When planning your 2018 goals, did you consider travel? It may never have occurred to you to do this, or maybe its been a lifelong dream. It was the most amazing experience of my life when I did this in 2015/2016, and if you’ve ever wanted to do it, I’d urge you to go for …
This is a contributed post. See full website T&Cs here. Cover photo from pexels.com Thinking about the future is not just about getting your money sorted. Its also about making sure that you protect the people you leave behind. This contributed post talks about wills and how important they are to have if you’re serious …
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Every year there is an inevitable trepidation before opening Christmas or Birthday gifts in front of family and friends. What if you don’t like what they give you? Will you have to fake a smile?! via GIPHY Here is a list of a few presents I’ve had (or others in my family have had) that …
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This post is all about the importance of budgeting without sacrifice. I also have several posts related to this about setting a budget which you may find helpful if you want to read more! All Budget And No Play Makes For A Depressing Life Many people assume if they put strict budgets …
I never thought of myself as money-privileged before. That was until I read an article this week written by someone who was illustrating what it feels like to be poor in America. Now I have to admit, I didn’t identify with the majority of it. Firstly, it was American, so I didn’t quite appreciate some …
Have you ever stopped to think about how money-privileged we are? Read More »
This post has a collaboration of interesting and helpful articles, including one on sorting out a consolidation loan, which can be handy for helping with debt repayments. I want to stress, this IS NOT a payday loan. I strongly dislike payday loans and think they should be banned. These are the sort that charge extremely …
This is post 7 of 7 of the budget series. This week I’m talking about how to budget to save for events or the “saving to spend” fund. We all have those events don’t we? The ones where we need a big chunk of cash? I needed a very large stash of cash for when …
Final Week! How to Save for the Big Things that Make Life Fun Read More »
Welcome to week 3 of the budget series! This is where you allocate money to different “slices” of your budget- ….charity….fun….essentials….saving….investing….education….emergency fund…. Post 1 on “charity and giving” is here. Post 2 on “fun money” here. The money-pie-method is here. Spending on the essentials So what am I talking about? I’m talking about …
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Week 1 Welcome to week 1 of the budgeting series. For the next 7 weeks, I will be discussing a different aspect to think about when it comes to budgeting. I hope that it will give you a new perspective on how you can start dividing up your money so that every bit of it …
Week 1 of the Budgeting Series – “Charity begins at home” Read More »
So this week’s post was inspired by a wedding I went to last weekend. After last week’s blog about a negative relationship I had in the past that affected my finances, I felt the need to re-balance and write about some happier events! The couple had been civil partners for several years, but wanted to …
Wedding fever! Tips from my friends on how NOT to break the bank on your special day Read More »