Katie Gatti Tassin

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My own Small Takes

2 months ago | laurafenton.substack.com | Laura Fenton |Katie Gatti Tassin

This newsletter’s two-year anniversary slipped by without me noticing. Maybe that’s because other milestones were on my mind. My husband and I just marked ten years of living in our apartment. My book baby is five years old next week. The Little Book of Living Smallcame out on April 7, 2020, which is, of course, tied up in my mind with those scary, early days of the Covid lockdowns (a less happy anniversary).
What Do the Wall Street Journal Commenters Want? — Millennial Money with Katie

Jan 8, 2025 | moneywithkatie.com | Katie Gatti Tassin

Originally, this essay was supposed to be about the futility of extreme New Year’s resolutions. There were going to be jokes about announcing your intent to leave Instagram on Instagram; reflections on the cultural amnesia of skidding into yet another January 1 with a vague commitment to “meditate daily,” only to duly abandon it by March.
Semi-Practical Gifts For Weekend Stays, Friendly Coworkers, and New Apartments

Dec 5, 2024 | longlive.substack.com | Erika Veurink |Melanie Masarin |Ruby's Recs |Katie Gatti Tassin

I hesitate to even call this a gift guide. I hope it’s a resource you can come back to when your boyfriend’s friend’s parents invite you to their chalet for the weekend or when you get a slack that you’re in a last-minute Secret Santa situation. Not to discredit the following as thoughtful gifts. Never! But they’re not tied to the holidays or a festive feeling. Some of these could be cool as a housewarming present.
In Defense of 'Good Enough' Skin

Aug 22, 2024 | longlive.substack.com | Erika Veurink |Jessica Defino |Katie Gatti Tassin

This essay was originally published in New York Magazine’s The Cut. And my inspiration to share it here comes from one of my favorite writers, and a podcast she was on called Content People. I’ve listened to this episode of Money With she was on multiple times. When I was growing up, my skin was “textured.” As soon as my period started, so did the acne. I ignored it mostly, too focused on updating my Tumblr or playing volleyball to notice.
We Live in a Society — Millennial Money with Katie

Jul 1, 2024 | moneywithkatie.com | Katie Gatti Tassin

But what if it isn’t? What if this is short-sighted selfishness, and ultimately personally detrimental, too? There are predictable consequences of divorcing friendship from assistance: It often means we are left with no choice but to pay for absolutely everything we need. This worldview has framed asking for help or needing support as an inexcusable burden. Its huffy refrain is don’t be cheap; do not ask me to take you to the airport. (And, I mean, sure: LAX at 4 am? Or… any time of day.
Just Asking Questions — Millennial Money with Katie

Jun 17, 2024 | moneywithkatie.com | Katie Gatti Tassin

You might assume these people are just irrationally devoted to leaving behind large nest eggs for the aforementioned stepson or other charitable causes, but the survey data indicates the opposite: Only 1% of retirees reported charitable giving as an important financial goal, and barely more (3%) stated “leaving an estate to heirs” as a major factor in their decisions. What did they care about?
Is Being "Good with Money" Making You Miserable? — Millennial Money with Katie

Apr 29, 2024 | moneywithkatie.com | Katie Gatti Tassin

My approach to responsible money management often looks a lot like the cheat meal framework: As long as I aggressively save and invest most of the time, I’m permitted (encouraged, even) to splurge—but only occasionally, and only on things that I’m certain I value. There’s little room for more experimentation, play, or error, beyond the occasional anomaly.
What Are We Willing to Sacrifice for Certainty? — Millennial Money with Katie

Apr 8, 2024 | moneywithkatie.com | Katie Gatti Tassin

It was about a woman named Dr. Becky Kennedy and her 2.4 million followers on Instagram (a number that’s now 200,000 higher since the story was published, me among them). Kennedy is a child psychologist-turned-parenting icon, and like Huberman, she possesses the charisma and institutional credentials that make her easy to trust.
Does Focusing on Systemic Issues Create a “Victim Mentality”? — Millennial Money with Katie

Mar 18, 2024 | moneywithkatie.com | Katie Gatti Tassin

Nope. We didn’t address any of that. We just said, “Shoot for 28% of your net income and hope for the best, toots!”This is the difference between individual advice and “systems thinking” (as Caroline calls it) in personal finance and economics. You can confine your scope of concern to individual advice (or, at least, try to), but you will never be operating outside the bounds of objective reality.
The Naked Financial Hypocrisy of Tradwife Influencers — Millennial Money with Katie

Mar 4, 2024 | moneywithkatie.com | Katie Gatti Tassin

“I’m teaching my daughter that it’s perfectly acceptable to depend on a man,” the video begins, as a tan, slender woman twirls a gingham-clad girl dangerously close to a whirring KitchenAid. “That being a home maker [sic] is the number 1 career she should strive for.” My breath catches, not because I’m moved by her message, but because every time she spins, it looks as though her waist-length hair is going to be sucked into the rapidly rotating spindles of the stand mixer.