Have you the read the one about the ?unemployed social media editor? who tries (not so successfully) to stay in on a Saturday night? Or the diary of the ?junior doctor from Stoke-on-Trent? who's saving to buy a house and packing lunch every day? Maybe your favourite is the ?28-year-old police officer making £33,000? a year and working some very long hours.
Money Diaries? is Refinery29's most popular and beloved franchise to date. The concept is simple: they offer readers an up-close-and-personal look at the financial lives of millennial women, who share every detail of their spending over seven days—even the purchases they hide from partners and friends. This peek into their daily lives is fascinating, educational, and fun. ?Since the series launched in January 2016, over 2.8 million people have spent more than 17.5 million minutes reading Money Diaries. That's almost three-and-a-half years.
Now Refinery29 is turning this series into an actionable book women can use to take their financial education offline—and make their dreams come true IRL.
For MANY WOMEN, discussing money just isn't something they willingly do with friends or romantic partners – as a result, women lag behind men in how much they're investing and, in the long run, how much money they're making on those investments. This disparity has huge long-term impact: hundreds of thousands of pounds over the course of a woman's career.
Add to that: university loans...a new relationship...saving for IVF... saving for a house...living in an expensive city...asking for a pay rise—where can women go for actionable advice?
The Money Diaries Workbook will combine the best of Refinery29's Work & Money content: the fun voyeurism of the diaries with high-quality advice from some of the best female financial advisors around. With ten thematic chapters, dozens of new, never-before-published money diaries, and a workbook full of weekly challenges (plus space for readers' own diaries!) this is the book every woman needs to arm themselves for success.