Hello my friends and fellow Budgetopians, and Happy New Year! It's been a while, a lot longer than I thought it would be, but it's been a strange couple of months for me. I don't mean that in a bad way, not at all

So I've mentioned that in order to save, eventually invest and absolutely smash your way down the road to financial freedom, you have to follow a few basic rules, including getting yourself set up on a rough-if-needed-but-pristine-as-possible budget and setting yourself some realistic goals that'll make

I was about to write some witty, humorous but complainy-pants introduction about how it's been a long week before I realised it's only Monday night - oops! For whatever reason it's been a tough one, but that's ok. Some days are harder

It's been a little while! I got so excited to start writing about money that I went full speed ahead, a whirlwind of fresh ideas and financial puns that hit the internet like a metaphorically boring hurricane. I decided to try and slow it down a bit, if

When writing my last post regarding emergency funds, I made mention to the fact that any attempt to change one's financial situation requires some form of surplus after mandatory spending. Remember when we spoke about realistic goals? It's a recipe for disaster and sadness to set

"Save for a rainy day" I really can't remember the first time I heard this saying. It's one of those quotes that's just ingrained in every fibre of your being without you ever really knowing why, like a strange but wise conspiracy

Goal setting is a hot topic, and for good reason. Spend any amount of time online and there's a seemingly endless supply of goal-setting superfans, from billionaire entrepreneurs setting business goals to stoic, battle-scarred healthcare workers setting rehabilitation goals, to athletes setting goals for their season to help

A budget is telling your money where to go instead of wondering where it went. I love this quote by Dave Ramsey. It truly encapsulates everything we get wrong when we start questioning why we don't seem to be moving forward financially, and mirrors what I meant when

It's all well and good spouting about chicken burgers and financial freedom... I hear you mutter under your breath... But how do I actually start taking control of my money? Bills are up, my kids need new shoes every four minutes and have you seen the price of

The best thing about the future is it comes one day at a time - Abraham Lincoln When looking for inspirational and cringy quotes about time, I started thinking about just how profound the concept of time is and how individual it is for every one of us. Some find

Hello! I have absolutely no idea why I decided to use an image of a figurine sitting on a pile of Euro's as the picture for this post - I think I decided that I should just start writing rather than mess around with pictures and the design