This post is sponsored by Travelstart. I spoke to someone recently about honeymoons – she got married last year but couldn’t go on a honeymoon yet. Her and her husband’s work schedules clash a bit, so there’s not really time…
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Developing the Mindset of a Millionaire
Driving home yesterday I realised that I need to change my (poverty) mindset to a growth one. We had drove past big, beautiful homes with huge spaces. I remember thinking “I won’t be able to afford this anytime soon, I…
Online Tools to Use When You’re a Content Creator
UPDATE: I recently updated this blog post to add more online tools I’m using as a Writer and Content Creator. In 2016, I started using the online scheduling tool, hootsuite.com to schedule old blog posts and social media updates. Before…
Life Update: I Went on A Detox PLUS What To Eat
I started a detox last week (from Tuesday), which meant no starch, no fruit, no dairy, no sugar (including no processed food, not even tuna in a can), and no grains. I was allowed green vegetables only (excluding peas) and…
A Train From Johannesburg to Cape Town – Our Experience
It was our first grandchild’s christening on Easter Sunday last year and we had to be there. It would also be the first time for us to meet her. My four-year-old daughter (then 3) would see her big sister again…
The Different Levels of Broke
Every person has their own level of broke. I remember one day at the office one of my colleagues said out loud that she is broke. Shortly thereafter she spoke about buying fast food for lunch. Another colleague then said…
How Saving Money Helped Me Get My Car Repaired Fast
It still hurts guys. It still hurts that I had to pay so much money this week to get a clutch replacement for my car. Today I’m going to share how saving money on a monthly basis helped me be…
What Financial Independence Means To Me
Since I started my debt free journey, financial independence meant a lot of things to me, in fact what I wanted in the beginning and how I viewed financial independence then, has changed. When I started my journey, I had…
5 Sacrifices to Make to Achieve Financial Freedom
What sacrifices are you prepared to make to achieve financial freedom? I had to start with a mindset change/ shift in order to get myself to change some of my bad habits. It also took being openminded to understand why…
FINALLY I Paid Off My Car Finance
It still feels unreal. I bought my car in 2013, I took out a car finance loan, opting for the lowest installment. This meant that I had to pay off a balloon payment after I had paid off my loan,…