Month: January 2019

Want to cut the cost of Christmas 2019? Start shopping now…

Most of us will be pretty tired of spending by now. Even the hardiest of…

Learning a new language can take dogged determination – but it will pay off

Picking up a new language is a skill that most English speakers sadly pass up…

What I talk about when I talk about jogging slowly

I wasn’t a popular child. This was never more obvious than during PE, where the…

The cost of being ill

We all get sick. It sucks. Whether it’s manflu or something more serious and life…

10 New Year’s financial resolutions we can all make

It’s a new year, and there’s no better time to make a new set of…

This might sound weird but…start saving for Christmas 2019 now!

Have you dared to look at your Christmas spending yet? Has the credit card bill…

January is a bad month to become a healthier you – here’s why

It’s January again, the month of food angst, apathy, and opportunism. We’re carrying more weight…

Embracing lagom – the biggest Scandi trend since hygge

Forget hygge, ignore ikigai – 2019 is all about lagom (yay, another Scandinavian word we…

Fresh air, family spirit and scenes worthy of the Edinburgh Fringe: why I won’t be joining a gym this January

“Guys, I shall be holding a Christmas circuit training bootcamp every morning in the garden.…

If you make one New Year’s resolution – promise yourself you will start saving

It’s that’s time of year when everyone is thinking about their New Year’s resolutions. If…