Tag: School of Hard Knocks
Military Spouse Careers: 5 Reasons to Be Thankful
It’s easy to get frustrated as a working military spouse. Constant moves mean constant career disruptions, lost promotions, most likely a salary less than...
6 Reasons Why Millennial Military Spouses Avoid Mandatory Fun
by Melinda Jones, Guest Contributor
Trying to get young military spouses to attend a military social event (otherwise known as mandatory fun) can be like...
10 Ways to Make Working from Home Work for You
by Sarah Richey, Guest Contributor
When I was transitioning from working in an office in Washington, D.C., to a home office in the rural town...
10 Things Every Military Spouse Needs to Start Doing Right Now
Military spouses know that the military takes a huge precedent in our marriages. It’s been said before that if the military wanted our service members to...
5 Things That May Scare You About Military Life
We marry into the military knowing full well that it will be challenging and stressful. But we can never anticipate the extent of the...
Help! My Credit Score Is Too Low
Whenever I teach financial education classes or man a booth at a financial readiness event, I always get lots of questions about credit scores.
What...
Give Me My Reunion Porn
Editor's Note: The military spouse who wrote this piece requested to remain anonymous…and we fully support her decision to do so.
You know what reunion...
16+ Places MilSpouses Can Get a Sweet Military Discount
Every so often, I stumble across a discussion involving military spouses and discounts. You know, the same tired discussion:
should military spouses have the audacity to...
20 Inspirational Quotes for When You or Your Best Friend Is...
Let me set the scene. The military has gone and done it. They cut orders for your spouse and your family is going to...
For the Sake of My Career I Didn’t Move for His
by Kim Robertson, Guest Contributor
It’s a well-known fact that when you marry into the military, you marry the good, the bad and the ugly.
Flexibility...