Personal Finance, with a touch of sarcasm.
A few weeks ago, the school I worked for had a positive case of Covid-19. So the school was shut for cleaning and I found myself biting nails (figuratively) while waiting for the contact tracing team to figure out if any exposure had happened. Thankfully, I wasn’t one of the ‘lucky’ ones who now have …
I think how a person treats money can be very interesting. The attitude towards money can vary greatly between one person to the next; from spending it as fast as it comes in or spending beyond their means to squirelling every cent away and scooping leftover sauce back into the jar and only using one …
To be able to fully understand how we are moving forward, you need to first understand our current position. I am a teacher in a State school, and I have one current side hustle. I used to have more, but have since quit or shut businesses down due to a lack of time and mental …
In 2017, I started Big Kid, Little Adult. I had just learnt about Barefoot Investor, Dave Ramsay & the FIRE movement and I was inspired. In fact, saying that I was inspired would be putting it mildly. I had just come off a 10 year stint blogging professionally, burnt out from the industry, but aching …
We moved into this house almost 5 years ago. We looked at the backyard and it promptly went onto the too-hard basket. We had attempted our hands at growing before, but things never really stuck around (read: We killed it all). We were much more successful at growing veges, but we didn’t know when to …
Oye, I’m back! And with renewed energy and new goals. So 2017 ended with a bang. Quite a big one too, and not exactly in the best kind of bangs. I don’t think I have ever had a year quite like 2017. We started it on such a high and ended it with such a …
It’s time to be honest with myself. Those financial reports from Sept, Oct and November and most likely December won’t be happening. Life is happening and life is overtaking everything. Writing has always been my outlet and where better place than my blog to write? So here goes. Sorry it’s not really finance related, though …
Silence. That’s the sound around here for this month. I do have posts to write. I have reports to share – I haven’t shared any of my September reports, for starters. But it’s just been a bit tough around here. We started the month with school holidays which usually means I actively take time away …
I thought for a bit of balance after my last post about 5 things I don’t do, I should point out the 5 very-not-frugal things that I do actually do that many in the PF world might frown upon. 1. We do pay a subscription fee for Spotify. Before Spotify, the husband would purchase CDs. …
Let’s not kid ourselves. These aren’t really frugal tips, these are just things I don’t do. I say ‘wannabe’ because I’m getting there. I’m still very much learning and I don’t think I’m truly a frugal person yet. I’m not posting this to brag about it either, nor am I saying you need to follow …