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All Other Monthly Expenses
Car Payment: $228 for my leased car
Phone: $0. It’s on my company’s plan and costs me nothing out of pocket.
Health Insurance: ~$80
401(k): I put in 5% and my company matches it with another 5%
Savings: $1,000 minimum. This was a new goal for me in 2018.
Other: In an effort to help me build my savings account, my boyfriend covers the cost of gas, groceries, car insurance, gym membership, Spotify, and a few other miscellaneous expenses. A lot of these go on a credit card with cash back offers and are paid in full at the end of every month. We are getting engaged soon and are beginning to combine our finances as we get ready to pay for a wedding (and eventually a house) together! read more

Last Friday, the finale of Top Chef Junior‘s first season aired on Universal Kids. The competition, which is based off Bravo’s Top Chef, started with 12 chefs ages 11 to 14. After weeks of Quickfire challenges and the dreaded Restaurant Wars episode (a challenge that often leaves the adults on Top Chef in tears), Chef Rahanna Bisseret Martinez, 13, and Chef Owen Pereira, 14, were named the show’s two finalists. In the end, Owen was awarded the title of the very first Top Chef Junior. read more

Many fans pointed out Jackson’s commitment to social issues. “In 1997, Janet released an anthem to a friend she lost to HIV/AIDS called “Together Again,” Calvin Stowell, Chief Growth Officer at the Trevor Project, wrote. “It’s a beautiful and empowering song, and the video she released with it is stunning.”