Impulse buys. Quick lunch grabs. Those little moments when your stomach rules your wallet.I’d been caught in a cycle: Tesco meal deals, bakery treats, anything that was warm, cheap, and conveniently packaged. They tasted fine, but my wallet felt lighter and my health… less so. Enter the 10 Minute Rule — a tiny pause that … Read more
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
Starting Small, Dreaming Big Every month, I sneak £25 out of my bank account and send it to my daughter’s ISA.She doesn’t know, of course. She’s still a child — and blissfully unaware that one day she’ll be in her early 20s, needing money for the kind of “first big steps” you can’t exactly buy … Read more
Paying yourself first isn’t about scrimping and scraping until you’re miserable. It’s about quietly telling your future self, “I’ve got you.” And that’s a message worth repeating, especially when life gets expensive and chaotic. Here’s what I’ve been learning about this ancient but surprisingly modern habit… Why This Matters If you’re like most people, you … Read more
First 100K: Climbing Away – August Update August brought a baby-free weekend (more dates, fewer negotiations about bedtime), with the small human safely in the care of Granny and Grandpa. It reminded me why I’m chasing my First 100K in the first place: freedom. Turns out that “time off” as a parent is a lot … Read more
