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There’s a certain type of maths that feels like sorcery. The sort that makes you squint at your calculator and mutter, “that can’t be right.” I stumbled into one of those sums recently, and it left me equal parts amused and quietly hopeful. Here’s the gist: if you invest just a fiver a day — … Read more
Why Boring Beats Brilliant I’ll admit it: when I first picked up The Little Book of Common Sense Investing, my expectations were mixed. On the one hand, I’d heard about John Bogle and his devoted Bogleheads for years — they’re practically the monks of the low-cost index fund temple. On the other hand, that title … Read more
September didn’t arrive with a bang this year. No grand adventures, no big leaps forward, just… a lot of sleep. It was, quite frankly, the month of illness. The whole family caught the bug in some form or another, and the days blurred together with extra naps, cups of tea, and the kind of slow … Read more
I never thought I’d find myself hunched over a table on a Sunday morning, needle in hand, fabric scattered like confetti, muttering under my breath about “just two metres of polar fleece, how hard can it be?” And yet, here I was, armed with fox-patterned fabric, scissors, and a vague memory of sewing two tea … Read more
There’s something strangely comforting about eating three bowls of instant ramen in one day. I can’t quite explain it—maybe it’s the pull of carbs on a gloomy head-cold afternoon, or perhaps the thrill of little indulgences that evolve slowly over time. Today, I started with the spicy chilli ramen that clears your sinuses and makes … Read more
