The Far Side of Boring
26.05.23
Our daughter is learning to read, which as a child can be boring, frustrating, and not much fun. Grasping phonics isn’t easy and to a 5-year-old letters and words are…
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The Far Side of Boring
26.05.23
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The Procrastination of Positive Things
30.11.22
I’ll start the diet tomorrow. I’ll get fit tomorrow. I’ll do those tasks tomorrow. I’ll sort out my finances tomorrow. Mañana. Mañana. We know doing certain things are good for…
I Can’t Answer That
04.11.22
We seek certainty but so much of life is uncertain. No doctor can tell you how long you have to live. No economist can tell you whether we will be…
Am I Saving Enough For Retirement?
16.08.22
For most of us, all we really want is enough. Enough to be able to live our ideal lifestyle without being at the beck and call of anyone. In other…
How Do You Let Your Children Take Financial Risks (But Be The Safety Net)?
15.03.22
Full disclosure: I’ve never been a trapeze artist and I never will. But I can guess how you learn to be one. I imagine when you are learning you have…
Four Levers of Financial Freedom
23.09.21
When you distil it down to its most simple definition what most people (everyone?) is aiming for is two things: financial security and financial independence. That is, to know they…
Savings Rates Are Rubbish – What Can You Do About It?
26.02.21
The Interest Rate Dilemma If you have accumulated savings you will have been watching in dismay as rates have fallen, and fallen, and fallen. From the lofty pre-Credit Crunchheights when…
If you believe the future will be better than today you MUST invest in stock markets
04.12.20
Forget Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates or Elon Musk, the richest man to have ever lived is reputed to be Mansa Musa, a 14th Century ruler of modern-day Mali and the…
The Biggest Fears of Retiring
12.11.20
For many people, the prospect of retirement fills them with dread; “30 years, what am I supposed to do with that?” I’ve found from conversations with people entering retirement this…