Living paycheck to paycheck can feel like your money disappears the moment it hits your account. One minute you’re paid, and the next it’s gone to rent, groceries, transportation, and a handful of unexpected expenses. If that sounds familiar, it does not mean you’re bad with money; it just means…
If you want to know how to make extra income while working full-time, we've listed some ideas below. Financial stress is one of the toughest burdens to carry. Rising costs, debt, and bills often leave people restless about whether their paycheck will stretch far enough. Many grew up believing that…
I’ve always been interested in the darker side of a person’s personality, particularly deviant behaviour. I want to know why someone might stray from the straight and narrow. So I often watch programmes about scam artists and their victims. And I think to myself, how did they fall for their…
What is the psychology of money? Yes, you heard it right, there are many psychological aspects and they do influence the way we live. Most people think only in the terms of, “make money/spend money/invest money/save money” or something to that effect, but the subject of the money goes much…
What do you spend your money on? I don’t mean the essentials in life like food, bills and rent. I mean, what do you love to buy? Do you buy material things like books, clothes, music or jewellery? Or do you prefer to purchase experiences like holidays, theatre tickets or…
Brexit has caused deep divisions in households in the UK. In France, the ‘gilets jaunes’ are threatening to bring the country to a standstill over rising fuel costs. Can conflict theory help us understand why? If you’ve noticed that the world seems to be getting a lot less tolerant these…
Anchoring in psychology is a specific cognitive bias. It takes the form of individuals grabbing hold of the one piece of information they heard first, to the detriment of other information. You might know this as ‘first impressions’ – when someone relies on their own first idea of a person…
Life isn’t always fair, and debt problems remind us of this fact. Debt is controlling, so make wise decisions to avoid this. I’ve been in debt, oh yes, but I am thankful that it was a problem I fixed as soon as possible. However, I have seen other people’s debt…