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Learn to save money with some great money saving tips and stories. From negotiating your car insurance to cutting out of unnecessary expenses. Some things may be obvious while others may be new to you.

It’s also important to understand your relationship with money and how your upbringing, values and habits affect your spending habits.

A better understanding of yourself and perhaps change of mindset could help you to save more money than you can imagine right now.

This is of course only one side of the equation. There is only so much you can save before you reach a limit. On the other side however is your ability to earn more. And folks, is limitless.

How to pay yourself first

by BrendanJuly 20, 2020August 15, 20201 Comment

Sponsored by Nedbank Paying yourself first is one of the fundamentals of personal finance and something that’s often mentioned or written about. In fact, I recently wrote about what it means to pay yourself first, but as it’s really such…

The 52 Week Savings Challenge for 2020

by BrendanJanuary 4, 2020September 11, 2020Leave a comment

The 52 Week Savings Challenge is a fun weekly challenge to help you save over R13,000 over the course of a year. Join me in doing this.

National Savings Month 2019

by BrendanJuly 23, 2019August 15, 2020Leave a comment

South Africans are bad at saving money! Let’s see what the National Savings Month is all about. July is National Savings Month in South Africa and even if you don’t feel that it’s relevant to you, we can all do…

Finding the best Student Account

by BrendanJuly 5, 2019August 15, 2020Leave a comment

This article first appeared in City Press The more traditional banks offer accounts tailored to young people and students. Some require you to be a full-time student, while others simply look at your age as a qualifying criteria. These accounts…

Sweating the small stuff

by BrendanMarch 22, 2019May 20, 2019Leave a comment

This article first appeared in City Press There's no point in worrying about the tiny amounts of money you save if you just blow it all Have you ever found yourself consciously trying to save R2.50 by going to a…

Create a buffer in your budget

by BrendanNovember 29, 2018December 10, 20202 Comments

It's amazing how much peace of mind you can get by simply having a bit of breathing space in your budget. A buffer budget so to speak. This is different to an Emergency Fund or special savings that you have.…

How do you avoid the #BlackFriday hype?

by BrendanNovember 21, 2018December 1, 2019Leave a comment

#BlackFriday has become quite a huge event in South Africa recently. It's only the past few years that it's grown to such an extent that people are going a little crazy in anticipation for it. It's a little strange though…