The salary comes, the money goes: 5 financial traps women often fall into in their 20s and 30s
Your 20s and 30s are a box of many surprises just thrown at you. One moment, you are getting your first salary, the next you are paying rent, sending money home, buying things because you want to. Add to that one trip to Shimla or Mussoorie, and by the end of the month you are left wondering where all the money disappeared. These are also the years when life just flips. Switching jobs, changing cities, getting married and sometimes starting over completely. Big things keep happening, and somewhere in the middle of all that, money just... gets dealt with. That is how most financial mistakes happen. Not in one big dramatic moment. But slowly, through small habits that feel completely normal at the time. Here are five of the most common money mistakes many women unknowingly make in their 20s and 30s.