When is an appropriate time to consider improving your finances?

Collaborative post Whether you’re struggling to get out of debt or you have a fixed financial goal you’re desperate to achieve this year, now’s the time to start reconsidering your finances. No one ever regrets working towards financial freedom, and the benefits you’ll feel once you’ve reached your targets will be immense.  In this article, we’ll be discussing how you can improve your finances in a way that works best for your circumstances.

How to set yourself up for financial freedom

Collaborative post Money is a tricky topic for many of us, especially with the cost of living crisis stretching household budgets further than ever before. Unless you’re fortunate enough to be in a particularly well-paid job, have lots of savings or no mortgage, it’s likely that you need to take some steps to achieve financial freedom, rather than it just happening unaided. However, it can be hard to know where to start, and money is often a topic that comes with a level of secrecy or privacy, often making it difficult to find trustworthy advice

Savings Goals For 2021

Last year we achieved more than I thought we would. Not only did we manage to carpet the whole living room/ dining room AND overhaul the back of the garden but we also managed to book an expensive holiday and pay off some debts. Going forward, and looking into this year, it’s time to start to think about our new savings goals for the year. Lists are always a good way to go, as are vision boards if you really want to see your goals in front of you. New windows I think all of

What We’re Doing To Be In A Better Financial Position

The past couple of years have been hard and we’ve really struggled. Being self-employed was great to start with; I’d been earning a steady amount each month for well over a year and a half and didn’t think anything of it. I still don’t really understand why or what happened but all of a sudden my earnings dropped to under 1/3 of what I had been making. We had obviously grown accustomed to living a certain way and relied on the money I had been making. Without that, things were really tight for a long

Starting A Savings Fund And How To Add To It

Over the years money has been tight. Some years it has been worse than that and we’ve really had to scrape something together at times. Money has never really been an easy thing in our house but we’ve also not really been very sensible about it either. The only time I think we have ever had any savings is when we were saving to buy our house, over 5 years ago. Since then I think we’ve only ever had some kind of savings when we’ve had a holiday to plan for or something. So, now