Personal Finance Tips for Arts Professionals with Melissa Bondar

Melissa Bondar, Stage Manager & blogger of brokeGIRLrich, joins TheatreArtLife and shares her advice on sustaining a freelance career in the arts. Viewers will learn how to stay afloat, create an emergency fund and “no putting it off” investing for retirement.

Topics include:
• Knowing Where You Are – Budgets/Net Worth Statements
• Setting Savings/Investing Goals – numbers to aim for, resources to use and types of accounts to look for
• Spend Less, Earn More – frugal tips and side hustles that can work for theatre nomads

About Melissa Bondar
Melissa Bondar is a touring stage manager and personal finance enthusiast who blogs at brokeGIRLrich. She has been stage managing since 2004 and some of her favorite jobs include working with Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Sleep No More, and Big Apple Circus. She also did a lengthy stint with Holland America Line onboard their ships at the beginning of her career.

Along the way, she realized she was pretty concerned about whether or not she’d ever be able to retire and started learning more about personal finance. The more she learned, the more she realized we really needed to improve our financial literacy in the arts, so she’s been blogging about it ever since.

Links shared in presentation:
https://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Fast-Slow-Daniel-Kahneman/dp/0374533555

https://www.debt.com/

https://www.upstart.com/debt-consolidation-loans

https://brokegirlrich.com/how-to-open-a-health-savings-account/

https://www.bankrate.com/calculators/savings/compound-savings-calculator-tool.aspx

https://brokegirlrich.com/Dobot

https://gofrombroke.com/how-to-set-smart-financial-goals/

https://www.cashfortacos.com/budget-categories/

https://www.personalcapital.com/

https://mint.intuit.com/

https://www.thedobotapp.com/r/qx1u6n

https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertberger/2015/07/12/5-excellent-retirement-calculators-and-all-are-free/?sh=6cde32874d1c