New Year’s Resolution #1: Get Out Of Consumer Debt
Surely one of the biggest new year’s resolutions that will be wished this Saturday night. With four out of five people worried about their ability to make future debt repayments, according to recent...
View ArticleNew Year’s Resolution #2: Improve Your Retirement Savings
When I became a freelancer, I gave little thought to my retirement. I’m still in my twenties, I had ages to think about it. But then the thought struck me, that I was in all likelihood going to be...
View ArticleNew Year’s Resolution #3: Living Within Our Means
A huge resolution, but an achievable one. Living within one’s income is a crucial step to achieving long-term financial stability- it means you stay out of debt and start saving money towards your...
View ArticleNew Year’s Resolution #4: Living Cheaply, Living Green
For a lot of people, new year’s resolutions are about making changes that don’t just benefit them but also benefit the planet. Living a green lifestyle, where the harm we do is as contained as...
View ArticleNew Year’s Resolution #5: Saving An Emergency Fund
‘I’m not going to be on the back foot this year’. ‘I’m going to be more capable of taking financial opportunities’. ‘I’m not going to let small things throw me off entirely’. All this is another way of...
View ArticleHow To Stick To Your Financial Goals This Year
You’ve probably resolved on a couple of things over the weekend. Hopefully they’re achievable goals, else keeping them will prove harder than imaginable. We all basically resolve to do the same things-...
View ArticleThe No Spend Challenge
Today might seem like an unusual time to be talking about not spending. If you’re anything like me, you’ve woken up to a day promised to be apocalyptic, only to find that everything is all okay and you...
View ArticleThe Small Change Resolution
Another New Year, and we’re all talking about our resolutions. In past years, mine have always been significant resolutions. Quit smoking. Lose Christmas weight and more. Get rid of credit card debt....
View ArticleMy Personal Finance Goals For 2013
With the new year comes a new lease on life. For me, by writing down my personal finance goals and sharing them with you all I hope that this might provide more motivation and encouragement for me to...
View ArticleHow To Detox Your Finances.
There’s more than one hangover come January, and some will fade faster than others. January is the month where people are more likely to depend on their credit cards for essentials and less likely to...
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