women’s Personal Finance

Apparently it’s again time for that reminder that ✨ women supporting women doesn’t look like supporting women who do terrible things ✨

hope this helps

💯

*Yes, I know who’s next in this case. Not the point.

I have to say I feel zero relief about hearing that Kristi Noem is out.

Because it’s 0% about accountability or getting someone else better to fill the role. Likely whoever is next will actually be worse.

Three things to do today:

1. Don’t shop because you’re bored. Find something else to do instead

2. Turn your phone all the way off and on again (you should be doing this weeekly)

3. Remember that sunscreen goes on the back of your neck, too

Love,

Women’s Personal Finance, not WomenSPF

This war isn’t an emergency that requires us to give the president more latitude. It’s a monstrosity that requires that judges, lawmakers and above all citizens work to preserve the integrity of elections and the republic.

🙌 🙌

What’s your biggest money struggle right now?

What are you focusing on?

3. Unshrimp yourself! I see you hunched over like a shrimp 🦐

Love,

Women’s Personal Finance, not WomenSPF

Three things to do today:

1. Send $10 to your emergency fund (IN A HYSA!!)

2. Consider freezing your credit, if you don’t already as standard practice (you can still use any current credit you have when it’s frozen - but no one can open anything new in your name!)

It’s called balance 😅

Good point

Another day with (almost) no money spent

($10.89 including tip for lunch from my favorite local sandwich shop)

Starve the oligarchs. It’s the only language they understand.

“Iranian conflict spikes gas prices”

Shocking, unprecedented times I tell you.

Who could have ever predicted this.

(Heavvvvvy sarcasm, for anyone under the age of ~30 😅😅)

Three things to do today:

1. Review your last 10 purchases - were they wants, needs, or impulse purchases?

2. Write down two things you’re grateful for

3. Remember that you have enough

Love,

Women’s Personal Finance, not WomenSPF

Another day with no money spent.

Because fuck funding this shit.

Men aren't nearly as mad about divorce as a concept as they are about women being able to afford one and decide for themselves when to leave.

Which is why it is so important for women to have their own money so they retain the ability to make their own choices.

I mean maybe that too 😆

Doomscroll is real 😅

Three things to do today:

1. Unsubscribe from two emails that make you want to spend money

2. Hydrate!! Go drink a glass of water right now

3. Don’t forget your sunscreen. Keep a backup in your car!

Love,

Women’s Personal Finance, not WomenSPF

🌟 DOOMSCROLL CHECKPOINT 🌟

It’s that time again, folks.

Your brain needs a rest, and so do you.

The doom will still be there tomorrow. You staying up to read it for another hour or two won’t help anything, but you will be more tired tomorrow 💚

✨ happy 4th Women’s History Month since we lost Roe ✨

Don’t let anyone tell you that you’re overreacting this month.

Ps. I’m going to spend some time writing about this for this Tuesday’s newsletter - for those who want those long form thoughts (which are about much more than *just* clothes): womenspersonalfinance.org/socials%EF%B...

Q: Is this a ban on *new* clothes, or *all* clothes?

A: *ALL* clothes. I don’t buy clothes, period.

The ways I get new to me clothes:

Hand me downs
Buy Nothing
Clothing swaps
The (very occasional) gifts

My clothes buying ban is 9 YEARS OLD today 🥳🥳🥳🤯

It began as a 1 year goal as the sustainable way to wear out my clothes to have a minimalist wardrobe, but it has since morphed into a much bigger lifestyle change.

And the more I learn about the fashion industry, the less I think I’ll ever go back.

Doomhydrating!!!

Three things to do today:

1. Add $10 to your emergency fund

2. Delete 20 photos from your phone (or 200)

3. Do at least one thing that doesn’t cost or earn money - because anticapitalist joy is important

Love,

Women’s Personal Finance, not WomenSPF

Hey. Doomscroll check point time.

The doom will still be there in the morning.

Turn off the internet. Put down your phone. Give your brain a break.

New to me clothes come from:

Buy Nothing
Clothing swaps
Hand me downs
The (very occasional) gifts

But I have spent $0 on clothing for myself - new or thrifted - since before March 1, 2017.

Tomorrow marks NINE YEARS since I’ve bought any clothes for myself 🤯