I reckon the Aussie FIRE Discussion group gets at least one ‘Which exchange traded fund (ETF) shall I choose?’ post a week. I suspect three factors drive this regular querying: Most people buying ETFs are in for the long haul. They’re treating the purchase like a marriage, thinking in decades. They don’t want to find...
It probably comes as no surprise that typically money and health goals are at the top of every new year’s resolution list. When it comes to preserving our health and saving money though, many of us often have a tug of war with these goals. We think that saving money means cutting back on self-care...
To change something about your life for the better, you need to change something you are currently doing. In other words, you need to create a new paradigm. A paradigm is a set of ideas, assumptions and values used to view something in a particular way. When you operate from a particular paradigm, it means...
Whether you are a casual employee or self-employed, living on a variable income can feel like a constant case of one step forward two steps back. For a long time my husband and I struggled with managing our cash and building up our savings because we are both self-employed and on variable incomes. Because we...
One of the things that really increases uncertainty for women when they’re dealing with a legal issue is all the opinions that they hear from everyone – everyone seems to have an opinion about what someone else should be doing! If women share that they have a problem, there are so many people ready to...
As a society we have become comfortable discussing just about any topic – sex, religion, politics, health, marriage, fertility, parenting, the list goes on. However, two topics still remain deeply intimate and largely taboo. The first topic is money. And the second is mental health. Given that money has been found to be the leading...
If there is one thing women excel at, it is taking care of others. It is something that not only comes naturally to us, but that society has conditioned us to prioritise. While feminism has come a long way, in many regards the outdated expectations of women still stand. I think John Wayne put it...
Going through a divorce can be an expensive and exhausting process. When so much of your energy has been focused on just getting through it, it is not unusual to find yourself on the other side of it, wondering– what do I do now that it’s done? As everyone around you chimes in with their...
If reviewing your income protection insurance has long been on your to-do list, time is running out to make the most of it. For many years now, many income protection policies have come with more bells and whistles than the latest model SUV. But that is all about to change. APRA (the industry regulator) has...
One of the most common questions I get asked is “how do I stick to my budget?” It can seem that no matter how much you earn or how hard you try life has other plans for your bank account. So if saving money feels like a case of one step forward, five steps back,...
