Build wealth. Love your life
These last couple of weeks I’ve been living in a tiredness and stress related fog-like state. Had to do the last of my teaching and the later in the semester it is, the more it takes out of me. Marking has started coming in; and of course it has to…
Editor’s note: This evening I decided to publish a guest post by my young(er) friend Kevin Watts. You may have come across him; he is the creator of GraduatingFromDebt where he blogs about not getting in debt when at collage/university, paying off debt if you manage to build some and…
Recently we realised that our older sons, the ones supposed to be independent and make their own way, have been getting in debt. Yep, both of them. Because I realise that young people today have it rather hard – jobs gone, pay gone down and the rest – I got…
Sounds simple, right! Not so, according to Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) – a recycling group funded by the UK government and the European Union. WRAPs research shows that in the UK we throw away on average six meals a week; this amounts to about £60 ($97) per household…
For some, having a shopping list is a simple requirement when carrying out your weekly shop. But how many of us actually look at our list as we shop? And how many make a haphazard list based on guesses and ideas we think we’ll need for the week? It’s not…
Here is the deal! According to an article published by Yahoo Finance: household average unsecured debt in the UK has increased to slightly under £13,000 ($21,000); 1 in 20 families in the UK turns to payday loans to make ends meet. To make matters worse, today The Independent reported…
Editor’s note: Alex has been researching the costs of having a dog. And I don’t know about you, but I am about to change my mind on this one. Paying £18,000 ($29,000) to have a toddler around for ten to fifteen years? If you are thinking of surprising someone by…
The other day I was talking to a friend of mine. Between exchanging news about the children and work, she mentioned that they don’t ‘have much life at the moment’. Yep; you probably guessed right. My friend and her husband recently found out that their debt is out of control….
In an attempt to keep the wolf from the door, students in the UK are increasingly turning to the older generation to help finance the rising costs of tuition fees and, with the maximum tuition fee now standing at a hefty £9,000, it seems that the bank of gran and…
I have a confession to make: I tried macaroons for the first time about a month ago in Helsinki. Sounds strange? It isn’t, really. Macaroons were not around when I was growing up In Bulgaria. We can blame it on communism – God knows we already blame too many things…
I know, I know; pizza is not good for you. And let’s face it – it is not only ‘junk’ food giving us a load of carbs and bad fats but it is also something that responsible adults are not supposed to like. OK, call me irresponsible than but I…
Editor’s note: This post by Grayson from Debt Roundup is part of the Yakezie blog swap. You can go and check out my post here. I have written about my biggest money mistake before, but I never shared what I actually learned from it. For those that don’t know me,…