To be honest, there aren’t really any. Other than the usual challenge of the benefit of hindsight when an investment does well, why didn’t we put more in, but generally…
Other than marrying someone with the same financial outlook, it would have to be our current house. It has a self-contained ‘granny annex’ which we rent out which accelerated being…
Without doubt, my car, followed quite quickly by another. I love cars and motor-racing but have always been frugal and driven rather dull (but reliable) diesel estates. When I hit…
Not really, but sometimes we’re fortunate in some of the little ‘side-hustles’ we do, but it’s not huge amounts; for example, we rent our spare room out, and one guy…
Indirectly, they taught me a great deal, particularly in relation to my attitude to finance, but more through what they didn’t say or do rather than anything else. My parents…
Yes, once when I started my first job and moved away from home. After a year it became apparent that I was spending more than I was earning, and not…
My first proper job was part-funded by Warwick University, and as such I got to join their ‘gold-plated’ (defined benefits) pension scheme. After two years, the contract ended and I…
Not really, but I’ve always veered towards being a saver than a spender, and love a bargain. An early example of this paying off was when my brother and I…