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June 28, 2023

Could You Be Over-Saving?

To achieve peak performance athletes need to train. Train too little and they risk lacking the fitness and skills to achieve their full potential. Train too much though, and they risk fatigue and injury. A balance needs to be found in order for the athlete to succeed. When thinking about money and finances, the typical … Continued

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September 27, 2022

18 ways to Build Passive Income that work in Australia

I’ve been researching all the ways one might go about generating Passive Income. Unfortunately, many of those found on the web won’t work in Australia. So I’ve produced a custom list especially for those of us on the largest island in the Southern Hemisphere. Here’s what I’ve come up with: 1. Low input business 2. … Continued

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August 3, 2022

Planning for a Sabbatical

Whether it’s packing up the family and doing a road trip around Australia, taking some time off to focus on your postgraduate studies, or just recharging the batteries with a few months on the Greek Islands, some sort of mid-career sabbatical is on the agenda for many of the people that we work with. In … Continued

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July 27, 2022

Could You Be Enjoying Life More Now?

Prudence is drummed into us. Save more, spend less, set yourself up for the future. But could we be putting too much focus on the future and ignoring the here and now? When I interviewed Matt from the Aussie FireBug a podcast a few months back he noted that in hindsight he wished he’d travelled … Continued

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May 18, 2022

50% more weekend for 20% less pay

For many of us, our working lives have been put through a bit of a blender over the past couple of years. Teachers taking classes from their kitchen table, Team meetings whilst still in our pyjamas, exercise replacing the commute, and trying to find what works for each of us both professionally and as part … Continued

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May 4, 2022

Offset vs Redraw

GENERAL ADVICE WARNING – Please be mindful that the information contained in this post is general in nature. You should seek advice that takes into account your specific circumstances before embarking on any significant financial matter.   Should I be putting my savings in an offset account, or paying it straight off the loan and … Continued

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March 30, 2022

The Balancing Act

  How do we juggle the desire to save for the future, with the need to live life to the fullest today?   Is 6 months backpacking around Europe in your 20’s more valuable than being able to buy a beach house in your 50’s? Is pushing hard on the mortgage today the wisest course, … Continued

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March 23, 2022

How to Build your Financial IQ

We’re fortunate to live in an age where information is at our fingertips. If you’ve gotten more interested in investing and financial markets in recent years you’re not alone. It seems the combination of anaemic interest rates on bank savings, a proliferation in apps that make low cost investing easy, and reduced spending during COVID … Continued

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October 6, 2021

5 Steps to Becoming a Millionaire

With the median house price in Australia’s two largest cities now north of a million dollars, being a millionaire isn’t perhaps as significant as it once was. As a milestone though, getting to the point where your net assets pop over the million-dollar line remains significant, and something worth taking pride in. Here at Financial … Continued

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August 6, 2021

10 Ways to Save More

Financial Autonomy, this podcast and blog, exists to help you gain choice in life. To succeed with this goal, we need to put ourselves into a position of financial strength – debt paid off, investments generating income, and superannuation well-funded for our latter years. And none of that happens if our income doesn’t exceed our … Continued

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June 23, 2021

Artificial + ESG = Best Friends

This weeks piece spawned out of an item in the Brain Food section of our regular GainingCHOICE email that you are hopefully receiving (if not, go here). Ethical, sustainable, or ESG investing, it’s known by many terms, but this approach has been one that’s been a focus and embedded into my financial planning business for … Continued

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May 5, 2021

The most impactful tax deduction that is often overlooked

The end of the financial year is just a few weeks away. If you’ve had a successful year financially, perhaps you’re looking for ways to shave a little off your tax bill. We all know that paying taxes is important. It’s our contribution to a functioning society. But where rules and incentives exist that encourage … Continued

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