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Would you take a midlife gap year?
"My 7-year-old son has his own pension."
Do you and your partner have equal pensions?
Boost your self worth to boost your net worth.
"Every regret/time travel fantasy I have is real estate based."
"I am terrible at financial admin, it sends shivers down my spine."
"Parenting is hard but parenting with financial worry is even harder."
"I’ve learned that little by little, bigger things grow, and I need to trust that process."
"Just because you're good at something, doesn't mean you're obliged to commit to it."
What did you learn about money from TV?
"Boomers are tight. Millennials have no clue."
On going paid and what I make from Substack.
"Rich women were always bitches!"
How much I spent on Amazon in 25 years.
"It's great to feel in control of your finances but it can start to control you too."
"I know better where I need to invest my time and money to have a better existence."
What I learned from 25 years' shopping.
"The last 3 years has been about financial and physical recovery."
Who has to budget and who gets to invest?
"I’ve been on Substack 18 months and it makes up just over half my earnings."
"Some people think I’m frivolous with money, some people think I’m tight."
"I have no ambition to be rich, just to be ‘okay’. I’m very thankful I am."
"For ADHDers there’s a lot of shame around money."
I thought it was too late for a financial claim. I was wrong.
"You can spend $50 on shoes or $5000 on shoes and it's still just shoes."
"I never thought he would be like this, he was always a very generous man."
"When I’m catastrophizing about life in general, that includes how I feel about money."
"Women fight over the children, men fight over the money, everything else is just narrative."
"Being disabled is super expensive!"
"He still won’t talk to me and tells the children I am a thief and should be locked up."
“Redundancy was the best thing that ever happened for my finances!”
"How we feel about money, and how we use it, is all based around how we feel about ourselves."
How To Solve Internal Money Fights with IFS
"Don’t internalise the idea you’re bad with money, when really you’re underpaid."
"We rented our house out and went travelling for six months."
"Don’t let your ego be attached to the numbers."
What do you know about Power of Attorney?
Are you ready to give up the fantasy of being rich?
"If money and health insurance were not an issue, how would you spend your time?"
"I’m not bad with numbers, it’s ADHD."
My dad made all the financial arrangements until I got married and my husband took over.