by Maria Nedeva | 29 Aug, 2017 | Spend money, WTFIFL
In this post, I’ll tell you about four kinds of free summer holiday activities that your family would love; and these will also make your wallet sing with joy and spare cash. Summer holidays could be expensive. I’m not talking only about the costs of transport (in our...
by Maria Nedeva | 30 Jul, 2017 | Financial Health, Personal finance wisdom, Spend money
Having conversations about money with teens is not easy. In this post I share why the most important money competence you can help your teen develop is spending money, the five essential skills when spending and how I’m trying to do this with my son. The five...
by Maria Nedeva | 22 May, 2017 | Financial Health
What did you do this weekend? Anything exciting? Because I spent my time between meeting old friends, making new ones and doing my cash flow analysis. Which, as it happens, needs resurrecting. You see, most people use budgeting to control their spending. My...
by Maria Nedeva | 23 Mar, 2017 | Financial Health, Love your life
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Pauline of InvestmentZen.com. The point Pauline makes here is simple: to achieve financial independence you need to master three things: spending less, earning more and investing wisely the rest. Financial independence is the...
by Maria Nedeva | 29 Sep, 2016 | Financial Health, WTFIFL
If I ask you to tell me three money rules fast which ones are they going to be? [Take a minute to think about it and let me know in the comments.] The ones I’d most likely think about are: Spend less than you make. Stash the difference away. Don’t simply save it,...
by Maria Nedeva | 16 Aug, 2016 | Big picture, Spend money, WTFIFL
Are you sitting somewhere in the sun, sipping ice-cold beer and racking your brains about ways to save money on holiday? I am. We arrived on Skiathos and started our holiday last Friday. We are not what you’d call extravagant and still the money is flowing through my...
