It’s important to know your weaknesses. I think most of us cringe when we get the question in an interview “what is your greatest weakness?” You don’t want anyone to know your weaknesses but somehow you have to reveal one…
Category: Money Matters
The number one reason we don’t pay off debt
Disclaimer: Views are my own. You should seek advice from a professional, and also know each person’s circumstance differs. Yup, I said it: I don’t want to pay off my debt completely. Even if it’s one of my goals this…
“There’s a link between your emotions and financial behaviour”
In today’s Money Mistakes interview, Vangile Makwakwa tells us that our family relationships can affect our relationship with money. Vangile also talks about what we use money for, for instance to seek validation. Sjoe! The personal finance blogger is the…
Money mistake: “I didn’t take out car insurance”
Today Brendan Dale of the Take Charge of Your Money blog shares his biggest financial mistake he made. I can so relate to this story, because if the bank I loan my car from didn’t force me to take out…
5 Money Tips I Learned During Januworry
For those of you who don’t know, January is dubbed by a lot of us as Janu-worry because it’s the month we worry about our finances a lot. Make a list and put it up (or write it down) I…
Planning A Holiday By Maximising Your Leave Days
This is a sponsored post. This post was done in collaboration with Travelstart. Travelstart sent me a reminder recently that I should make the most of my annual leave days. I was given a Holiday Leave Planner Infographic to help…
“Getting a child makes you reconsider your finances”
Today we talk to 24-year-old Muthoni Njoki about lessons she learned around money and her financial situation. Muthoni tells us that her mistake was to spend money instead of saving it. She said in her mind she kept on waiting…
How to pay off your car in two years
In today’s “Money Mistakes I made” blog post series, we talk to fitness blogger, Samantha Dube who lives in Johannesburg. I’ve been on Samantha’s hikes last year and I’m definitely joining her again – it’s a way for me to…
The main reason I haven’t paid off my car yet
I spoke to a friend recently about the long distance travelling my husband and I do on a regular basis. Last year alone we did two roadtrips – one from Johannesburg to Cape Town (a return trip) and the other…
Money mistake: I bought everyday items on credit
Hello everybody! Welcome back to the Money Mistakes series. In November 2017, I started off sharing my own experiences of bad financial decisions I made and then had others share theirs. The series continues. Today Jeanette Theu shares her story. I cringed…