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☆ Remote work hasn't been the best for my career — I was passed up twice for promotions. But it's been amazing for my personal life.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Robin Madell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Hannah Hood got passed up for a promotion she wanted while working from home — twice. While her career took a hit, she loved the flexibility in her personal life and even got her MBA virtually. The first promotion that I got passed up for took place when we were 100% remote, in the thick of COVID. Now I'm about three months into a 100% remote job as a corporate marketing manager at ServicePower, where most of my coworkers are over 500 miles away. I'm not worried about getting passed up for opportunities because we're all in this remote environment together.

☆ Taxes and adulting: What to know about filing taxes on your own for the first time
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( Jeanne Sahadi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Taxes are genuinely confusingIf you’re confounded by filing your taxes, you may think it’s because you’re young and inexperienced. Organize everything before filling out anythingYour tax return is a financial snapshot of your life over a 12-month period, in this case 2022. Above those levels, the child tax credit starts to get reduced. Deadlines matterYour federal tax return is due on April 18. That is the day by which you must have filed your 2022 individual tax return and paid any remaining federal income taxes owed for last year.

☆ This Isn't What Millennial Middle Age Was Supposed to Look Like - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Jessica Grose | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +25 min

Things have been difficult for her family, she says, but one thing she isn’t worried about: a midlife crisis, looming just over the horizon. One of our questions was about whether they had experienced a midlife crisis and how they would define the term. Many people said they felt they couldn’t be having a midlife crisis, because there was no bourgeois numbness to rebel against. “Who has midlife crisis money?”The traditional midlife crisis, as presented in popular culture, at least, unfolds amid suburban ennui. We just increase our Lexapro.”Was the midlife crisis ever even real?

☆ My Nickelodeon show 'Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide' was the high-point of my career at only 15. I'm 31 now and still trying to figure out Hollywood and adulting.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-17 | by ( Eboni Boykin-Patterson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Devon Werkheiser was the star of Nickelodeon's "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide" in 2004. A version of "Ned's" in high school was pitched (our show was specifically about middle school) to Nickelodeon, but they passed on it. When I started going in for more dramatic roles on bigger movies and shows, I'd never be right for the part. The next level I'd been trying to get to career-wise wasn't happening, and then my personal life wasn't a walk in the park either. or "Where's 'Ned's' guide to adulting?"

I set myself a deadline to purchase life insurance by my 30th birthday. Yet instead of searching for the best beaches to catch a tan, I was looking at life insurance policies. I had promised to give myself one of those gifts that as an adult you don't necessarily want, but know you need: life insurance. I asked my husband to become insured, tooI knew that I would be taken care of, but my husband still didn't have life insurance. With our policies set to auto-pay, I rarely think about life insurance these days.

☆ Kraft Heinz turns to gimmicks and nostalgia to revive its ‘dusty’ brands
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Danielle Wiener-Bronner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Because they’re incredible.”More than half of Kraft Heinz’s business comes from just eight brands — the aforementioned three, plus Kraft Mac and Cheese, Philadelphia Cream Cheese, Heinz, Lunchables and Ore-Ida. For Kraft Heinz, which is relying on Patricio to execute a comeback, there’s a lot on the line. So we have more loyalty.”For that reason, Kraft Heinz has leaned in to promoting its legacy brands — and with sometimes outrageous marketing. Kraft HeinzOther Kraft Heinz brands have also used attention-grabbing marketing campaigns. Kraft Heinz’s brands now have a presence on gaming platforms like Roblox, in addition to social media channels and other platforms.

33-year-old nonprofit worker Micah H. paid off six figures of student loans in 13 years. She started paying them off while she was in college, then continued for the next several years. Insider's Featured Student Loan Refinance Companies SoFi Student Loan RefinancingSplash Financial Student Loan RefinancingEarnest Student Loan Refinancing Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options. Micah used the money she was saving on eating out to pay off her student loan debt faster. Once her housing costs were down from $1,600 to $750, she was able to put the $850 savings each month toward her student loans.

Refinancing your federal student loans with a private lender makes you ineligible for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. You will also lose access to income-driven repayment plans and economic hardship forbearance by refinancing your federal student loans. There are three reasons she decided to skip PSLF altogether and pay off her student loans on her own. Micah didn't want to go through 10 years of service and paperwork just to be denied at the end. She waited to finish paying off her undergraduate student loans before going to grad school at Columbia.

☆ Read the 3-page media kit an Instagram nano influencer used to land deals with brands like Garnier and Burger King
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Shriya Bhattacharya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

This is the 3-page media kit she created to pitch brands and land paid collaborations. 22-year-old Jour'dan Haynes started consistently posting on Instagram three years ago after seeing how popular her Snapchat stories were. After a few months, she realized that she needed a media kit for brands to take her seriously. "The media kit is the first step, but the call really helps with the pitch," she said. CONTACTIG: @theyallknowjojoEmail: jojotalksalot192261@gmail.comIn addition to metrics, Haynes includes details about who she isPage 2 of Jour'dan Haynes' media kit Jour'dan HaynesThis page reads:5,900 Instagram followers@theyallknowjojo+100 daily visits+100K daily impressions58% women+5K engagementWHO IS JOUR'DAN?

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