I’m currently a high school math teacher and I recently paid off US$25,000 in 15 months.
Yes, you read that right.
I put a lot of work into it, and did some crazy things to pay off this debt...
Investment Strategy 101: Why Passive Investing Wins My Vote
Since paying off my debts, my focus has been on building an investment portfolio, but between traveling and building Wealthy, I don’t have much time to research shares so I’ve been a passive investing strategy.
This is a long term investment strategy, where instead of investing in individual shares, you invest in market indexes like the Dow Jones, Nasdaq, JSE Top 40 or Satrix 40 (exchange traded funds) etc.
9 Ways to Travel When You're Close to Broke
I receive many emails from people telling me they dream of traveling and living in different countries, but they can’t afford it or it’s too expensive.
There are different ways to travel and/or live in different countries if you have little or no money.
I’ve often travelled and moved countries with close to zero dollars in my bank account, so I thought it’d be fun to share ways I’ve don’t this.
Investment Strategy 101: Is Active Investing Worth It?
When I graduated from UCT I decided to dabble in investments and invested in the Ghana Stock Exchange.
I’ve since sold almost all those shares except for one in a mining company (or maybe it's cocoa, I'm not sure).
I’ve had those shares for 13 years. I sold the other shares to pay for my living expenses when I was doing my MBA.
Why the Best Laid Financial Plans Go Wrong
When I started on my personal finance journey, everyone told me to do affirmations and visualization and that everything would shift when I did this.
Yet something interesting happened in my world – the more I affirmed, the worse I felt and the more critical and negative I became towards myself...
3 Money Mistakes That Keep Spiritual People Broke
What are the 3 mistakes that keep spiritual people broke?