As 2019 is fast approaching, now is the perfect opportunity to reflect on the year that was. 2018 was a great year for kicking financial goals. As you’ll see below, we made some great strides forward on our financial freedom journey. However, as you’ll also see, we are still flawed consumers and have […]
Nothing justifies the statement ‘easier said than done’ more than saving money. At the beginning of the month, you outline how wisely you want to spend your income – but, in the end, you realise that you spent way more than you had planned. Overspending is a habit that inhibits the saving efforts of […]
It is well known that helping others generally increases our own well being. However, did you know that this belief is backed up by research? In a study published in Nature Communications, it was demonstrated that acts of altruism, such as giving money or items of use to those in need, makes us happier […]
Welcome to the Beer O’Clock Brewing Sessions interview series. This series is designed to provide insight into the world of home brewing for beer loving frugal folk who want to save their pennies, but aren’t willing to give up beer to achieve financial freedom! The fourth interview in the series is with Clint from […]
The Christmas holiday period is the biggest retail shopping event of the year. As a result, fraudsters try to sneakily scam us all of our hard earned cash over this period. Here’s 5 ways you can protect yourself from online fraud this Christmas. Only shop online using secure HTTP (HTTPS) Hyper Text Transfer Protocol […]
It has now been 18 months since I started The Flawed Consumer. When I started, it was my intention to share my journey to Financial Freedom in the hope of both teaching and learning from others. Part of my reasoning behind this was that after I had my financial epiphany around my 30th birthday, […]
Up until I discovered the Financial Independence/Retire Early (FIRE) movement, I had never really thought much about why we spend so much of our lives focused on career. I had just accepted it as an inevitable part of life. However, over the last 12 months, I’ve thought a lot about what I really want […]
Welcome to the Beer O’Clock Brewing Sessions interview series. This series is designed to provide insight into the world of home brewing for beer loving frugal folk who want to save their pennies, but aren’t willing to give up beer to achieve financial freedom! The third interview in the series is with Adam from […]
Last year, my beloved and I embarked on our first home renovation adventure. As it was our first mission, we thought it apt to focus on something fairly straight forward. So, we decided to focus on our garage and laundry. Both of these areas were in desperate need of a face lift. The floors […]
When I was growing up, money wasn’t plentiful. Don’t get me wrong, we always had a roof over our heads and food on the table, but there wasn’t usually much more to spare. As an adult, my Mum told us that for quite a long period of time when we were young, she would […]