Savings Guide – Daily Saving Money Tips

I love quick fixes. My finances suffer from this predilection- I’m all for the quick fix and find long-term things, like budgets, savings and goals, quite difficult. These long-term things are the bedrock for good finances, but here are some 15 minute things you can do, should there be a bit of spare time between [...]

Being a consumer isn’t really all that simple. First you have to make the right decision on the product. Comparison shopping takes time and patience, two qualities it sometime seems hard to come by.
Then there are the ethical dilemmas that confront you while you shop- should you support Australian produce or doesn’t it make much [...]

I try not to be a holier than thou kind of person, especially as I am certainly not holier. I have vices a-plenty and I tend to enjoy them with great sincerity; the odd tipple, the cheeky cigarette and the barely contained, desperate desire for a coffee that grabs hold of me every couple of [...]

I’ll admit it, if I were worth a billion dollars, I would definitely not be sparing with my money. Good intentions aside, I would have many pairs of shoes, long self-indulgent holidays and several houses. I don’t think I’d need a life of excess but a life of restrained opulence would definitely be on the [...]

I have a problem with controlling my phone bill. It probably has something to do with how much I like having phone conversations, or how I hate being bored so I’ll call someone if I have more than thirty seconds to spare, or how I always have to have the last word on a text [...]

I left home without any money. I was just back from six months around Europe and I didn’t really have a cent to my name. I was lucky- I had a room at a relative’s house for a year, and walked straight into a job earned solely through the solid DNA that is nepotism. Regardless, [...]