When I landed my first paying job after college, I didn’t approach budgeting with dashboards and forecasts. Back then, it was simpler—but also way harder. I was trying to survive paycheck to paycheck while dodging invisible fees and figuring out how taxes actually worked. It was messy, manual, and extremely personal. And it all started… Read More Learning to Budget: How Taxes, Fees, and a Prepaid Card Shaped My Financial Mindset