When mastering a new skill, we go through stages of competence. Stage 1 is unconcious incompetence. It’s that stage when you think you’ll be able to do something because someone who is a master makes it look easy and you get started, only to find that you suck and it’s hard!! …
Comparisonitis is VERY VERY common!! Do you know what it is? Comparisonitis is when we constantly compare ourselves with others around us. We might compare and find that we are doing better, and we might compare and find that we’re doing worse. Now whether this perception is true or not is …
Comparisonitis – A Spending Trigger We Could All Do Without Read More »
Money can seem like a HUGE task. And because it’s a huge task, it can be the thing that gets pushed to the bottom of the “to-do” list. Well let me help you with that! Money isn’t an item on a list. It’s a lifestyle! We have to be looking after …
Struggling To Focus On Your Money? Is It Procrastination?! Read More »
I saw a question asked the other day that really got my interest! The question was around how much “should” someone be saving based on their income. The person asking was worried that she wasn’t saving enough despite actually having saved quite a good amount in the space of one year! …
Recently I attended a retreat called BeWealth run by One of Many and Dr Joanna Martin. During this weekend, I attended a session on leadership, and learnt about vulnerability. To be vulnerable is to be a leader, and it was through this that I had a valuable insight that I wanted to share with you. …
Are you numbing your emotions by spending money? Read More »
This week my dad finished a 2 week course of radiotherapy. It is a cause for celebration because he has reached yet another small milestone. He has a brain tumour, and he is fighting a very hard battle. During this journey that he is currently going through, I have made a …
It’s not often I write about saving money as a negative thing (it’s not at all…but bear with me!). I’m writing for the accumulators of you today (or those of you with accumulator in your top three archetype mix). Don’t know your unique money personality yet? Go here to find out! …
Do you ever have months where you struggle to keep your money under control? Where it seems like no matter what you do, you overspend, and then the savings you set aside the month before have been spent to compensate? Me too. In fact, as recently as last month. Everyone has …
Help! I Keep Over Spending! What Can I Do? 8 Ways To Help Read More »
With the risk of sounding a bit “woo-woo” or “wishy-washy” in this post, I wanted to talk to you about personality typing, specifically, The Sacred Money Archetypes®. A few years ago I did a course online in this subject, and quite honestly, it was probably the most accurate personality test I …
When I started on my money journey, I was convinced that to ever have real wealth, I’d need to be either born into a rich family, or earn tonnes of money in a saly (or win the lottery). Since learning more about finance, I now realise what BS that is and …