Unnecessary micro gatekeeping It’s the best term we have managed to come up with. What am I talking about? Rules. But fake rules. Particularly within the creative fields. There are countless examples of what this might be about, but it’s probably easiest to tell you where I came across it most recently. I posted a […]
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2020 Finance Review

As you may know, back in 2017 I wrote a big, massive, giant long post about getting my finances in order. I thought it was time to give a little big of an update on what worked and didn’t work about my 2017 decisions. I am NOT a financial adviser. This is what […]
Hey Insurance, This Is Why No One Likes You
Usual disclaimer. I am not a financial adviser. Go find someone who is qualified AND ETHICAL to take advice from. This is just something that stays on my radar after setting up insurances for the first time, making mistakes, and realising how dodgy insurance can be. In case you’ve been living under a […]
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Want Not, Need Not?

Late last year, I posted on various social media asking what people would spend $50 on – but with the catch it has to be a want, not a need. Want Not, Need Not? Why A Want? Personally, I have a lot of trouble spending “small” amounts of money on wants. I have focused […]
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Randoms 18

I know I was random only a few days ago, but I’m being random again today. Because I can! Randoms 18 Tuesday this week was the Tuesdayist Tuesday in a long time. It was far from a bad day but it was beyond generic. I quit a business membership community this […]
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Tell Me It’s Not Just Me

It comes and goes. Sometimes no one will suggest it to me in a while, and I forget that it’s an option. Then I get bombarded with suggestions and I think “Oh shit, we’re still talking about this? We haven’t gotten over it? Fixed it?” Tell Me It’s Not Just Me I’m […]
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Random Weekend Chats From My Car #15

I haven’t vlogged (or blogged) in a while. But fair warning, this is mostly me complaining at a shitty few weeks and banks for being assholes. Random Weekend Chats From My Car #15 Someone find me a light at the end of the tunnel that isn’t the headlights of an oncoming train…please.
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Please Try To Be Financially Literate (Or At Least Financially Aware)

I’m still baffled at times by the financial services industry in Australia. You’d think they’d be getting their act into gear after the Royal Commission exposed all the lies they’ve been spouting and dodgy deals and all that stuff. It sounds horrible and cynical to say, but you need to understand finances because history (or […]
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Cancelling A Credit Card With ANZ

Do you remember, about two years ago, ANZ wildly fucked me over by closing my account just before Christmas? Well my day to day banking went elsewhere pretty damn quick. But I still had one account with them. My credit card. Cancelling A Credit Card With ANZ As you may have read […]
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Stuff and Things
I have been a bit offline for a few weeks because life got too busy. Firstly, this happened: So my car just died in the middle of the road. A post shared by Vanessa Smith (@normal_ness) on May 5, 2018 at 9:13pm PDT Then naturally that was followed by a whirlwind […]