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Writer's pictureSoulful & Nice
Jan 13, 20235 min read

FREE & GREAT Resources You Need For Financial Success!

Updated: Jul 25




Never leave home without your resources! 😁


To help you manage your money to reach financial freedom success, you'll need a good box of tools: RESOURCES! Having traveled to many different cities, countries and working in different places, this phrase is what I always tell myself and others. Resources help you make your life easier. The information is out there and you just have to find it! Fortunately for you, I’ve already done some of the work for you to get you started. If you can’t find it here, you can most likely find it on Google (A great resource, by the way😉).

I’ve divided the resources in categories below.

I will continue to add more resources to this page when I find helpful things for you.

Money

Travel 

Shopping

Business

Homes & Apartments

Relationships

Education


Money

*I personally don’t like adding my money amounts into apps for my own security reasons. An excel worksheet and a graphed notebook works just fine for me (I’m old school, haha!). However, many people have used these apps to help them manage their money better. Please do your research to decide the best budget management system for you.


Travel Accommodation


Travel Work Exchange

  • WWOOF - Work on an organic farm for free room and board. Need to register and become a member 20 euro/year

  • HelpX - Similar to WWOOF but you need to pay for a low cost membership 20euro/year

  • HelpStay.com - Similar to WWOOF 53euro/year membership fee

  • Go Abroad - Work exchange programs, work abroad programs and more

  • Workaway - Find work abroad, Volunteer abroad, etc.

  • Go Overseas - Work abroad, work exchange, volunteer, etc.

  • InterExchange - Work and Travel abroad opportunities



Homes & Apartments

USA


GERMANY


PORTUGAL


SOUTH KOREA

  • Buking - To find apartments. It’s helpful to have a Korean friend help you navigate the most common websites Koreans use like Naver & Daum to search Budongsan (Real Estate). The websites in English will usually have you paying a lot more for an apartment if you want to live in South Korea. Visiting South Korea, you’ll have no problem finding affordable short-term accommodation in any of the hotels and hostels. Just know, Boutique hotels use to have a reputation for being primarily for sex but they have advanced and have become fancier to attract new crowds in recent years. They’ve become one of my favorite places to stay.



Business Tools

  • Canva - Graphic Design Tool for visuals, video and media

  • Capcut - Video Editing software great for beginners and social media marketing

  • ChatGPT - A.I. integrated web assistant for ideas, papers, documents, videos, etc.

  • Pika Labs - A.I. art and video generator. Free but you can pay to get more features.

  • Leonardo - A.I. art and video generator. Free but you can pay to get more features.

  • MidJourney - A.I. art and video generator. Free but you can pay to get more features.

  • Adobe Firefly - A.I. art and image editor.

  • LTX Studio - A.I. script and movie generator.

  • WordPress - Website and Blog builder platform

  • Wix - Website and Blog builder platform

  • Buffer - Social Media Manager Platform. Free but you can pay to get more features

  • SocialChamp - Social Media Manager Platform. Free but you need to upgrade and pay for more features. Click for more free management platforms

  • Toneden - Social Media Manager Platform. Free but you need to upgrade and pay to get more features.

  • Hypeddit - Social Media Manager Platform. Free but you need to upgrade and pay to get more features.

  • Gumroad - E-Commerce platform for selling products

  • Shopify - E-Commerce platform for selling products

  • Etsy, Ruby Lane, Chairish, VarageSale - E-Commerce platforms for selling products.

  • GoFundMe - Fundraising platform. There are other Crowdfunding and Fundraising platforms like Fundly, Kickstarter, Patreon, Buy Me A Coffee, etc. Click here to see more fundraising platforms

  • Printify - Print On demand. Add your custom design to clothes and other products.

  • Judge.me & Qualaroo - Customer Review, Survey and Feedback platforms.

  • Mailchimp - Marketing Automation and email marketing platform


Shopping

  • Ibotta - coupon app with cash back bonuses. You can search the app and save the coupons of the things you want to buy. Scan your receipt and the items after purchase and receive money back into your paypal.

  • Groupon - Discounts and deals on local services, events, restaurants and products near you

  • Living Social - Discounts and deals on local services, events, restaurants and products near you

  • Grocery Store Cards help you save money and get discounted food. Research your local supermarkets for their rewards cards. They are usually free. Examples: Fry’s/Kroger, Safeway, Walgreens, CVS, Albertsons, Bashas, Costco, Homeplus, EMart, Edeka, Rewe, Lidl, Pingo Doce, Continente, Kaufmann

  • Ebay - Secondhand shopping in worldwide

  • Facebook Groups – Search for ¨Buy & Sell¨ in the city you’re in

  • Wish

  • GMarket - It’s like the South Korean Amazon

  • Amazon

  • Ali Express

  • Shein - Affordable Clothing and accessories

  • Fashion Nova - Affordable clothing and accessories


Relationships and Meeting People

(**definitely use common sense when meeting with strangers online!**)


Education & Learning

  • International TEFL Academy - TEFL Certification Course

  • Coursera - Free courses to learn some subjects

  • Udemy - Affordable courses to learn something new

  • Teachable - Take a variety of courses for a low subscription cost

  • Alison - Free courses to learn a variety of subjects with the option to purchase the certificate at the end of the course

  • LinkedIn Learning with Lynda - Free 1 month trial. Learn skills for jobs and personal development


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