Category Archives: Money

Happiness

By Naomi | Published: 08/07/2011
If you ask people what they want in life, for themselves and for their children, most would answer “happiness”. If this is true, why are so many people unhappy? Particularly those who appear, on the surface, to have everything. And why, if my friends are any example, is the root of their unhappiness so often [...]
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Presents

By Naomi | Published: 16/11/2010
This time of year always makes me glad that about 20 years ago I arrived home from Christmas shopping and talked to my family about my new found feelings on present giving. Admittedly back then I was a bit of a mini-revolutionary. I was a vegetarian campaigner who marched for my cause and didn’t buy [...]
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House

By Naomi | Published: 03/07/2010
What makes us live within our means or push ourselves to our financial limit and even exceed it? I grew up with parents, well my mother in particular, for whom the thought of being in debt was horrifying. They never had much money (enough, but no more) and with that we had a holiday every [...]
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Oh

By Naomi | Published: 01/04/2010
Today I overheard a lady say to another “I just shouldn’t come into town”. The other said “I know, it’s awful isn’t it. I know if I come I’m going to spend money”. The first replied “You just can’t help yourself can you though?”……
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Brink

By Naomi | Published: 14/02/2010
We are on the brink of something. For the past two years we’ve been getting back on our feet since the move and really thinking about what we want our business to achieve. In that time, life has been nail-biting, at least where finances are concerned. We’ve had pretty much as little income we could [...]
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