Varo Believe Card: How I Used the App to Manage My Secured Credit Building Journey Building credit felt like learning to ride a bike without training wheels – scary! Varo’s Believe card helps, and the app is my helper! I easily moved money onto the card using the app (that’s my spending limit!). Then I … Read more
Rarible Rarible Review: A User-Friendly Alternative NFT Marketplace to OpenSea? Stepping into OpenSea sometimes felt like navigating a giant, noisy city; Rarible felt more like exploring a friendly neighborhood art fair! It seemed calmer, brighter, and easier to walk around. The signs (buttons and menus) felt simpler to read, less overwhelming than the big city’s … Read more
Finviz How Finviz’s Stock Screener Found Me My Best Performing Stock This Year Wow! It felt like having a magic treasure map that only showed spots with buried gold! Finviz has a super tool called a “Stock Screener,” like a magic sieve. You tell it exactly what kind of pretend company you’re looking for – … Read more
Cadre Investing Like the Big Boys: My Experience with Cadre’s Institutional Real Estate Deals Ever dream of owning pieces of giant, shiny office buildings or huge apartment complexes, the kind only billionaires seemed to own? Cadre felt like finding the secret key to that exclusive club! As an accredited investor, I could finally put money … Read more
Splitwise How Splitwise Saved My Friendships (By Ending Awkward IOUs After Group Trips) Remember that amazing trip where everyone kept saying “I’ll get you back!” but no one could remember who owed who what? It felt like a tangled knot of money awkwardness afterwards, casting a shadow on fun memories. Then we discovered Splitwise! Like … Read more
Scripting Videos How I Scripted a Video That Felt Totally Improv Reading my scripts on camera made me sound like a robot calling bingo numbers – stiff and boring! My viewers could tell, and it felt disconnected and awkward. I wanted to sound like me! So, instead of writing every single word, I just wrote … Read more
Current How Current Got Me Paid 3 Days Earlier Than My Coworkers (Seriously!) Waiting for payday felt like waiting FOREVER for my birthday! My friends got paid on Friday, but guess what? Using Current, my allowance (paycheck) magically appeared on WEDNESDAY! It felt like getting my birthday presents early! Seeing the money pop into my … Read more
Chime SpotMe® Saved Me From an Overdraft Fee: How It Actually Works Oops! Almost bought something but didn’t have quite enough money? That scary feeling banks charge extra fees for that! My tummy felt tight. But Chime has SpotMe®! If I’m a little short (up to a certain amount they approve for me), Chime spots … Read more
OpenSea How I Bought My First NFT on OpenSea (And Didn’t Get Scammed!) – A Beginner’s Guide Jumping into the world of digital pictures called NFTs felt like diving into a giant, confusing swimming pool! I saw cool art on OpenSea but worried about spooky internet monsters (scams). Following a guide felt like holding a … Read more
Investopedia How Investopedia Taught Me Everything I Know About Options Trading (For Free!) Wow! Imagine finding a magic book that teaches you secret, complicated playground games for free! That’s how Investopedia felt when I wanted to learn about “options trading,” a tricky money game. Their articles and guides were like patient teachers with cool drawings, … Read more