Last week, we introduced the concept of mental accounting. We want to continue the theme this week as part of our ‘behavioural economics month.’ Mental accounting can be seen every day with [...]
This week we continue our theme of inter-generational financial planning. We turn our attention to the very young members of your family. Unfortunately, the school system is not that great when [...]
The best of intentions We all know that we should be bringing our lunch to work. It cheaper, it’s healthier. We make a new years resolution but find that two weeks into February we are [...]
Buying your first home is a big step on the path to financial independence and security, but the process of saving that deposit can feel insurmountable. Upcoming on the Monday 18th September we [...]
There are lots of ways to manage your money without spending hours with a calculator and a spreadsheet. Upcoming on the 22nd August we have our webinar ‘Budgeting for Non-Budgeters’. [...]
Lagom: Not to little, not tooo much. Just enough. Anna, our resident Swede, introduces us to the concept of Lagom. Introduction to Lagom – (the right amount is best) If you’ve ever met a [...]
If you haven’t caught up with the ‘Smashed Avo’ debate that’s raging around Australia at the moment, it goes like this: Younger people are finding it really hard to get into the property market. [...]
Christmas is often a time of excess. Excess food, excess drink, excess parties and presents and of course excess spending. In the lead-up to Christmas I started writing about ways to sensibly [...]
1. The Kris Kringle I first encountered Kris Kringle at work, where it is a very common in Australia. Our family is quite new to it, but it has great potential, so the adults in our family [...]
The driver for last minute (and excessive) Christmas spending is a combination of our general day-to-day busy lives, an excess of shopping choice (making decision making process harder), credit [...]
