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Our Lives and Finances Under Social Distancing: A Self-Employed PhD and a Grad Student

March 28, 2020 by Emily

In this episode, Emily and Lourdes discuss their lives and finances during the coronavirus pandemic. Emily is balancing running her business with caring for her two small children (while her husband also works full-time), and Lourdes is adjusting to working on her PhD remotely and virtually never interacting with other people face-to-face.

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Lourdes’s previous budget breakdown podcast episode: This NDSEG Fellow Prioritizes Housing and Saving for Mid- and Long-Term Goals

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Filed Under: Budgeting Tagged With: budget, coronavirus, COVID-19, grad student, groceries, PhD, remote work, social distancing

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