Primarily this blog is about sharing experiences of money management and giving advice to students and graduates as they progress through their careers. Over the years, I’ve developed sound devices for money management including tracking expenses, developing a budget that works for me and investing in the stock market whilst remaining highly diversified.
Category: Personal development
This weekend gone I successfully moved into my fifth flat in five years. I’m living in Central London again having spent one year paying minimal rent by staying with my sister and brother-in-law (back then just a fiance – hence the move). My intention is to keep moving around so that I can make a good habit of not having too much stuff. Five years on it seems things are worse than they were when I was at university. So how have things changed? View full article »
Week 4 brings you level 4 of Personal Finance: The Advanced Level. The person who has moved into the Advanced Level has moved to the upper half of the Personal Finance scale and is close to reaching a state where minimal effort is needed. If you have reached this level this will be demonstrated by a healthy emergency fund (3-6 months living expenses dependent on circumstances), you have a long term savings plan and you’ve started to familiarise yourself with financial jargon. Most of this will come from preliminary research into investing in stocks and shares. View full article »
This is part II of the Levels of Finance which discusses the steps that I took to get to where I am today. Last week I wrote about the realisation and the start of researching into better money habits. The Learner builds on what they’ve learnt as a Fresher from their initial research. View full article »
Last week a colleague of mine left the London office to work for our New York office in a different consulting practice. I’ve only been working with him closely since the beginning of March but since then our working relationship has developed and I would consider him one of the colleagues that I look up to. At just 28, he has worked in London for at least 7 years and is about to embark on a new adventure in New York. He has taught me a lot since I started working with him and is extremely conscientious. I can’t help but wish him all the best for his new role and home. I couldn’t be more pleased for him.
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 »
It’s been almost eight months since I started my first full-time job after graduation. I’ve been lucky to have received so many opportunities from my employer and I’ve taken full advantage of these. From before I started my job until now I have been collecting and reflecting upon a number of articles related to work. These mark key milestone in my first year of work. Not only have they helped me deal with the transition from student life to 9-6 working life but they’ve also helped me think about my future too. I’m continuing to strive to do well at work and ensure that I fully appreciate what my company does for me. 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 »
The end of February marked the end of six months at my first full-time job after university. I was lucky that I came out of uni and started in a job at the end of August. Getting the offer was one of the highlights of my final year. I found out I had an offer in February 2009 and was pleased that it didn’t start immediately as I then had time to travel. It’s been a whirlwind starting full-time work but I have to say it has been an enjoyable but eye-opening experience.
So, what have I learnt since leaving university and starting full-time work? 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.
