Living the good life on a budget.
Each month I set myself a goal to lose 4 lbs, which equates at a lb a week, give or take. I know that eating healthily is important, and maintaining a healthy weight is important, but I sometimes struggle to eat the best I can. I read a lot of cookery blogs and healthy eating…
As someone who has a lot of goals in life, I have pretty high expectations of myself. I want to get things done, I want to do them well and I want to be as efficient as possible. Humans beings naturally want to do well. We crave praise, deep down, so that we know…
In this world we are geared to having things. Whether that’s buying things, having things, just accumulating stuff over the years. We need shelter, clothing, food and water as a basic start. But all the extra additions are just luxuries. All the items we are told that we need to own to show our social…
As someone who is trying to live a frugal lifestyle, and get my money to go as far as it possibly can, there are certain traits I think I have that make me a frugal person. Living frugally means I can have a good life that I can afford, but it doesn’t mean sacrificing lots…
Weekends are a time for slowing down, savouring the time available and spending time with loved ones. There was a time where I thought weekends were all about spending money, going out and wasting the hours. I used to spend a fortune by just going into town on a Saturday, wandering about the shops and…
I am a massive fan of living the simple life, about being more content with the simpler things in life, but in all honesty, there are so days when I find it hard. As a 20-something woman in the 21st century, I find that sometimes the pressures to conform are a constant thought in the…
Following on from my previous post about 5 things that make me stressed, I thought I would do a post about how I combat stress and hopefully this might help other people as well. 5 easy ways to reduce stress: 1) Work out what does need completing and what can wait. When my to-do…
As an adult in a busy world, it is easy to become overwhelmed with life. There can be so many things happening at once, so many things to remember and so many things to deal with. The result of that is feeling stressed and anxious. Feeling stressed about things mean that your mood changes….
One of the things I have to remind myself of is that wanting more “stuff” does not validate my existence. Owning lots of things does not make me a better person. I am in danger of getting trapped in the cycle of more. The trap of more is dangerous. The trap of having to…
Me and my husband have just got back from an amazing trip in Canada and America (more on that in another post!) and it has made me question some of our priorities and what’s important. This is a somewhat reflective post. When interested in finance and having multiple goals around money, it’s easy to…
