Last weekend I made the trip to Brisbane for a blogging conference. I had loads of wonderful conversations with super interesting people, but one conversation that had me thinking was with a travel blogger (and mum of two younger kids). Of course, I was like a pig in mud talking about family adventures and picking […]
Mini Experiments to Help You Discover How to Spend Your Money
“Money is your life energy. You pay for money with your time. You choose how to spend it.” Vicki Robins and Joe Dominguez introduced this counter-cultural idea in their seminal works “Your Money or Your Life” in the early 90’s, during a time when ‘Greed was Good’ and more was better. When I read this […]
What is your point of ‘enough’? (And Why Does it Matter?)
Do you have any idea how much money you need to feel happy, joyful, fulfilled and purposeful? The old saying goes that “money can’t buy you happiness”, but research seems to disagree… to a point. A recent study by Rabobank found that the happiest people in Australia were earning between $80,000 to $100,000. Similarly, an […]
How much of your time (and your life) are you willing to trade for money?
Summer afternoons in our home usually equate to meals eaten on the front lawn or perched by the lake. They are filled with slow meandering walks after dinner, sitting on my son’s special rock by the cliff ‘watching the world go by’, sneaky dusk trips to the beach and the odd Corona with my husband. […]
Decluttering My Way to a Richer Life
Yep. I’ve got the urge again. Every 6 months or so the garbage bags come out and I start clearing out more ‘stuff’. As the years pass, my attachment to things just seems to get less and less, as my search for more genuine richness in life’s experiences grows. My husband gets a little concerned […]
The Lost Art of Fixing Stuff – How It Can Save You Time and Money
My dad still fixes stuff – one of the children’s toys, a broken chair, a pair of shoes. And I love it. But sadly, the art of fixing ‘stuff’ seems to be dying . Most of my generation has grown up with more shops than you can ever imagine, stocking everything you could ever need […]
My Journey Towards The Rich Life
I remember as a teenager driving into the city over the Harbour Bridge and seeing the Price Waterhouse Building. I turned to my mum and dad and said “I’m going to work there one day”. I was going to be LOADED! A millionaire by the time I was 30, driving around in a convertible. Living […]