Online banking, online credit card applications, online car/home/holiday/life insurance and every other financial product is now available online. It’s a great step for technology and is benefitting thousands the world over. It’s convenient, quick and often helps you find the best deals. But is all this technology benefiting those whose finances need to be the easiest to handle? View full article »
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It’s been a beautiful start to my extended time off of work. I couldn’t resist taking 3 days of annual leave in exchange for 11 days off of work. I’ve been looking forward to this break to recharge my batteries but also to help me towards some of my personal goals. So what does the week have in store for me? View full article »
This week marks an important milestone in my career. My First Big Mistake. So, after seven months of ups and downs, stresses and celebrations – I have finally made the first big mistake which had major repercussions. You might be wondering what that mistake is and I’m still grappling with the issues myself. I keep replaying the events over and over in my head. It’s frustrating because I keep thinking of ways in which this could have been avoided. View full article »
When I first started this blog I had great things in mind. I started off posting every week day. Then when I started working full-time I wrote 3 articles a week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday). Then I became a bit more confident and decided to add a weekly round-up of the best articles I was reading (notice the past tense). View full article »
Currently, BBC Three is coming to the end of a four-part series called Working Girls. The show follows two unemployed women who spend a week of work experience with a top businesswoman in the UK. The idea is to encourage these women to become independent and come off of benefits or to stop relying on sources of income that they have not earned themselves. View full article »
I started investing in November 2010. It was an exciting step into a riskier world with the hopes of achieving a higher return on my money. I’d spent two years reading and researching investing so I felt well-prepared as I took that step. During the first few months the value of my investments gradually grew. I was impressed because the ability for it to grow really is instant. I was happy to see the value of investments get higher and higher, the closer to Christmas I got. The FTSE-All Share Index was doing really well during this period. View full article »
Today marks the end of 8 weeks or two months of my New Year’s Resolution. I decided that after realising that my personal finances were in order and that I was keeping good oral hygiene that I needed to focus on something more challenging. Physical Exercise. So have I fallen off the bandwagon and gone back to my sedentary ways? Here’s my progress report from February 1st to February 28th:
Week 1: After seeing a great increase in my levels of energy and general mood I was really keen to keep up this exercise routine… View full article »
Every Saturday The Thrift Diaries gives you a round-up of the best articles on the web. I’m an avid follower of many brilliant personal finance blogs and would like to share the best articles with you. These won’t always be recent articles as I often like to sift through the archives of my favourite blogs.
It’s that funny time of year again when many people dispute the value of Valentine’s Day. Is it all about consumerism or is it a genuine holiday to spend with your partner? I’ve always sat on the fence on this one. I feel that although it’s lovely to show your partner how much you care about them, isn’t this something that you should make them feel all year round? View full article »
Every Saturday The Thrift Diaries gives you a round-up of the best articles on the web. I’m an avid follower of many brilliant personal finance blogs and would like to share the best articles with you. These won’t always be recent articles as I often like to sift through the archives of my favourite blogs. View full article »
