So today is the start of the new school year and a new blog! To begin with, I arrived this afternoon in Miami from South Africa. As a foreign college-student studying economics and finance about to start my third year here, I reckon I’m primed as far as stretching the average dollar goes. For one thing, the exchange rate from home is NOT particularly favorable at present and calling Mum and Dad for cash simply isn’t going to end the way I’d like. So, instead I have learnt to simply deal with it. As it stands, I am debt-free, living in one of the most expensive cities in the world, loving my life and doing so on a budget.
How the hell do I manage it?
Simple, really: it’s a foreign concept called BUDGETING that the average student either doesn’t fully comprehend or like. Stick with me, folks, and you will learn not only what your average student gets up to when they SHOULD be studying, but how to manage your finances, cut corners and make sure that, at the end of the day, what cash you have really does cover everything. Yes, it is possible. And no, you don’t ALWAYS have to be a cheapskate; dumpster-diving may be a past-time you enjoy, but it certainly isn’t a practice I’m about to endorse. I have standards, people!
