All posts tagged "Saving"
My Goals
Saving for my child’s education in South Africa
Nov 8, 2021You’ll need money for your child’s education The cost of a child’s education has been on...
My Goals
Is it better to save money or pay off debt?
Sep 6, 2021So is it better to save money or pay off debt? There’s no definitive right or...
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Spend less than you earn
Jun 16, 2021Easy to say. Not so easy to do. The ‘not-very-secret’ mathematical formula for creating wealth and achieving the...
My Goals
How to build an Emergency Fund
May 24, 2021When it rains, and you want to be the person who brought an umbrella… “Rainy day...
My Goals
How We Are Saving For Our Kids’ University
Apr 23, 2021The cost of Tertiary education is something that scares me almost as much as how fast University...
My Goals
How To Save Your First Million
Apr 1, 2021I have this crazy goal: I want to save a million rand in five years. I...
My Stuff
Spender vs Saver Self-Talk
Mar 25, 2021I wrote this spender v saver list in 2018, in the turbulent time when my habits...
My Investments
Invest?! But I dont have enough money yet!
Mar 11, 2021I used to think that there was no point in trying to manage my money effectively,...
Investing
Guide to index Exchange-Traded Funds
Jun 17, 2020Let me be your guide to the wonderful world of Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs). I have a...
Investing
Breaking down the JSE all-share index
Jun 16, 2020What is the JSE? To understand what the JSE all-share index is, we need to start...
Investing
How to “work” the market
Jun 15, 2020This is the article that glues together a lot of what I’ve written about previously. It’s...
My Investments
Rental Property Strategies: Buy To Let
Jun 13, 2020So you want to invest in property, right? It is a lot simpler than you think....
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...
My Goals
What does the interest rate cut mean for your savings?
May 22, 2020The South African Reserve bank has just announced an interest rate cut from 4.25% to 3.75%...
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Could your older self style it financially? – Part 1
May 20, 2020And so we came to the last night of our first trip to Greece*, which naturally...
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The One Thing
May 7, 2020What’s the one thing that gets you where you need to be, financially? Financial management scares...
My Goals
10 Tips to help you live below your means
May 6, 2020Late 2019, my partner and I flew to Greece for some sun, Mediterranean food, hiking and...
My Investments
Your Saving Grace: An Emergency Fund
Apr 21, 2020The real value of having an emergency fund will only be fully appreciated during an emergency...