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personal finance is like public health

I drink far too much caffeine
I have an excuse though. At work we get free (instant) coffee and tea, and I don’t like tea. Of course, that’s a simplification. After complaints, there’s now a choice of coffees, you can have Fairtrade caffeinated coffee, Nescafe caffeinated coffee or Nescafe decaffeinated coffee. I’m not a big fan [...]

paying for weddings

I’m completely single, not just unmarried, but having no experience in an area doesn’t normally stop me either having an opinion, or wanting to learn more. My peers are getting into prime marriageable age, which is great, but always makes me wonder about how such things get paid for.
Most of my peers are like me [...]

financial goals, and living your life anyway

Having taken up the oboe, naturally I spend some time hanging out on music student forums. From time to time, someone will post a thread asking whether they could become a professional musician. It seems to be the general consensus that with enough work and a suitable teacher, anyone sufficiently dedicated could get to the [...]

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