by Maria Nedeva | 3 Oct, 2017 | Block 2, Budgeting, Control spending, Money management
People often ask me how I budget. Here I share the secrets of successful budgeting. 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. I’ll be completely open with you: Most of the time...
by Maria Nedeva | 23 Sep, 2014 | Block 2, Budgeting, Control spending, Money management
Your money never goes far enough, uh? This sucks. I still remember the time when a month was almost by eternity longer than our monthly income. This is when we got in debt. I didn’t look at my payslips, I didn’t look at my bank balance and I didn’t care what things...
by Maria Nedeva | 6 Aug, 2013 | Block 2, Budgeting, Control spending, Money management
Editor’s note: My regular readers may be under the impression that we don’t do frugality very well, or very willingly; and they may have good grounds for that. On The Money Principle we emphasise the importance of living life to the full, making sure that your money...