Breaking up is hard to do
“They say that breaking up is hard to do, now, I know, I know that its true. Don't say that this is the end, instead of breaking up I wish that we were making up again” sang Neil Sedaka on…
Slowing down on eating out, good for the wallet and the waistline?
Considering the tough times that our eateries are going through right now, I feel a little bad about talking about cutting back on eating out. I’m not talking about just dinners out, it’s all the other ‘not eating at home’…
Not challenging your money anchors can draw you into distorted ‘values’
I am guessing like mine, your feed is full of stories about the housing market. I am following with interest as I have recently moved myself, and Mum is in the middle of all of this as she is selling…
The road to financial stability
The question of who is responsible for teaching financial literacy has been a topic of debate for a very long time, and I still don’t think there is a clear answer. Should it be taught in schools? Is it up…
Are we getting closer to a cashless society?
Way back in May 2015, I wrote a blog post about an article that I found in The Telegraph by Jim Leaviss. Judging by the number of comments (at the time there were 3,208 of them) plus all of the social media shares;…
Do you like money?
Before all the negative comments start to fly about money not being the be-all and end-all in life (which I happen to agree with by the way), there is a serious reason for me asking this question. So, let's start…
The pitfalls of sunk costs
We have a 10-minute test in our household. We start a movie or a new show, and, if after 10 minutes we aren’t enjoying it, we stop, and choose something else. This is sunk costs in action. We are prepared…
THE THINKING AND JUSTIFICATION ABOUT THE “GIRL BEHIND THE MATH”
Thanks to a Kiwi radio station, the term’ girl math’ blew up on Tik Tok last year. Is it really something new? No, it’s been around for a very long time. Should it be taken seriously? Maybe, it’s a way…
BEING FRUGAL – THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN
We are being told that frugal is the way to go. We are all tightening our belts, as the cost of living and servicing our mortgage (or rent) increases. I’m not disagreeing with this as a strategy. But like everything…
TEN STRATEGIES THAT COULD HELP REDUCE YOUR GROCERIES COSTS
The cost of food and how much we spend on groceries, is a topic that always comes up when I am talking to my clients. “How come we spend so much each month”, and “how can we bring our grocery…