Portfolio
Opinion Pieces
“Why I Think Beauty Spending is a Necessity, Not a Luxury” – The Financial Diet
“Why Music Festivals Are the New Country Club” – The Financial Diet
“Why $10 Monthly Beauty Boxes are a Waste of Money” – The Financial Diet
“Clinton’s Speech Proves Men Are Forgiven Much Easier Than Women Are” – Huffpost
“Real Friends Don’t Charge Friends For Everything” – The Financial Diet
Personal Finance/Career
“The Money Conversation No One Wants, but Everyone Needs to Have” – The Financial Diet
“4 Unusual Tricks that help me Stay On Budget at the Grocery Store” – The Financial Diet
“5 Surprising Benefits I Got From Working Jobs Where My Degree Didn’t Matter” – The Financial Diet
“All the Times Being Shy Cost Me Money” -The Financial Diet
“5 Money Lessons I’ve Learned from Being on Weight Watchers” – The Financial Diet
“How I’m Recovering from Trying & Failing At A Cash-Only Diet” – The Financial Diet
“An Honest Look at my Life & Finances as a Substitute Teacher” – The Financial Diet
“Four Avoidable Mistakes that Caused Me to Owe $3200 in Taxes” – The Financial Diet
“The Biggest Money Lesson I Learned From Quitting Smoking in 2016” – The Financial Diet
“When Paying Your Dues Isn’t Enough” – Medium, The Ascent
“How I got This Job: Substitute Teacher” – The Billfold
“How Minimizing Waste Helped me Maximize My Grocery Budget” – The Financial Diet
“5 Reasons Why Waiting Tables was One of the Best Jobs I’ve Ever Had” – Huffpost
“How Gen Zs spend money differently than their Gen X parents” – Insider
Sex & Love
“I Sent Christmas Cards to My Exes and What Happened Next Was Surprising” -Elite Daily
“I got Dumped on Christmas Eve & This is What it Taught Me About Love” – Elite Daily
“Leaving My Good Relationship Was the Best Decision I’ve Ever Made” – SELF
magazine
“How I Spent Almost $1000 Trying to Save My Relationship” -The Financial Diet
“How and when you can ask for a plus one without being rude” – Insider
Health, Lifestyle, Travel
“10 Myths about pores you need to stop believing” – INSIDER
“8 places to visit if you like tequila” – INSIDER
“How to help survivors of sexual assault” – INSIDER
“What I Spent on a 2-Week European Vacation vs. 8 Days in NYC” – The Financial Diet
“5 Unique Ways to Quit Smoking When You’ve Already Tried Everything Else” – Elite Daily
“Ways to unclog your ears on a flight that actually work” – Insider
“5 Things You Think Are More Hydrating than a Glass of Water, But Aren’t” – Insider
“7 Deficiencies That Can Cause Weight Gain” – Insider
“19 Things People Commonly Get Wrong About Hawaii” – Insider
“12 Reasons your period is late that have nothing to do with being pregnant” – Insider
“10 common myths about pap smears you should stop believing” – Insider
“16 things you’re getting wrong about cancer, according to experts” – Insider
“10 places where you’re most likely to see a great white shark” – Insider
FOOD
“I tried all of Trader Joe’s fall items, and would purchase at least 15 of them again” – Insider
“I tried and ranked all 18 Dairy Queen Blizzard flavors from worst to best” – Insider
“The best and worst breakfasts at Starbucks, ranked” – Insider
“We tried all the appetizers at Applebees and ranked them from worst to best” – Insider
Pop Culture and Entertainment
“How much Ina Garten, Gordon Ramsay, and other food show hosts are reportedly worth” – Insider
“What world leaders’ desks around the world look like” – Insider
“22 things you didn’t know about Bradley Cooper” -Insider
“34 things you probably didn’t know about Beyonce” – Insider
“25 things you probably didn’t know about One Direction” – Insider
Narrative Essays
“All The Ways Living in a City Changed Me, and All the Ways It did Not” – The Financial Diet
“What It’s Like To Have Your Parents Go Bankrupt to Give You the Life You Want” – The Financial Diet
“Cooking With My Mom Taught Me To Embrace Living at Home” -Published originally on Hello Giggles
“My Best Friend and I Grew Apart After She Had Kids- and That’s Okay” – HelloGiggles
Savanna Swain-Wilson 