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When Losing Feels Like Winning
Gambling Apps Trick Your Brain
Find out how your brain can get tricked into feeling like you're winning when you're losing - to keep you playing even after losing.
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Taxes, Teens, and Gig Work - The 1099
What I did and would do differently.
Most first jobs don't come with a tax tutorial. If you're getting paid as an independent contractor — think gig work, freelancing, babysitting — the rules are completely different.
Be a Detective, Not a Disciplinarian - Part 2
Money Habits and Your Mindset
What about when there is not enough to make ends meet? Does it still make sense to be a detective, not a disciplinarian?
Be a Detective, Not a Disciplinarian
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Spending Habit Change in 2 Steps
Feelings and Finances Go Together
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When Losing Feels Like Winning
Gambling Apps Trick Your Brain
Find out how your brain can get tricked into feeling like you're winning when you're losing.
Gambling Apps vs. Playing with Fire
What makes gambling apps different from playing with fire? Find out in less than a minute.
Useful Stress
What makes some stress useful?
Not all stress is bad. Find out how to identify useful stress and what it can do for you.
2026 is the year of the Fire Horse, which comes along only every 60 years, and is all about action and ambition.
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Wins Lead to Wins
Cashtoons celebrated the New Year with this short, but the message is timeless. Anytime is a good time to build on our wins.
An Exciting and Expensive Experiment
A journey that started before 2019, leveled up and became an experiment in 2025. We'll see what happens in 2026.
The Best or The Worst
What are some of the best and/or worst financial decisions that you have made in your life? Here are some of the answers I've heard to this question. Can you guess which is which?