Sitemap - 2022 - The Ladybird Purse • Opening up about money
“My main relationship with money is one of gratitude.”
"The risks of doing nothing are actually greater than the risks of doing something."
"If I hadn't posted that first seven-second video [to TikTok], I'd be working in recruitment now."
"I have a deep-rooted fear of being poor again or making a mistake with money."
“Nobody has a perfect relationship with money.”
"You don't regret your extravagances, just your compromises."
One year of The Ladybird Purse!
"I'm having to learn for the first time how to budget and deal with benefits and bills."
"Relinquishing total control of my financial needs to someone else was never going to happen."
"No one wants to admit they don't know what they're doing."
"I remember the absolute dread of running out of money... I live in fear of going back to that."
"I had to let go of the romance of being ‘chosen'"
“As a woman in her forties, asking for money feels like arrogance or bad manners.”
"When I learned that most authors have to get another job that pays, it was a huge disappointment."
"Money is power, and we are not supposed to have our own power."
"Sometimes you might have to walk away before they realise just how valuable you are."
"Never give up your day job until your advance is three times your salary."
How much do you need to live on?
Keris in Paris (pronounced Keree in Paree, apparentlee)
Money is fake, Harry Styles is forever
Do you trust yourself with money?
Right, ok, fine, I’ll track my spending
Jet-black Benz, plenty of friends, and all the Philly steaks you can eat*
Practical/magical money thinking
Earning money, losing money, loving money
Too much month at the end of my money
Let's take it right back... and then forwards a bit
"You will not be able to purchase your way into a new life or identity."