We are all working towards giving off the appearance that we are adults Are you breaking even on your budget? Are you still eating ramen after college even though you thought you’d be eating steak and lobster? Are you renting a modest 2-bedroom apartment with your best friend? That’s okay. You’re doing okay. As a full-blown […]

You’re Not As Behind As You Think

Lifestyle

Being afraid of your passions might be the one thing holding you back from making more Impostor syndrome. What is it? Other than your worst nightmare IRL. Well, it’s kind of like that awful feeling after you order too much food but feel bad not finishing it all, so you do finish it all. Then […]

Impostor Syndrome Was Stopping Me From Making More Money

Career

Truly understanding what you’re selling displays confidence and credibility Let’s talk business! Founder of her first business at age nine, Tori Dunlap is an award-winning digital marketer, entrepreneur, and blogger. She has lead, developed, and executed social media and communication plans for global brands. Founder of Victori Media, helping millennial women live life victoriously. Obsessed […]

5 Things I Learned From Starting My First Business at Age Nine

Career

these days many of our purchases are a reflection of our online persona Let me work it. I put my thing down, flip it, and reverse it. K — I’m done. How many hours per day would you say you spend scrolling? I’m embarrassed to admit that if I had a dollar for all of […]

Is “It” Worth It Or Are You Just Playing Social Media IRL?

Lifestyle

it’s time to create some realistic financial goals for yourself Saving any amount of money, both small and large, is a challenge within itself. How do you save if you don’t know where to start? Nod along if your current idea of saving money is just leaving it untouched in your bank account. Raise your […]

Saving Your Money Requires More Than “Not Touching It”

Budgeting

If I’m about to do something that will affect myself and others in a negative way, someone will call me out A couple of days ago, I decided I wanted to go grocery shopping by myself. I know, I know — wow Alyssa, what an interesting story that is not at all making me fall […]

How My Accountability Buddy Became My Secret Financial Weapon

Budgeting

Save your money, plan your adventures, and experience life together “Happiness consists of living each day as if it were the first day of your honeymoon and the last day of your vacation” – Leo Tolstoy In just 3 short days I will be travelling to Portugal for my honeymoon. I will be logged out […]

Why We Waited 1 Year to Go on Our Honeymoon

Family

Money and emotions are in much closer ties than most people realize Expensive, luxury, indulgence, class, value, exclusive. They’re the adjectives that get thrown around in advertising across the world. Yes, a friendly (but important) reminder that “expensive” is merely a describing word. You’re made to believe that if you choose cheap over quality, you aren’t […]

Why Do We Buy Expensive $hit?

Lifestyle

you can finally do something that you’ve been craving Every single day, someone on my Instagram is posting about their crazy cheat day in which they consumed a family sized bag of Sour Patch Kids and half a tub of Ben & Jerry’s Half Baked (No, not Half Banked. Everyone relax). I mean, their idea […]

Cheat Days, But Like, For Money

Budgeting

Being in debt was one of the hardest and most real experiences I had ever faced Financial stress used to be the one thing that held me back from being a happy and in control individual. Like any type of stress, I was constantly overwhelmed by small everyday things that I would normally brush off. […]

Saying Goodbye to Financial Stress

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She is the founder of the two-time award-winning Canadian Personal Finance Blog of the Year, Mixed Up Money which has over 100,000 followers across social media. Through her work, she has been featured in many notable publications, including The Globe and Mail, CNBC, CBC, and more. Her books, The 100 Day Financial Goal Journal and Financial First Aid are currently available for purchase.

Alyssa is a freelance writer and enjoys writing about personal finance, homeownership, and more. When she’s not writing, you can find her enjoying some downtime with her kids, playing soccer or daydreaming about home decor.

Alyssa Davies is a content manager for Zolo, Trauma of Money facilitator and a published author living in Calgary, Alberta. 

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