The Kids are taking me to the cleaners!

(or the joys of heat and mass transfer for woven and non-woven fabrics versus ambient humidity and air circulation rates)

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How Mental is LinkedIn?

Is LinkedIn as fake as Instagram, Twitter or Facebook?

I’d say it’s even worse!

6 Personal Finance Numbers that are Bullshit!

Handy little rules of thumb, sound so smart but are so dumb.

My dirty little work secret: Instant Coffee

One of the rules that I have for work is that you should not spend any money to do work. It’s simple and if you stick to it you can save loads – but what about in work beverages?

Month-End accounts: July 2019

July was an expensive month! A great month for what we did together but some long time coming spending came to bite us. It was also the 1 year blog anniversary – I hope you’ve enjoyed reading.

Life lessons for Gareth Bale: or what to do when you hate your job and your boss hates you

Driving to work the other day I heard about the poor misfortunes of Gareth Bale: sidelined in his job, hated by his boss and dreaming of escaping to a new job with a big pay rise – it reminded me of myself 10 years ago…

Back to AirBnB

This weekend we had our first guests from AirBnB in a year. How did it go and will we stick with it?

How often do you check your bank balance?

I’ve probably checked my main current account balance everyday – more or less – for the last 15 years. I check my portfolio about once a month but the indices about daily.

Is that too much / too often / too time consuming? Am I obsessed, is this OCD? And what would I do if I was truly FI?

Food Review: Gregg’s Vegan Sausage Roll

Today during my lunch break I went into a Gregg’s and tried one of their vegan sausage roll. It’s been on the news and in the press; so how was this meat-free pastry?

Colleague’s 5 year work anniversary

I’m just back down at my desk in work from a small celebration of a colleague’s 5 year anniversary. It’s making me wonder if beyond the paycheck there’s much point to company loyalty.