How did we get so entitled? I came across this question on a popular financial blog in the personal finance realm, and it prompted me to reflect on how our standards of living have gradually consumed us over time. Can we solely blame ourselves? The answer is both yes and no, but delving deeper into... Continue Reading →
Investment Wisdom for College Students: Navigating Stocks, ETFs, and Market Realities
Often as I write here, I realize that everyone is at different stages in their investing journey. Some are far ahead of me, while others are just starting out. However, the main focus of this blog remains on being a broke college student, a demographic I belong to—though perhaps not broke in the traditional sense.... Continue Reading →
Why I Became an Investor and Started the Broke College Student Blog
The scary truth and the real reason why I live like a broke college student even when I don't have to is rooted in a time in my life when the saying "I don't have a pot to piss in" was painfully true. I was terrified to my core during a period when my income... Continue Reading →
The Disconnect Between Wall Street and Main Street: A Personal Perspective on Capitalism
The other day I was watching from the shadows a live stream from a known YouTuber who talks about Wall Street. He mentioned how Biden's team is not taking advantage of the fact that the stock market is at an all-time high. He didn't understand it but was told by a friend that the reason... Continue Reading →
Rediscovering Life’s Fundamentals During a Busy Time as a College Student
Sometimes nostalgia has you going back to the beginning. The basics. It's where all the fundamentals of who you are began. It's where you made the stand. The stand to change and grow into the person you are now. And so it began, the journey of change and growth until one day you woke up... Continue Reading →
A Rare College Experience: Dick’s Hamburgers for Lunch on Campus
This blog post was supposed to be published at the start of spring quarter, April 11th to be exact, but I got busy. I wrote a bit about how I was saving money and not planning to spend much on campus. However, there was one event I couldn't miss, Dick's food truck on campus, famous... Continue Reading →
How I Stay Healthy and Fit as a Busy College Student Without a Gym Membership
If you're like me you're sitting down all the time and not in the gym because you're trying to save money. But this also means you're now trying to save on calories because your energy expenditure has gone considerably down since becoming a student. As someone who sits with my butt in a chair for... Continue Reading →
Late Night Musings: Why College Doesn’t’ Define My Worth
Photo by Matthis Volquardsen on Pexels.com I want to start this blog post with the words, "No, Harvard, I Think You’re a Loser." Joe Pesci said those words to a young Brendan Fraser in the movie With Honors. I have written about this movie before, and yet here I am writing about it once more.... Continue Reading →
Looking Back, Moving Forward: Insights Gained as a College Student With Childhood Trauma and a Learning Disability
One of my favorite study spots on campus. Its upstairs in the library tucked off in a corner away from everyone. As I start my second quarter this year after finishing the first quarter with straight A's and a solid study system under my belt, I've been reflecting on how many things I thought I... Continue Reading →
How External Success Fails to Eliminate Internal Trauma and Why It’s Important We Understand This
I was listening to music from a well-known beloved pop artist on the bus ride home from school and began thinking about another known artist that had recently passed away after years of drug use and mental health. This artist once claimed that the current beloved artist I was listening to owes him homage for... Continue Reading →
