An emergency fund is something you don’t touch unless it’s an emergency. The thing is you have to define what situation will be an emergency. Sometimes the family outside your household (even close friends) are in need (or want) of…
Do you know your money weakness?
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…
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…
Life lessons learned in April
“Where have you been, Melissa?” I hear you asking. Well, I went on holiday with my family. We did a road trip from Johannesburg to Cape Town, from there to the Northern Cape and back to Gauteng. I’m home sweet…
How to get comments on your blog
I’ve been asked how is it that I get so many comments on my blog. In the same light, I also recently read a blog post by someone who said that bloggers don’t support each other. I feel like these…
My friend died and I got retrenched
Note: This is a life update. I’ll also share some lessons learned. Hello everyone, How are you doing? It’s been ages since I’ve been posting; it’s because I’ve gone through a few drastic changes. MOTHERHOOD Firstly, we tried potty training…
“I owed it to myself and my kids to lose the weight”
Today I have a guest post by Natasha Kisten-Skuce, known as the fitness blogger FitLikeMummy. She’ll share her fitness journey with us. She says that she had a health scare in December 2016 and had a blood test done. “Discovered…
“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…
Thoughts crossing my mind as I do my job hunting
For the past few weeks, I’ve been thinking about where I want to be in life. Frankly I’m not sure. Background: I’m looking for a new job opportunity – also I’m going through retrenchments at my workplace. PURSUING MY PASSIONS…
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…