A 24 year old college student working and going to class full time. Struggling to keep a savings and finances afloat. Hi there! I decided to turn to this page because I’m at a loss and need some direction for what is in my best interest as far as not depleting my savings or my left over funds week after week. Currently, I am working “full time” for a company at 32 hours a week making $15.75/hr. I can’t and don’t want to exceed this amount of hours as I am also …

7/1 USPS rate hikes. 7/14 hikes. How do you plan to keep your margins afloat? Hey, folks! I’ve been running a premium brand for years and have been able to wrap postage costs into the total price and offer free shipping, but it seems like every year the carriers want to make that less and less feasible. Now we have not just the 7/14 hike, but even more intense Ground Advantage and Priority Mail hikes coming 7/1. I’m curio…

The invisible seafaring industry that keeps the internet afloat Photo by Go Takayama for The VergeOn the afternoon of March 11th, 2011, Mitsuyoshi Hirai, the chief engineer of the cable maintenance ship Ocean Link, was sitting in his cabin 20 miles off Japan’s eastern coast, completing the paperwork that comes at the end of every repair. Two weeks earlier, something — you rarely knew what — damaged the 13,00…

My present strategy to keep afloat Thought I’d share some strategies that have kept my financial boat sailing for the past 10 months. Started out at the tail end of last year when I looked at my credit card statement and realized I was paying a small fortune in interest each month. That was the wake-up call I needed to get serious about budgeting. I switched to using cash and deb…

Friend in an awful spot and needs any suggestions to stay afloat To keep things simple: I have a friend who lives in another part of the country (USA) They are fleeing an abusive partner and up until recently had nowhere to stay. They have qualifications for a job, but because they have a child with them that their family won’t help with (family issues) they cannot go and find a new one. They are at flat 0 in…

To Keep TV Shows Afloat, Some Networks Are Cutting Actors’ Pay In a shrinking business, actors on some shows are being guaranteed less money, an issue that’s helping to fuel the Hollywood strike.

LPT Request: Staying afloat as a grad student On the tin. I work full time right now but am leaving to pursue what I love in the fall. I know the debt is inevitable, but what is the best part-time job for a grad student (mid-twenties) with a lot of stamina but only three available days a week? submitted by /u/nrshkmr