Why your brain treats a pay rise like a threat
Do you remember your very first job? I do, I was still at high school, and I was a tea lady in an old people’s home. I worked Saturday and Sunday afternoon and back in those days Saturday was time…
The winter blues are here — and your wallet is feeling it too
It's that time of year again. The days are getting shorter and colder. I think I’m a winter person, I love the cold crisp mornings, I don’ mind having to chip the ice of the windscreen before Jett and I…
The stories we tell ourselves about money
I was having a coffee (I’m a tea girl) with a girlfriend, and chatting about everything friends talk about when they get together, including the state of the world, when she announced this was going to be her last coffee…
The subscriptions you forgot you were paying for
It’s that time of year for me, where I go through and do a thorough review of my personal spending. I track my spending against my money plan, and I do a cursory check at the end of each month…
Pretty versus practical
I was out on my morning walk the other day with Jett, when I stopped to chat with the lovely lady who looks after the gardens around our local parks. She's one of those people who genuinely loves what she…
The quiet tug-of-war behind every big business investment
For the past few weeks, I have been having the, will I, won’t I, is this a good idea in the current economic environment argument with myself. Some days the Lynda that says, ‘just go for it’ wins, and on…
When couples get money right
There’s still a lot of noise going on right now about the economy. Add to that we’re heading into winter, so more heating needed, the rising cost of everything (it certainly feels that way), fuel prices, uncertainty, and it’s easy…
When ‘we can’t afford that’ becomes a life lesson.
Teaching kids about money during school holidays. I don’t have to worry about school holidays anymore. There was a sense of relief when my daughter no longer needed holiday programmes. I didn’t need to juggle working with her plans with…
When fuel prices rise, it’s not just your wallet that feels it
Easter over for another year. and as I alluded to in my last article, my car didn’t leave home for most of the weekend. Instead of heading off to the Richmond Ranges each day (about 40km away) with Jett for…
Difficult conversations; have them sooner rather than later
The third anniversary of my dad’s passing was at the weekend. Reflecting on Mum and my life now and how much has changed over the three years, it made me think just how lucky we were that as a family…