Cliques are everywhere, they are unavoidable.  As we grow up we float from clique to clique and we change “lunch table groups;” perhaps we were even members of a couple of different cliques at once. Our friends shape our reality and influence us beyond belief. Even as we get older peer pressure is still extremely ... Read the rest »

When I graduated college I knew it all. I was ready to take on the world, and then I got knocked down quite a few pegs when it took me 5 months to find a job. Since that time I have learned a great deal, and I admit to not knowing half as much as ... Read the rest »

Helping Generation Y bridge the gap between college and the real world is something that I am passionate about because I don’t feel that I had any idea what I was doing once I graduated.  I felt alone, everyone was telling me to get a job, and to make matters more interesting, I got married ... Read the rest »

“You need to dress nicer to work,” Mary turned and said to me one December morning as I began to put on what had become my “business casual” uniform of (not so) wrinkle free khaki pants and a faded Volcom Polo shirt left over from my college days.  By no means was this dressing poorly, ... Read the rest »

Note: I try my hardest to keep politics off of Young and Frugal, but this is an issue that I think transcends political beliefs.  This is a real problem that needs to be dealt with soon and I’m trying to take a non-partisan approach to it. Bernard Madoff is a name that you should know ... Read the rest »

It seems like there are too many young people worrying these days.  As I checked Facebook on New Years I read way too much of the “Thank God 2008 is over!” or “2008 Sucked! Let’s hope for a better ’09″ status updates.  Quite frankly, 2008 was a pretty good year for me.  Mary and I ... Read the rest »

In college it seems like there is always ongoing tension between those studying Liberal Arts and those studying Business.  The business students look at the Liberal Arts majors and think “What in the Hell are they going to do when they graduate? How will they support themselves? Maybe they will just disappear to the shores ... Read the rest »