Meal Plan / Paid-only / Meal Plan No. 5: Feeding a family of 4 on $900 per month in San Diego "It is important to us that we both cook and that we both model cooking as a life skill for our kids." By Alicia Adamczyk / 18 Jul 2026
Weekly Roundup / Reflections on 1 year of freelancing I had to get over myself. It’s a work in progress. By Alicia Adamczyk / 17 Jul 2026
Inheritance / Paid-only / Ask The Purse: Do I need to redo my estate plan if I move to a new state? While people like to think of estate planning as a discrete action, you should be reviewing your plan every three to five years. By Alicia Adamczyk / 14 Jul 2026
Question of the Week / How much does your ideal life partner make? Among singles who say income is important in a life partner, the average ideal income is $139,000 per year. By Alicia Adamczyk / 13 Jul 2026
Weekly Roundup / There is no ‘magic’ retirement number It could be $1 million, $1.46 million, or something else entirely! By Alicia Adamczyk / 10 Jul 2026
Inheritance / This financial expert wants you to keep your inheritance separate from your spouse Doing so is essential to each spouse honoring the other’s financial independence. By Alicia Adamczyk / 9 Jul 2026
Division of Labor / An author and a media executive who go to the gym at noon Division of Labor No. 27: Author Jo Piazza and Nick Aster By Alicia Adamczyk / 8 Jul 2026
Wealth / 10 to dos for a 2026 mid-year check in July 2, marks the mid-point of the year, so what better time to check in with your finances and any goals you may have set back in January. By Alicia Adamczyk / 2 Jul 2026
Inheritance / A single person’s guide to determining who gets their shit after they die Without a spouse or children, it may not be obvious how your assets should be divvied up. By Alicia Adamczyk / 30 Jun 2026
Weekly Roundup / My $20,000 credit card debt reckoning What happened when I talked about my five-digit credit card debt on TikTok. By Jamie Alyson Feldman, Alicia Adamczyk and Lindsey Stanberry / 26 Jun 2026
Inheritance / Ask The Purse: How to handle estate planning when you have kids but aren’t married It's helpful for married couples, too! By Alicia Adamczyk / 25 Jun 2026
Inheritance / Inheritance Diary No. 2: The struggle of piecing together a parent’s financial life after death "I assumed he would live for much longer and draw down more of his contributions and retirement money." By Alicia Adamczyk / 24 Jun 2026
