stress

Buns-of-Steel-Broke-Ass-Stuart
31 Jan 2013

Lazy? Broke? Need to Lose 5 Pounds?

Before you dismiss this article as the blog equivalent of a late night infomercial from which you’ll probably end up spending at least $75 on “miracle” makeup powder (I’m looking at you, Bare Escentuals), hear me out. I recently found myself on the pudgier side of the scale (THANKS holidays,

Patricia Scull - Patty the Pauper 0
11 Aug 2012

Broke-Ass Acne Treatments

We are not being very kind to our skin. Our days/eves are completely crammed with different activities that are damaging to skin. Smoking, furrowing your brow from the stress of not smoking, city pollution, making bad choices that make you put your head in your hands therefore causing you to

Donna Rose - Bankrupt Blonde 0
02 May 2012

Broke-Ass Rant: If You’re Not Oprah, Then You Have Time To Hang Out

Like a lot of people my age who are trying to Make It Happen, I’ve kind of got a lot of shit going on right now.  I work a full-time job that I don’t love in order to pay the bills, work at an online fashion magazine after my office

Carrie Laven - Pretty Penniless 0
19 Sep 2011

The Unemployment Chronicles: Vol. IV

Hey, broke asses, I have some bad news. This is the last time I’ll write The Unemployment Chronicles—FOR NOW. A writer and editor by trade, I also enjoy waiting tables, and that’s what I landed a job doing this week. Is it furthering my career? Not really, but it is

Sarah M. Smart - Red-Light Special 0
15 Feb 2010

Greenhouse Holistic: A Good Massage is Worth the Price

Ok here is another installment of ‘˜Bitching About Winter’.  I didn’t use to have a problem with winter.  I would laugh at the grumps who complained all the time about the snow, the ice and chapped lips (hi Mom!) but now I stand corrected.  This winter weather sucks. It doesn’t

Christine Witmer - Sparing Stringer 0
24 Jun 2009

FREE: Yoga for the Unemployed at Integral Yoga

Being broke can be rough but being unemployed in this city is one of the most stressful and defeating experience a  New Yorker can face.  There’s a constant needling sense of failure, desperation and fear. Every minute you spend not looking for a job is a guilt-filled one and losing

BAS Writers 0