Category: Budgeting

Financial Planning truths – and what cute puppies can teach us

Financial Planning truths – and what cute puppies can teach us

We are all suffering from various degrees of shell shock now that the ‘New Reality’ has sunk in a bit. We’ve come to realise that nothing about it is, or will be, ‘normal’ again. You will be forgiven for feeling alone in this. It is easy to shut down and scroll Facebook endlessly, alternating between doom scrolling and searching for pictures of cute puppies.

On prices and dinosaurs – watching the History Channel and reliving your youth

On prices and dinosaurs – watching the History Channel and reliving your youth

A university has invited me to address their history department. I think they did so because I am the only fossil – an ex-student – they could find. Initially I thought it would be fun to tell the students about what it was like studying at that institution during the 1970s (the good old days?) but on reflection I realised it is all a bit embarrassing!