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I am really excited – Money for all seasons, The Money Principle is taking article in Tour de Personal Finance over at My Personal Finance Journey, is in the final sprint. Having won against one of my favourite bloggers – Kylie Ofiu – in the final we are competing against…
The personal finance olimpics at GoBankingRates is in full swing. There are events that are so great that simply taking part is an honour. For me running marathons is a bit like that: taking part and finishing is great; winning is delusional. When couple of weeks back I was approached…
Ten years ago when I started running long distance some of my friends remarked that I am having a midlife crisis. My response was that as midlife crises go this is a fairly tame one – I could be buying a Harley and looking for my next toy-boy. Little did…
Amidst the hurry and hassle of our everyday lives we sometimes forget to stop and enjoy the beauty and miracle of life. I know I can neglect to do this; giving gratitude and bowing my head in recognition, humility and love doesn’t come naturally to me. Today I want to…
Thanks to your support The Money Principle’s post, Money for all seasons, made it to Round 2 of the Tour de Personal Finance contest over at My Personal Finance Journey. In Round 1 we competed against My 12 year old really hates debt over at the Money Trail and won…
On March 8, International Women’s Day, I asked my 11 year old son what shall I write that is about money and women. His reply really surprised me; he said: ‘Mum, write about how men earn all the money so women can spend it.’ Now, where did this come from?…
I have been blogging for a decent length of time now (well over a year) and during this time I have had great time making you think, providing information and entertaining. My writing had developed and this March past I finally completed my 10,000 hours. During this time I have…
I do realise that you, my readers, have probably come to expect more from me, including my taste in literature. I love good, thoughtful and thought provoking books be these novels or technical, this is true. At the same time, and please try not to be disappointed, from time to…
Roughly a year ago now, I set myself three financial goals for the next eighteen months; no, they are not modest and, possibly, they are not SMART. Then again I have never believed that modesty is a virtue; and you all know what I think about the SMART model for…
I haven’t done one of my round ups for a long time now. If I tell you that my mail box is full of messages asking for the Principles Money posts article you probably won’t believe me; and you will be right. Still, I intend to do this a bit…
No, not really eating deep fat fried frog legs! But just in case you are interested, I have done this one. The French eat frogs not because they are French but because France is a traditional agrarian society where people had to eat anything when times were tough. So is…
Yes, we did it again! After weeks and weeks without doing anything except working this is the second weekend in a raw when we did something to restore our spirits and refresh our souls. We had fun! Today in Manchester (Manchester, UK, this is) we had glorious weather – sunny,…