Stories By Kay Carmichael
My Investments
Dreaming with Compound Interest
May 30, 2020This is my new favourite thing to do; playing with compound interest calculators. Yes, it’s extremely...
My Goals
When do I get to enjoy my money?
May 30, 2020A friend recently asked the question while we talked about retirement: “But when do I get...
My Goals
Progress Report – One Year In
May 29, 2020It’s August 12, 2019 – a year of progress… I only started the blog in May...
Retirement
FIRE math and how it’s going to save your retirement
May 29, 2020Before I discovered FIRE, I had decided I didn’t want a retirement. Being an artist is...
Opinion
Anxiety and Money
May 26, 2020I’m not a diagnosed anxiety sufferer, but it’s been an anxious year. I’ve become very aware...
My Goals
Financial FOMO
May 22, 2020FOMO – fear of missing out – is real. Very real. It’s a force that acts...
Opinion
Do What You Love
May 21, 2020Possibly the worst thing you can say to a working artist is: “At least you do...
Opinion
Hobby-Poor
May 19, 2020Here’s the thing. Many artists spend all their spare cash on art materials or tech ‘for...
Opinion
Money as a man’s job
May 18, 2020It’s been a rough week* for South Africa and it’s been a rough lifetime for its...
Opinion
Money and Negativity
May 18, 2020Hey! You guys get something special today. I love doing comics when I’m trying to dislodge...
Opinion
Why do we spend?
May 15, 2020Why do we spend? It’s a surprisingly personal question to ask somebody. Money is an aid...
My Career
Getting through a Work Slump
May 14, 2020I’m having a work slump. I haven’t worked regularly for about three months now. I had...
My Goals
The Types of Passive Income
May 13, 2020So we’ve talked about what is and what is not passive income. What are the types of passive income...
My Goals
The One Thing
May 7, 2020What’s the one thing that gets you where you need to be, financially? Financial management scares...
My Goals
The Passive Income Mistake
May 6, 2020Every artist knows the struggle to ‘build a passive income’. We can’t have hobbies because they...
My Career
Freelancing as an Artist Part 4: Questions?
Apr 29, 2020Previous: Freelancing as an Artist Part 3: Good Clients, Bad Clients Thanks for coming along with...
My Career
Freelancing as an Artist Part 1: Getting Started
Apr 29, 2020When I started giving lectures on freelancing as an artist to animation students, I was very...
My Career
Freelancing as an Artist Part 2: Getting Paid
Apr 29, 2020Previous: Freelancing as an Artist Part 1: Getting Started. This is quite specific to getting paid...
My Career
Freelancing as an Artist Part 3: Good Clients, Bad Clients
Apr 29, 2020Previous: Freelancing as an Artist Part 2: Getting Paid It’s important to charge properly for another...
Investing
Simplicity and Index Investing
Apr 21, 2020I’m new to the world of investing, but it wasn’t until I learned about index investing...
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