Illustration by Gary Clement for The National Thinking of impressing a romantic interest? Believe you’ve found the one and dream of settling down and building a family? Well, if you’re serious about it, it turns… View Post
Illustration by Gary Clement for The National This was part of a conversation I was privy to between a young boy, around 7 years old, and his father recently: Boy: How much money do you… View Post
Illustration by Gary Clement for The National If you don’t have it, don’t spend it. You’ll never get out of debt by borrowing more. How simple is that? But do you live by this code?… View Post
Illustration by Gary Clement for The National Many people are returning from weeks away over the summer holiday season not so much refreshed as drained, and possibly distraught, having spent weeks looking after ageing parents… View Post
Illustration by Gary Clement for The National A few weeks ago I wrote about my frustrations at having instructed a UAE-based bank to sell some local shares I owned, only to find that the transaction… View Post
Some people I know go about managing their money, and living their life, by taking into account (for which, read: depending on) an inheritance. Personally, I find this to be an alien concept. Super news… View Post
I was recently visiting a friend in the United Kingdom. Her father-in-law has made, and lost, a significant amount of money over his lifetime. He is now of retirement age and, it would appear, is concerned… View Post
Illustration by Gary Clement for The National I was recently reading about diets that appear to enhance longevity. The typical Mediterranean-cum-Japanese mantra of fresh vegetables and fish seems to be the standard fare of people… View Post
Illustration by Gary Clement for The National “Balance” seems to be the modern-day holy grail. Whether it’s balancing work and play, or getting the right nutrients into our system while not forgoing the odd pleasure,… View Post
Illustration by Gary Clement for The National I keep hearing people use the term “I saved money” when they refer to buying something for less than the price ticket states. Let us mull over these… View Post
Illustration by Gary Clement for The National A woman commented on my personal finance website that she knows her husband would never allow her to be financially independent. I wonder if she wants to be… View Post
Illustration by Gary Clement for The National We all like to be liked, don’t we? And we are good, generous people, aren’t we? I would think that, on average, yes, people do want to be… View Post
Illustration by Gary Clement for The National The conversation doing the rounds among family and friends is the ever-rising cost of already expensive education here in the UAE. As expatriates, our choices are limited, and… View Post
Every Friday I give my six-year-old son, Keanan, six Dh1 coins, and we take out his three money boxes: a cow, a dinosaur and a house, and he decides how much to put in each.… View Post
Illustration by Gary Clement for The National Today we’re going to talk about possibly the most boring topic imaginable: budgeting. But before you switch off and stop reading, can I please invite you to stay… View Post
Illustration by Gary Clement for The National You’re at the airport, all is well, you’re at passport control, your mind is preoccupied with your trip, then, you’re brought back to reality with a thud: there’s… View Post
Illustration by Gary Clement for The National Most people don’t get married with divorce in mind. But the sad fact is that marriages are increasingly ending in permanent splits. And so how can we walk… View Post
Illustration by Gary Clement for The National Did you know that the part of the brain that lights up when we think about our future self (ie, an older us) is the part that relates… View Post
Illustration by Gary Clement for The National My son and I are creating our very own adventure book. A sort of scrapbook where we’re writing down where we want to travel to, sticking in… View Post
Illustration by Gary Clement for The National I’ve always been a late developer. I just recently discovered that, when swimming the front crawl, you need to give your arms the chance to recover when they’re… View Post
