Personal Essays
Real stories and reflections on how finance is inherently personal.
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What Happens When a Parent Dies While You’re Young?
3 mins read
Learning the importance of a financial plan, the hard way
What I Learnt from My Brief Stint with Stocks
4 mins read
Investing in the stock market taught me to better trust my intuition
Making Sense of Money on the Therapist’s Couch
4 mins read
A fresh perspective helped in healing my fraught relationship with money
How Do You Grow an Inheritance into a Business?
4 mins read
A specialty coffee and avocado producer reckons with failure, fruit and his finances
How Do You Ask for the Raise You Deserve?
4 mins read
Finding the right balance between a fulfilling job and the salary it pays
Back to Basics with a Money Jar
4 mins read
Having a little extra to dip into is always a pleasant surprise
What Do You Teach Your Child About Money?
4 mins read
Kids these days need to be more financially literate than previous generations could’ve imagined
The Benefits of Being a Budget Bride
4 mins read
Planning a wedding during the pandemic was a lesson in prioritisation and savings
The Sweet Relief of Being Financially Literate
4 mins read
How a delayed financial awakening and a liberating career shift fuelled my passion project
Do What You Love, But You May Not Earn as Much
4 mins read
A seasoned freelance journalist takes stock of the costs and benefits of his career choice
It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better
4 mins read
Face to face with a health emergency and depleting financial reserves
