Have you ever found yourself going to bed wishing you hadn’t eaten that last piece of chocolate cake, or had those extra glasses of wine? It’s usually in those guilt ridden moments as we fall asleep that we make a promise to start a diet.
The weight loss industry is a huge $£multi-billion success, launched on [...]

In the past, I have been unwisely generous, especially when it came to lending money to friends. I would lend money freely, even when my own funds were limited.

I lent money to people because I knew they loved me, believing that love would guarantee payback. I trusted people who had previously paid [...]

Sitting at my desk, sun streaming through the window, wind chimes tinkling in the wind, I glanced up at the clock. Oh no! Lunchtime was looming. I quickly checked my schedule, no lunch dates, phew! Now all I could hear was the rapid beat of my heart. As I sat quietly, I found myself wondering [...]

The headline ‘Bling Culture Forces Young People into Debt‘ caught my attention recently, partly because I hadn’t really given any serious thought to the issue of bling and debt.
The specific term “Bling” was first popularised in the hip hop community, and has since spread beyond hip hop, into mass culture. “Bling-bling” means expensive, ostentatious jewellery [...]

Shopping, whether we love it or hate it, has become a major part of our lives. The reasons for going shopping vary from simply satisfying basic needs to fulfilling our wildest dreams. We can’t go anywhere without images of things and stuff we ‘must have’ entering our space. However, shopping is serious [...]