What is your savings rate ?
What is your savings rate ? Recent statistics from the UK Governments Office For National Statistics show that on average people in the UK save 5% of their income (this includes pension savings), what is your savings rate – how does it compare to this ? This 5% level of savings is forecast to fall […]
How Big Should Your Emergency Fund Be
How big should your emergency fund be? An emergency fund is an amount of money that you put away for when a rainy day comes. Rainy days can come in an infinite variety – from the gearbox packing up on your car, to your roof leaking, or being made redundant – the list is endless. […]
Who Wants To Be A Billionaire ?
I watched this interesting program on TV last night Who Wants to Be A Billionaire One guy Naveen Jain was especially interesting, and gave away some great one liners “When you tell someone what you’re doing and they don’t think its a crazy idea – then you’re thinking too small” “I work long hours – […]
December Spending Plan
A little good news amongst all the personal gloom. I’ve managed to shave off £1,200 ($1950) off my credit card debts over the last 3 months and have shifted over £6,000 ($9,200) from high interest paying deals to 0% deals. Shifting these balances onto 0% rates means that more of the repayments I’m making are […]
PLAN
A FINANCIAL PLAN FOR LIFE "If you aim at nothing - you'll hit it every time" Zig Zigler Here at Get Rich With Me - we think that you don't build a house without a blueprint - so why do you think you can improve your financial health without a … [read more...]
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Inflation The Silent Thief
Inflation The Silent Thief I’m very pleased to share 2 items of news with you today. The first is that I have opened a savings account. Not a big deal for most people – but for me its the first account that I’ve ever opened that doesn’t come with a card or cheque book. The […]
How Big Should Your Emergency Fund Be
How big should your emergency fund be? An emergency fund is an amount of money that you put away for when a rainy day comes. Rainy days can come in an infinite variety – from the gearbox packing up on your car, to your roof leaking, or being made redundant – the list is endless. […]
Getting Organised
I think I’m having trouble getting organised. Trying to juggle running a business, a family, a blog, a side hustle and a very active social life has left me feeling rather frazzled recently. I’m beginning to question if I’m doing any of them particularly well? If spreading my attention in too many areas means that […]
A Slow Progression
I’ve just had a re -read of some of my recent posts – oh dear – I didn’t realise what a miserable, ungrateful, grumpy old git I have become. Sorry for inflicting my navel gazing on you. Its a monday morning, and like every monday morning – its a bright new start to the working […]
Payday Pain
Fancy some payday pain? It seems as though taking out a payday loan can have long term repercussions on your personal finances. As well as having to pay eye wateringly high short term interest rates ( the highest I’ve seen is over 1750%pa) it seems as though there is now a long term sting […]
The Best Home For Your Savings
What is the best home for your savings ? Traditionally deposit and savings accounts have been the save haven of investors looking to preserve the value of their savings. However, with rates of inflation now higher than deposit account rates, savers are now losing the purchasing power of their money each day they leave it […]
My Frugal Friends
My Frugal Friends As well has having a frugal ride - I also have three very special frugal friends. Their names are Fryer, Roaster and Zinger. The lady below is called Fryer and she is the boss. We bought them as hatching eggs from Ebay – popped them into a polystyrene incubator and 3 weeks later […]
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