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"I feel like I’ve been running Man Repeller for seven years and in many ways, I’ve been pigeonholed into the voice that I launched with. Over the past year or so, I feel myself growing up...I’m really ready to move on and still feel like I have to feed a voice that doesn’t really satisfy or accommodate who I am anymore."
"Looking back at everything, I can’t say I’d want to do anything different because I think I had to go through what I did in order to create the perseverance and the emotional immune system that I had. All of these different types of things that I had been able to kind of create the character that I am today."
"My fiance is a spender and I'm a super saver. Although he likes to spend I'm the breadwinner in our relationship. As we approach marriage, how can we meet each other half way and make sure our finances (when it comes to retirement, our budget and owning a home) are aligning with our values?"
"The unique thing about social media and online and Internet is that it’s being brought into the classroom, because kids are using it as part of their learning at many schools. But also, it’s part of our daily life...that makes it even more imperative for us to find practical solutions that aren’t just take it all away."
"There’s kind of that Gary Vaynerchuk narrative that’s so pervasive now of just hustle, hustle, hustle. I'm all for the hustle. I was a huge component of it, but I think we live in an incredibly sort of burnout culture. I say that busyness is an epidemic."
"I'm single and in my 30s. I want to make sure that I am financially prepared as I get older, just in case I remain single. But, I'm having a hard time finding money advice for never-married singles who aren't younger and expected to marry someday. Help!"
"In our culture, the role of the money is primarily to pay for necessities. Anything extra, you need to save. I think as a result, most parents and kids that are brought up in that culture seem to be a little tight with their money."
"Nowadays we have mortgages, student loans, car and credit card payments. We have retirement savings and emergency savings. We need to save for our kid’s college. It's becoming incredibly difficult. We have created a system that is very, very complex."
"What do you advise married couples regarding investments accounts... should they be joint or separate?”
