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About Jen Smith
Jen Smith is a personal finance writer, creator of Modern Frugality, and co-host of Frugal Friends Podcast.
What You’ll Learn
In this episode we talk about:
- Co-hosting the Frugal Friends podcast
- Contracting shingles from over-working on side hustles
- Paying off $78,000 worth of student debt in less than 2 years
- Realizing she couldn’t side hustle her way out of debt and addressing unnecessary expenses
- Understanding why your bad spending habits exist
- Burnout midway through paying off her debt
- Career jumping from being an acupuncturist to a personal finance writer
- The hierarchy of side hustles
- Dealing with shiny object syndrome and staying focused
- Different specific side hustle ideas
- How to make money in freelance writing
Resources
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#MoneyWin
Stephanie– “When the pandemic hit last year I stopped paying on my credit cards. Three of them went to collections and I’ve been avoiding them. I settled two of them this month using my husband and my stimulus (one will be paid by July, the other in Jan. 2022). The third, I was able to lower my interest for a year to catch up which has been extremely helpful. The fourth, I will work on negotiating a settlement once I can save up a little more money.
It feels so good to be getting back on track!” #moneywin