Finance Archives - Jamie Pittman

Blog ➤ July 21, 2020

3 Ways to Start Tracking Your Money ASAP

The summer after I graduated college, I read a book by David Bach called Smart Women Finish Rich. This is where my personal finance journey began. Since then, I’ve read a TON of other books...

Blog ➤ July 12, 2020

Should You Buy or Rent a House?: My First House

Should you buy or rent a house? That is the question. I love looking at houses. I could spend hours scrolling through Trulia and Zillow, imagining what my life would be like in a particular...

Blog ➤ October 24, 2020

How to Use JavaScript Reduce(): It’s Easier Than You Think

I will start this post out by admitting that JavaScript reduce() was the most intimidating array method for me by far. I wanted to write this how-to guide to help you overcome any fears that...

Accountability ➤ October 11, 2020

How to Maintain Weight on Vacation: Don’t Worry

Accountability for Weight Loss Check-In October 12, 2020 I’m back! I did not post last week because I was on vacation and I had no internet. And even if I did, I probably would not...

Blog ➤ October 10, 2020

One of the Best North Carolina Mountain Vacations: Counting Sheep on a Beautiful Farm

Last weekend I spent four wonderful days on a North Carolina mountain vacation. My two closest friends and I headed west to a town called Leicester in the North Carolina mountains, just 30 minutes outside...

Blog ➤ October 3, 2020

5 Of The Most Delicious, Limited Time Trader Joe’s Fall Items This Year

It’s fall y’all! And for me, one of my favorite parts is about this season is Trader Joe’s fall items. It’s mainly food offerings, but I do have one non-food item on this list. These...

Accountability ➤ September 28, 2020

Why I Love and Hate Fall in North Carolina

Accountability for Weight Loss Check-In September 28, 2020 Greetings from Oak Island, NC! My brother, his girlfriend, and I came down to see my parents for the weekend. It’s always a nice time, but it...

Accountability ➤ September 21, 2020

How to Make It Through Reverse Dieting When It’s Painful to Look at the Scale

Accountability for Weight Loss Check-In September 21, 2020 I have been reverse dieting for a few weeks now, and while I love eating more food it is really hard to watch my weight fluctuate all...

Blog ➤ September 12, 2020

forEach in JavaScript: How to Effectively Use It

I don’t know about you, but when I started learning how to write JavaScript, forEach() was not on my radar. If I needed to iterate over an array, for loops were #myeverything. When I learned...

Blog ➤ September 30, 2020

How to Use JavaScript Includes()–It’s Remarkably Easy

The JavaScript array method includes(), like so many other array methods, does what its name proclaims: it will check an array to see if it includes a specific value. This array method is handy and...