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• Month 1 of Parenthood: All the Things That Surprised Me & a Few Confessions

  via GIPHY I barely had time to prep for labour, let alone baby’s first few weeks. And so it’s been a learning curve! The first couple of weeks were easy. He... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2018 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• The Highs and Lows of Preemie Parenthood (aka When All Your Plans Go out the...

  

  He just couldn't wait a moment longer. And when your baby decides it's time to join the world, there's not a lot you can do about it! Our son's changed our live... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2018 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• How I’m Saving Thousands by Refinancing My Mortgage

  

  Earlier this year I had one of my loans roll over ( my mortgage is in 3 parts) and annoyingly, since interest rates had gone up since 2016, I wound up paying... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2018 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• A Tale of Two Pregnancies

  

  A few years back, I found myself working with two pregnant women about my age. They had totally opposite experiences. One breezed right through pregnancy from... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2018 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• Big News: Life’s About to Change (and There’s No Going Back)

  

  Baby fever/biological clock, whatever you want to call it, hit me hard in the past couple of years. It just crept up. But I have always been acutely aware of th... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2018 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• Hope for the Best, Plan for the Worst: On Balancing a Positive Mindset with Our...

  

  I'm a big believer in Murphy's law. A bit of a pessimist that way. Particularly when it comes to finances. I'm also a more recent convert to positive thinking,... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2018 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• What Makes You Feel Rich?

  

  Aside from actually looking at your account balances, that is! For me, it's things like... Passing a WOF After years of expensive Warrant of Fitness checks (the... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2018 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• Blogging Helped Me Shape the Life I Wanted, but I Rarely Blog Anymore (a Guest...

  

  This is a post from a dear friend and former PF blogger - who's forged her own path and is killing it if I do say so myself. Enjoy 🙂 There was a... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2018 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• Productive Worrying Vs Pointless Spiralling: How I Stop Myself from Freaking...

  

  That was my reaction a few weeks ago when the first pay day of the year arrived ... and I hadn't been paid. My mind immediately went into overdrive. Where was... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2018 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• Mt Maunganui, at Last!

  I've been saying for ages that it's crazy that I've still never been to Mt Maunganui! Well, that got rectified over the Christmas break. Here are a few... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2018 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• Do the Right Thing, Dammit (even If It’s Not the Easy Thing)

  

  The right thing and the easy thing are never the same. Ain't that the truth? Thing is, taking the easy way out will often backfire. Laziness, procrastination,... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2018 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• A Short, Sweet, 2017 Highlights Reel

  

  Most people did their 2017 reviews in, er, 2017. Oops. December was a month of two halves for me: a manic first half, and then a super chilled second half in... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2018 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• When It Comes to Money, You Win Some and You Lose Some

  My grocery shopping game weakens every week now that we do so much of it online. My new groove is going to the supermarket near work at lunch to pick up... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2017 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• The Soul-sucking Agony of Job Interviews

  

  I knew my lucky streak couldn't last forever, particularly after acknowledging it on the blog. My most recent job hunt took longer than I expected. It... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2017 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• Ever Feel Like You Don’t Deserve Your Good Fortune?

  

  For all the work I've been doing on money and mindset recently, I still struggle sometimes with it all. The last few years have been awesome for my income growt... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2017 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• The Dumbest Excuses I Used to …. Not Ask for More Money

  

  I didn't negotiate salary until age 26. And the first time I asked for a raise was at age 28. Don't do that, guys. I actually don't really regret not negotiatin... Read more

  Posted on 25 October 2017 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• RaboDirect Managed Funds Are No Longer. What Now?

  Particularly when it requires a decision from you. I first started investing on my own through RaboDirect's managed funds, because I already had online savings... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2017 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• The Fine Line Between Beasting It and BS

  

  Maybe it's something to do with hitting the late 20s, but lately I (and seemingly the majority of those around me) have been getting deep into personal growth... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2017 COMMUNITY

• Class, Relationships and Money: What Happens When Opposites Attract?

  

  What happens when Hillbilly Elegy meets Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother? (Oddly enough, JD Vance, author of the former, credits Amy Chua, author of the latter,... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2017 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL

• The 3 Paralysing Emotions That Will Hold You Back Financially

  

  When it comes to money, there are a few intense emotions most of us experience at some point that paralyse us financially. I've struggled with every single one... Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2017 COMMUNITY, TRAVEL