WTFIFL : The Money Principle

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About money, control and writers

Published May 21, 2013 | By Maria | Posted in WTFIFL | 4 Comments

Many of you have probably guessed that even before I was interested in money I was very interested in literature; and the classics at that. Some of them are hopelessly out of fashion; about a year ago I left a comment on a blog mentioning Flaubert and it turned out [...] Continue Reading...

How much money to change one’s life?

Published May 16, 2013 | By Maria | Posted in WTFIFL | 4 Comments

Today John and I went out for a walk as part of our new regimen that has one rule: move as much as possible outside training. It was a lovely, sunny day but still cold; yes, in the UK we still seem to be in winter. However much we like [...] Continue Reading...

Impossible is nothing: about achieving impossible feats

Published May 14, 2013 | By Maria | Posted in Mentality, WTFIFL | 22 Comments

I have always thought of myself as a fairly conventional and ordinary person. OK, probably not entirely 'ordinary' and even not entirely 'conventional' - there has been too much evidence to the contrary over the years - but I have never thought of myself as someone who achieves [...] Continue Reading...

Principled Money Posts #42: movie stardom and colliding oceans

Published May 5, 2013 | By Maria | Posted in Carnivals, WTFIFL, Websites | 10 Comments

What I day I’ve had! A bit rough at the edges and un-kept, I am, but still…movie stardom was on the cards; I saw two oceans colliding and you thought penguins reside in Antarctica, didn’t you? So did I but we were both wrong. But let me start from the [...] Continue Reading...

A forced experiment in minimalism

Published May 4, 2013 | By Maria | Posted in WTFIFL | 13 Comments

Not me, no! I had one small plastic bag :) After close to thirteen hours on the road (well, in the air, actually) and four hours at airports, after getting up at 4 am after three hours sleep, I arrived at the hotel in Cape Town. Got out of [...] Continue Reading...

Enough is enough: decluttering our house

Published Apr 29, 2013 | By Maria | Posted in Exercises, WTFIFL | 11 Comments

"If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then,is an empty desk a sign?" Albert Einstein I fell for this one for a long time. I laughed about the clutter filling our house, I analysed it, theorised it and it has been annoying [...] Continue Reading...

Dealing with debt: why I think consumer debt should be paid off

Published Apr 18, 2013 | By Maria | Posted in Debt movement, WTFIFL | 11 Comments

I know, I know. Going against my word and writing about debt again. But you know, consumer debt and how we cope/deal with it is something that still interests me deeply. Although I have written about different aspects of debt, including actions to repay it, the role of frugality, the [...] Continue Reading...

About free money and silly design: not all is as it seems

Published Apr 8, 2013 | By Maria | Posted in WTFIFL | 10 Comments

This is what I am talking about! This has been long coming; I have not had a good rant on here for a very long time (in fact, I have probably ranted twice before) and the time is…NOW. If anyone is not in the mood for a [...] Continue Reading...

Give me my money: inheritance, memories and civil status

Published Apr 6, 2013 | By Maria | Posted in Property, WTFIFL | 16 Comments

Arbanassi housepicture by Marti from World of Pictures Remember some time ago I was saying that out sons can benefit from the legacy we’ll leave behind but shouldn’t expect inheritance? All calculations for our retirement build on this assumption and our sons will have to recognise that [...] Continue Reading...

Can you have too much money?

Published Mar 28, 2013 | By Maria | Posted in Big picture, WTFIFL | 19 Comments

Opera House in Muscat, Oman Since childhood we hear that we should not be greedy, we shouldn't take (have) more that 'enough'. In adulthood, we are told how important 'knowing our enough' really is: in food, play, love and money. Heck, even I have written articles in [...] Continue Reading...

Happy Birthday to Us: The Money Principle is Two Today

Published Mar 24, 2013 | By Maria | Posted in WTFIFL | 6 Comments

Sultan's Palace in Muscat, Oman Yes, exactly two years ago I gathered enough courage to publish the first article on The Money Principle. It is not amongst my finest efforts but I still read it sometimes and it makes me proud: for someone who didn’t know what [...] Continue Reading...

Getting a new car makes financial sense: meet our Skoda Citigo

Published Mar 14, 2013 | By John | Posted in Mentality, WTFIFL | 10 Comments

‘Get a second hand car for cash and run it into the ground’ is a well-rehearsed mantra of personal finance; and as most received wisdom it doesn’t withstand scrutiny. We believe that getting a new car makes financial sense – particularly when the previous one was a serious and unexciting [...] Continue Reading...

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