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Category: Financial Habits

It’s amazing how small financial habits can make a huge difference in your finances. Habits such as budgeting, saving, tracking expenses, setting goals, checking prices etc. Small and consistent daily moves will have a great impact!

Financial habits don’t need to be complex, time consuming nor difficult. They really are just small changes to ones’ mindset, being more conscious about spending and knowing your bigger picture plans.

Do the right thing

Do the right thing

by BrendanMay 18, 2017August 17, 2020Leave a comment

Sounds easy enough, and it sure is! We're strange creatures though as we generally know what is good for us in terms of health, exercise, financial issues, etc but we often choose to ignore our own better judgment. We think and say…

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Financial Habits Budget, challenge, Goals, save, track
Cancel store cards

Cancel your store cards

by BrendanMay 11, 2017August 17, 20202 Comments

I'd love to encourage everyone to cancel their store cards. By "store cards" I mean the type that allow you to buy on credit. They are certainly convenient as they allow you to buy things without needing actual money, and many…

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Financial Habits, Pay off debt Budget, cash, challenge, credit card, shopping
Find extra money

Find Extra Money

by BrendanMay 10, 2017August 17, 2020Leave a comment

We’d all love to find extra money I’m sure, so here are some steps to literally find it. From your bank statement, payments, insurance and budget.

Financial Habits, Save Money analyze, Budget, insurance, save
Quote for the day

Quote on impressing others

by BrendanMay 9, 2017November 4, 2020Leave a comment

I love this quote on impressing others and it's so true. Too many people spend money they don't have to by things they don't need to impress people they don't like How often do you buy things that are in…

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Financial Habits, Pay off debt credit card, Quotes, shopping, spend, values
Find the balance

Find the Balance

by BrendanMay 8, 2017November 3, 2020Leave a comment

It’s hard to find the balance between saving for the future, and living for the now. You don’t want to lose out on the wonderful experiences that life can offer you right now; but at the same time you don’t…

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Financial Habits balance, Budget, debt free, Goals, save
Quote for the day

Save first then spend

by BrendanMay 5, 2017August 17, 2020Leave a comment

This is a really great quote on why it's important to save first and then spend what's left. Doing it the other way around seldom works as we're more easily tempted to spend than we are to save. Don't save…

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Budgeting, Financial Habits Goals, plan, Quotes, save, spend
Guilt free spending!

Guilt free spending

by BrendanApril 26, 2017November 3, 2020Leave a comment

We've all experienced feeling a little guilty about buying something. That feeling when you're unsure of whether you can actually afford something or not. Wouldn't it be great though if you could go shopping and do some guilt-free spending and feel…

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Budgeting, Financial Habits cash, plan, shopping, spend, track
Financial check-up

Financial Check-up

by BrendanApril 24, 2017November 3, 2020Leave a comment

We've all been to the doctor for a check-up of sorts. Sometimes it's as a preventative measure and sometimes it's to find out what is wrong with us. There are so many check-ups we can go for as there are specialists…

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Financial Habits, Financial Health Budget, checklist, debt free, plan, spend, track
Are you in control of your finances?

Are you in control of your money?

by BrendanApril 22, 2017August 16, 2020Leave a comment

Here is a very quick "off the top of my head" checklist to go through to see if you are in control of your money. There are obviously many factors to look at, but here are some very basic questions…

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Financial Habits, Financial Health Budget, checklist, credit card, track
Quote for the day

The importance of cashflow

This is a great quote (and one of my favourite money quotes), highlighting the importance of cashflow. The importance of cashflow Never spend money before you have itThomas Jefferson This is one of the most basic tenants of good financial…

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by BrendanApril 21, 2017November 3, 2020
Financial Habits cashflow, debt free, Quotes, spend
When saving isn't saving

When saving isn’t saving

by BrendanApril 21, 2017August 15, 2020Leave a comment

I am constantly looking at how and where I spend my money and deciding whether what I am doing is worth it or not. There needs to be balance between enjoying live but at the same time living well within…

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Financial Habits, Save Money calculate, eating out, plan, save, spend
Create Savings Pockets

Create Savings Pockets

by BrendanApril 20, 2017November 3, 2020Leave a comment

You might manage to save a few extra bucks each month, but what do you do with it? Wouldn't it be great if you could create savings pockets for every goal of yous? That would probably help as we somehow…

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Financial Habits excel, Goals, keep track, save

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