Greetings, personal finance enthusiasts! My name is Denise and I blog as “The Single Saver.” As the name implies, I am single and I am a saver.

I was raised by two financially savvy parents. This was very fortunate for me, as I was taught early on that you never spend more than you earn and you always pay off your debts (and credit cards) in full before they are due. This kind of upbringing taught me life lessons that have served me very well over the years. I now model my own spending and saving habits from my parents. As a result, the only debt I currently have is a mortgage (which I hope to be rid of soon). The next big step after becoming mortgage free? Early retirement! Wish me luck!

Anyway, I started The Single Saver to help fill what I saw as a void in the blogging world. Although there are thousands of great personal finance blogs out there, I felt that very few were really targeted towards singles and small families. Hence, The Single Saver was born.

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I’m very proud and excited to be welcomed into the Yakezie Network with the Gamma class. The past six months have been life changing for me. I owe much of the success of Financially Consumed to the support from this vibrant community. But, it almost didn’t happen.

Yakezie Test

I’m brand new to this; I’ve been blogging for just a little longer than I’ve been participating in the Yakezie Challenge. As a soon to be graduating student, my professor tasked me with identifying why financial planners have been slow to adapt to social media. My research lead me to the personal finance blog community where I discovered all the big networks, including Yakezie. Read More

Hey there Yakezie community. I’m Briana, the mastermind behind 20 and Engaged. I started my blog to document my transition from girlfriend, to fiance, to wife. It’s become a window into my life as a newlywed wife.

I got engaged to my boyfriend of 3 years in December 2010. We had moved in together that summer because we both had good jobs and were ready to take things to the next level. I was so excited to be getting married, yes, even at the tender age of 20. I was the youngest employee at my job, and so was he, and yet we were taking a huge step.

We felt we were ready, and the planning began. Unfortunately, the planning came to a screeching stop a month later. I was unexpectedly laid off from my job. The timing couldn’t be worse. I was in a car accident a week prior, we were moving a month later, and our wedding date, August 17, was around the corner. Things definitely changed. Read More

Hello fellow Yakeziers,

This is Andrew from 101 Centavos (a hundred and one Centavos). I’m excited and gratified to have become part of Yakezie with the Gamma class.  Reading through the forums and forging relationships with fellow bloggers reinforced the decision to join. It’s a good bunch of people.

An Introduction

I blog semi-anonymously, but I’ve dropped a few personal details, here and there.  Here are some other factoids about  myself:

I’m originally from Italy, born and raised, but left at a young age. Italian was my first language. Some people that have known me as an English speaker only are surprised at the change that comes over when speaking in Italian, as the voice volume goes up and the hand gestures start flying.  There’s some truth to that old chestnut, an effective way to gag Italians is to just tie up their hands. Read More

Hi Friends, my name is Sunil and I blog at The Extra Money Blog.  This post has been LOOONG pending on my to-do list and I am ecstatic to have finally gotten around to it. A brief background on me:

I am of Indian origin, was born in South East Asia and I speak four languages, of which English is the fourth.  I moved to America at the age when one starts high school. Needless to say it was a culture shock, and that is the biggest understatement you will read today.  I am now a happily naturalized US Citizen.

I went to school at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor where I studied Economics (I know we have a few Wolverine fans in the Yakezie community – GO BLUE!) I then went on to get my Master in Accounting and became a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).  My love for personal finance also led me to my Certified Financial Planner (CFP) license which I never officially used. I got it initially with the intention of working as a financial planner.

I have been through both ends of the spectrum in life, terrible experiences which I wouldn’t even wish upon my enemies, as well as pleasant ones that have convinced me that I am extraordinarily blessed.   It is my belief that “adversities” in life makes one stronger, not weaker.

Why Do I Blog? Read More