As my last post of the year 2017, I thought I'd use the opportunity to say a massive thank you to you. For all your love and support, thank you For the feedback and constructive criticisms, thank you For the likes, comments, shares and subscriptions, thank you For being patient and kind with your words,
Category: Blog
Your SALARY vs Your INCOME
Do you know the difference between your salary and your income? I didn't. Some people equate how much they ‘earn’ i.e their salary, to how much they get ‘paid’. I used to think that too when I started university. You get income from your salary when you get a job. So the plan was work
3 Money Tips for Christmas Shopping
Ah Christmas, everyone’s favourite time of the year. Lots of family around, watching Home Alone and singing all our favourite Bublé songs. We all love Christmas and look forward to spending time with family, friends and loved ones. But whilst it’s one of the highlights of the year to look forward to, for some, it
How I went from being broke to saving £2000+ in a year
Here's a story about going from being broke to big time woke. Contrary to popular assumption, I’ve not always had it all together financially. I haven’t gotten into debt or done anything too crazy but towards the end of 2014/ early 2015, I was at an all time low financially. I had finished my first
Investing 101: Mutual Funds
So you’ve read my post on Investing For Beginners and decided you’ll like to invest in Mutual Funds? Great, so what exactly are you investing in ... What is a Mutual Fund? A mutual fund is a professionally managed fund that pools money together from you and other investors and uses that money to buy
How To: Increase Your Earning Potential
Leveraging your skill set to maximise your earning potential doesn't always mean starting your own business. In Gen Y&Z, everyone is either an entrepreneur, about to become one or is friends with at least one. I can already see you nodding your head to one of those three. But some of us get discouraged when
An introduction
What is this whole Personal Finance thing about? There are certain things in life you don’t learn at school, your parents might not necessarily teach you and your friends just don’t know enough to talk to you about it. Money management is one of them and for me, the biggest of them. If you were
Investing For Beginners
Investing is committing money to something which will give you additional returns or profit. Laying down money now to receive more in future - Warren Buffet. INVESTING 101: Today we’re looking at some common investment vehicles available. Most of them you can start with any amount of money once you’ve done your research, others will
Stop Collecting Money and Start Doing This Instead
Yup that's right, stop collecting and stashing money. I'm talking to all my savers who have been saving money for the last 3 years under their bed. Hunny, that money is depreciating not appreciating. Money is not made to be collected. It's meant to be put to use, from spending to investing, money is supposed
5 Personal Finance Tips to get you financially set in Uni
So you want to make #moneymoves in uni this year? It was on every goals list I had in uni - save £xxxx, spend less, don’t go out as much - but alas, things never go as planned, or do they? Here are 5 ways you can get ahead financially this school year. CANCEL: