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plonkee

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Merry Christmas Everybody

Happy Christmas Everyone.
I’m enjoying a fairly traditional Christmas at my dad’s house this year. One of my brothers wakes everyone up much earlier than is necessary (except me, I’m the eldest child therefore I sleep in or they’re all dead). We all, including my dad, have Christmas stockings plus my dad hides small gifts round [...]

saving money: conventionally or unconventionally?

There’s a thread in the GRS forums where some nice seeming dude is asking for suggestions as to what he should do with his finances. He has a reasonable amount of consumer debt (including $3k on wedding bands), and wants to save for a wedding and a house deposit plus he has good cashflow. As [...]

what do I want to do with the rest of my life?

The end of the year is nearly upon us and it’s the time when people look backwards and forwards. Sometimes looking forwards means having goals and then working to achieve them.
I’m not a great goals person. They don’t motivate me all that well. It’s quite funny, because I’m not very good at routine tasks, either. [...]

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