Issue #19: Answers to the money questions keeping you up

Student debt or savings, how to battle lifestyle creep, and more

The month before Jude was born, I (Aliza) started putting aside money for daycare. But somehow, when he started six months later, it still felt harder and harder to pay off our credit card each month. 

After several weeks of agonizing over whether I could afford to add chicken to my Sweetgreen salad, I realized I didn’t know my “number” anymore — the dis…