Chelsea Fagan

Chelsea Fagan founded the blog The Financial Diet. She is on Twitter.

What The Things You Save Say About You

If we choose to see it, our own lives are surrounded by these kinds of choices. If we’re lucky, we have grandparents, who are taking with them important bits and pieces of history as they go.

16 New Rules For Tipping At Restaurants

Ask yourself “Do I think that the person taking care of me through my meal and making my experience a positive one deserves to earn a living wage?” Examine that answer.

21 Things You Should Never Be Embarrassed About

How many likes and comments you get on social media. I don’t know when it became a contest to have every status about what you ate for lunch harvest 20 people’s positive commentary, but it doesn’t mean anything about you as a person.

7 Awesome Things Women Shouldn’t Feel Bad About Enjoying

Some women just love the hell out of baking pies from scratch and blowing raspberries on babies’ bellies and even cleaning up the kitchen until it sparkles. And this doesn’t mean that there is anything wrong or backwards or damaging about their existence.

7 Beauty Routines That Sabotage Your Appearance

Now, let’s get one thing straight right away. I don’t think that everyone needs to engage in beauty routines, people are just as good and worthy and human with makeup and hair done as without it.

Why Do We Still Care About Getting Married?

I know very few people who have a lot of financial freedom, or who are even well-established in their careers, and yet, there they go. Getting married. Somehow paying for a wedding.