Fifteen Ways to Make £300 Monthly (& Keep the Fridge Stocked)
Editor’s note: This is the first of three articles on different ways to make money. Here, I list fifteen ways to earn enough to fill your fridge with food for a month. We’ve assumed the average family can do this on about £300/$500 per month. Look at the…
How to Make a Weekly Budget: A Simple Step-by-Step Guide
Budgeting is often restrictive and complicated, but it doesn’t have to be! Making a weekly budget can offer you the freedom to spend on what matters most while controlling your savings and spending. With a well-designed weekly budget, you can easily manage your finances, reduce unnecessary stress, and even…
Budget like a Boss: Three Stages to Successful Budgeting
People often ask me how I budget. Let me unveil the secrets of successful budgeting. That’s fair game. I am in personal finance, and I have a personal finance blog on which I’ve written a fair bit about successful budgeting, how to pay off debt, and investing. I’ll be completely…
Create a Monthly Budget in 5 Easy Steps (& Dominate Your Money)
Create a monthly budget that is fun, enlightening, and liberating by following these five easy steps. You are finished with your shopping. All groceries have been scanned and packed. You present your card to the reader and hear a beep. Your heart twists at the message ‘insufficient funds’. How…
9 Must-Have Kitchen Gadgets for Healthy Eating (& Budget)
If your kitchen has the must-have kitchen gadgets, you can come home to the smell of a healthy meal. Your grandmother probably spent most of her days cleaning and cooking for the family. You don’t need to do that! With the right kitchen gadgets, you can quickly turn fresh…
100 Words on Making Money with Special Skills (in the UK)
If you have special skills, earning money quickly in the UK is possible through: Freelancing platforms like Upwork, Fiverr, or PeoplePerHour (you can offer services like graphic design, writing, web development, or marketing). Skilled trades, such as plumbing, electrical work, or handyman services, can bring fast cash through local…
Mind and Wealth: 15 Psychological Biases That Keep You Poor
We talk endlessly about how to earn, save, and invest money but rarely attend to the links between mind and wealth. This is a mistake, and no matter how much you know about numbers, your financial success may be more elusive than a mirage in the wasteland. Why? Because…
100 Words on Making Money Without Skills (in the UK)
For those in the UK looking to make money quickly without special skills, consider: Delivery work with platforms like Deliveroo, Just Eat, or Uber Eats, which offer flexible hours and immediate earnings. Another fast option is selling unwanted items on Gumtree, Facebook Marketplace, or Vinted. You can also earn…
Frugal Living: 60+ Tips for Living a Cheap(er) & Rich(er) Life
Are you experimenting with frugal living? Are you held back because you don’t understand how to live frugally? Would you appreciate some practical, frugal ideas to start you off? Look no further. Here I offer: A brand of frugality that helps you live a cheaper and wealthier life. The…
Software, Due Diligence, and More: How Startups Can Reduce Legal Costs
Like all things, building a successful business from scratch needs a strong foundation. Sometimes, a good idea is your best starting point. Inspiration for your business can come from generating other ideas daily, seeing which ones stick around, and filtering the ones that can be turned into reality and…
Myths of Personal Finance: You Know That Compound Interest is Overrated, Right?
I can hardly look through the personal finance articles of the day without reading something that extols the power and beauty of compound interest. Personal finance geeks will tell you to start saving as early as possible so you don’t miss out on compound interest. They’d tell you that saving…
100 Words on the Power of Compounding
The power of compounding is described as the eighth wonder of the world. It transforms modest initial investments into substantial wealth. By reinvesting the earnings from your investments, you earn interest not only on your original amount but also on the accumulated interest. This exponential growth can seem slow…