Six years ago I completely overhauled my finances…well I started looking at my personal finances at first. The rest is history. I have written a basic list below to try and remember every, single thing I’ve ever done to improve my financial situation. I have no doubt that this list will continue to grow so feel free to add your suggestions. I’m always looking for new perspectives and tips on managing my money: View full article »
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One of the things I love thinking about is how much your family and upbringing impacts on your attitude towards money. In the past I’ve described that my father’s attitude towards bills always made me feel as though our family were poor which was not really the case at all. We weren’t rich but we weren’t really struggling to pay bills. 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.
One of the greatest things about student life is the flexibility of your timetable. If you’re lucky enough you will never have a 9am start for the whole three years at university. It’s great to have so much freedom: you’re able to go out late during the week and meet your friends for brunch at gone 12pm the next day without a worry in the world. View full article »
The editor of City AM (a free morning business paper) has launched a campaign for financial literacy. He argued that not enough people understand money and the impact of their spending choices on their personal finances. I couldn’t agree more. I often find myself struggling to get others (who have asked my advice) to implement changes to their lifestyle in order to improve their financial situation. What’s the problem? Is it just a matter of education? View full article »
One of the techniques I use in order to maximise the return on my savings is by utilising several different types of financial products. Each year my savings goals is oriented around filling up my ISA. Unfortunately interest rates on ISAs have been terrible since 2008 meaning I have to change my technique to ensure I earn the most I can on my savings. 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 »
I like to talk about eating out on this blog and my attempts to reduce the amount of times a week I spend eating out. I try to pack a lunch everyday and minimise the number of dinners out. Eating Out can be an important part of people’s lives, however, so it seems unfair to suggest cutting it out altogether. If you’re a fanatic of eating out here are a few top tips to keep the costs down: View full article »
