Welcome To The Real World: The Simple Money Equation You Need To Solve After College Graduation

Among the most obvious differences between college and the so-called real world is that in the latter you ideally receive a regular paycheck. Yet shockingly few of us know what to do with that check — big or small — once we possess it. I asked this question of Alexa von Tobel, founder of financial planning site LearnVest. She responded, “Everything.”