There’s something quietly magical about this time of year. The days are slowly stretching out again, the pale pink of winter sunrises brushes the sky, and the crisp blue overhead feels almost like a fresh canvas. It’s the sort of morning that nudges you to pause, breathe, and think about the year ahead — not … Read more
I’ve been in financial spirals before — the kind where every morning starts with, “What can I tweak today?” You know the type: constantly running numbers, overpaying here, reallocating there, trying to shave pennies from one category to funnel them into another, thinking every small move is the key to perfection. For me, the spiral … Read more
There’s something about November that makes everything taste a little richer. Maybe it’s the colder air. Maybe it’s the fact I’m running on fewer hours of sleep than any human should. Or maybe it’s because I had, without exaggeration, the best hot chocolate of my life. Tahini and rose.Nutty, floral, warm.A hug disguised as a … Read more
There’s something both comforting and mildly ridiculous about the phrase time to retirement.It sounds like the name of a game show you definitely didn’t sign up for, but here we are — spinning the wheel each month, hoping the numbers line up, sipping lukewarm tea while wondering if compounding interest is working behind the scenes … Read more
Some days, the most thrilling thing I do is refresh my inbox. And some days, that refresh reveals that I’ve just chipped another chunk off my mortgage. Today was both. It started like any other — picking up a parcel, grabbing some milk, fixing a blind — the usual domestic parade of micro-tasks. And then, … Read more
