I met Ronnie when she reached out to me via email and we struck up a conversation. In this guest blog post, she shares how having a budget has helped to get her finances under control.
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Progress Report on You Can Avoid Student Debt
In November 2016 I wrote about student debt and in that blog I spoke to a young woman who was about to begin a two and a half year course at a tertiary institution. Almost one year on I caught up with her for an update. She had just had a night on the turps so I fed her a high sugar, high fat breakfast as we spoke. Ok, so that part of being 18 still has not changed.
The Happy Saver Top 10 Money Tips
Welcome to my shortest blog post ever! I have written a succinct list, using as few words as possible, that encapsulates the rules I live by in one way or another every single day.
SmartShares for Kids!
The one thing that is missing on the busy school calendar is of course learning about money management. For sure they learn how to add, subtract, multiply and divide but they don’t learn how to budget, live within their means, save and invest. Where are the kids going to learn about this stuff then?
Why save, plot and plan for my financial future?
I’m actually not in search of money, I’m instead searching for HAPPINESS. And despite the well worn phrase “money can’t buy you happiness”, I disagree. The two are interlinked and have a symbiotic relationship.