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Our first four year follow up! (And it's a banger.)

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Okay, I’m being a little bit previous with this one, but you’ll see why when you read it.

Anna was my first ever interviewee back in 2021. Read her original interview here:

Bankruptcy, starting over, and magical money thinking

And then, as I do, I followed up with Anna after two years:

“At the end of the day, it shouldn’t be this hard to earn a basic wage.”

Recently, I realised that we were coming up to four years and I knew that a lot - a lot! - has changed in Anna’s life, so I hit her up to see if she’d follow up again, but this time with some new questions. And I was delighted when she said yes.

Interview with Anna O’Steele, formerly Anna Mansell

Anna O’Steele was the Amazon bestselling author of seven novels. Now, she is a trainee psychotherapist and a freelance organisational development consultant with a person-centred approach. She might write a book again one day, but if it doesn’t happen, she’ll be just fine.

What has surprised you the most about your financial journey over the past four years?

That although I am now a lone parent, I have found a way to provide myself and my children with a semblance of financial stability, that I have not been able to secure for many many years…