Threads Post Draws 8,000 Likes, Compiling 28 Money Tips for Women Starting Out

1 articles · Updated · BuzzFeed · Jun 22

Twenty-eight money tips were compiled after @selmamakescents asked disciplined women on Threads for one piece of advice for beginners, turning the post into a heavily shared personal-finance thread.
More than 8,000 likes and hundreds of comments fueled the roundup, which mixed practical steps—such as opening a Roth IRA—with broader habits around saving, spending and long-term discipline.
The advice was grouped into four themes: tactical account and budgeting moves, mindset shifts, ways to make spending harder, and navigating money pressures from other people.
The post framed the response as filling a gap left by schools, families and social media, where basic money guidance is often missing or overshadowed by sales-driven content.