Get ready for the first year of retirement

Get ready for the first year of retirement Will you be a honeymooner, a go-getter or a relaxer? The first year of retirement is one of transition in which you will need to adjust to major changes that can bring big rewards. Some of the changes may include; preparing mentally for the shift to not working full-time, adjusting to not getting a regular salary, ensuring your money can last for about 30 years and keeping …

Aged Care – Changes to Assessment of Rental Income

Aged Care – Changes to Assessment of Rental Income Leaving the family home to enter residential care is a tough decision. On the one hand, you (or your loved ones) are leaving a place you’ve made your own over decades. On the other hand, those moving in to aged care often experience an immediate boost in quality of life – fewer responsibilities, more time for hobbies, a close-knit community of neighbours, and more. Making the …

Want To Save Money? Change Your Lifestyle

Want To Save Money? Change Your Lifestyle Money Saving Was Never Simpler! We keep looking for money saving tips and ways to grow money, but how many of us try to figure our mistakes that make us such money wasters? Money saving is not that much of a big deal as we have made it! The problem lies in our lifestyle. We have become so used to unnecessary luxuries that we cannot think of a …

4 Lies Money Wasters Tell Themselves

4 Lies Money Wasters Tell Themselves Standing on the shop and wanting to spend a fortune on the tons of merchandise that are around you, this is a normal happening for most of us that have shopping urges, yet deep down we do know the consequences of spending a fortune and so we tend to hold back for a while. Right at that moment a voice pops in the head and tells us exactly what …