Today on the Money Mistakes series, I’m sharing the story of Chanene Ablett who hails from Benoni in Johannesburg. We did this interview a while ago (thank you Chanene) and in the meanwhile Chanene was awarded a 2017 SA Mommy…
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May life update
Okay, let’s hope it will be third time lucky for me at the Labour Department this week. I had to contact former employers (at jobs dated from 2010) to ask them to fill in UI19 forms. This is so that…
Six Things I Learned About Paying Off Debt
Hello everybody, How have you been? I’m okay. For those of you who’s been following my “Money Mistakes” journey, I know I’ve been quiet about it on the blog but that doesn’t mean I’ve abstained from the concept in real…
Life Coach: “How to see your vision”
On Monday I shared the blog post “Three Lessons A Life Coach Taught Me“. I mentioned my Life Coach, Kavita Govindjee in there. Below is a guest post done by her. Enjoy reading! How many dreams have been lost and…
Three lessons a Life Coach taught me
I met Kavita Govindjee (BComm Hons), a Life and Executive Coach, through a blog post of a fellow blogger, Venean of In The Meantime. Kavita spoke about intentional parenting and this resonated with me. At the time I was struggling…
Creating a photo book for the grandparents
This is a sponsored post. I didn’t stick to the “promise” or agreement that my dad and I made. He asked me to take photos of Princess daily and to send him (and my mother) at least one per day….
April life update
I’m excited because this weekend, the annual bloggers’ event #JoziMeetup is happening. This is my third year going and I always learn a lot from the more seasoned bloggers. It’s also a place to catch up with people you haven’t…
The ins and outs of my journey as a volunteer
Hello everybody, So yesterday I told you how I’m doing as I’m trying to learn how to code. It’s not easy for me, but what’s easy when you are venturing into something new, something outside of your comfort zone? Anyway,…
Learning to code is easy-peasy
The headline is not fully correct. I mean, nowadays there are a lot of avenues to learn to code. You get websites where you can access introduction to computer programming languages for free. Last Saturday at a GirlCodeZA workshop, one…
Finding a job is a job
Yup, I’m sure many people can relate to this headline – especially if you’ve been unemployed once upon a time. In this post, I’d like to share how I keep myself motivated during the job-hunting process. I read a blog…