Zina Kumok

I’ve never had much luck making money from survey websites and other similar online side hustles. I get bored easily and I hate taking endless surveys, filling out the same information over and over again. But using Mistplay was different. Mistplay is a fun app where you play popular games and earn points that you…

I hated my first job out of college. I was working as a newspaper reporter in a small town where I didn’t know anyone. My workday lasted from 2 to 10 p.m., which left little time to hang out with people. My boyfriend lived in a different city three hours away, and I quickly realized…

Everyone has their own motivation for losing weight. Sometimes it’s because you want to wear clothes you fit into years ago. Or maybe your doctor said some of your health problems could be relieved if you lost some weight. But finding the motivation and discipline for weight loss is hard. A survey from 2013 to…

We all know someone who loves numbers. They’ll spend hours poring over budgeting spreadsheets, examining the finer details of their investment accounts, and organizing the cash in their wallet by denomination. For someone like that, being offered basic budgeting advice is like preaching to the choir. For the rest of us, there’s the 50/30/20 budgeting…

Learning how to fill out a money order is essential to completing important money moves when a checkbook is no longer an option for you. These days, checkbooks have largely gone the way of the dinosaur. Some people still keep one around for old times’ sake — or for budgeting reasons. But for the most…

Everyone loves getting a new cell phone. It’s fun to set it up, see how fast it is, and try out the new features. But then you’re stuck with your old phone. Throwing it away seems like a waste, and you may not want to donate something you paid hundreds of dollars for. So the…

The cost of college tuition has outpaced inflation, but the cost of textbooks has increased more than 800% since the 1970s. I was extremely cost-conscious when I applied to college. My parents weren’t going to pay for everything, so I had to apply to schools I knew I could afford. I knew the cost of…

We’ve reviewed the Drop cash back and rewards app every year since its United States launch in late 2017. Much has changed about the app over the past seven years, and almost none of it for the better. Here are what remain of the pros, the notable cons, and why we think you’re better off…

You have some money to invest, but don’t like the idea of not touching the money for years or decades. What are the best short-term investments to maximize your returns? Most often, people in this situation are saving for a short-term goal — a down payment on a house, shiny new car, or planning for…

Every year, I consider going on a ridiculous scavenger hunt of sorts: running around town and getting all the free birthday stuff I can. The problem is, I can only eat so much stuff in a single day. Ben & Jerry’s, Baskin-Robbins, and Cheesecake Factory, I’m looking at you! Since I know I’m not the…