Extra income report: August 2016. We meant to do two things in August: start earning even more extra pocket money and get back into the DIY swing of things on the house, which would mean spending more as well. Both have been hard, as there have just been so many distractions […]
Is personal finance too much hassle? Most of the time, it’s not that personal finance, budgeting and/or doing a little sideline online is actually too difficult for us – it’s just that we can’t be bothered. It’s this inertia that financial and insurance companies thrive on, and it’s this inertia […]
Or, how a fluffy cat saved me from the Diderot effect Why is it that we buy things, hoping that they’ll dramatically improve our lives, even though we know that they won’t? Ok, my living room rug hasn’t really ruined my life, but it has given me a lot […]
Hoping to strike gold by stumbling across a masterpiece in the attic or at next Sunday’s car boot fair? You wouldn’t be alone. It’s a natural consequence of the stratospheric prices attached to works of art that buyers, collectors and viewers might as well be looking at a framed wad of […]
I’ll be honest: my garden plans have resulted in failure. Not quite all-out, unmitigated failure, but still, not success. I think every blogger wants to paint a perfect picture of life behind the screen, but hey – that’s not me. I mean, I would love for it all to work out perfectly and […]