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Dec
04
How to manage depression like a grownup

How to manage depression like a grownup

Depression is WEIRD. It’s a much weirder disease than you expect it to be. Which is why, when it starts sneaking up on you in your teen years or your 20s, which is when it normally manifests, it can be hard to even recognise what it is, let alone know what you’re supposed to do about it.
5 min read
Dec
01
The money dashboard

The money dashboard

A spreadsheet for tracking your budget, debts and investments, available in Excel and Google Sheets.
1 min read
Nov
21
How's the water? 🌊

How's the water? 🌊

A story about fish, and musings about the term "retirement".
4 min read
Nov
21
Simoleans, Galleons and Flurbos, oh my!

Simoleans, Galleons and Flurbos, oh my!

Have you ever wondered what your house would be worth in The Sims? Or wondered how many Galleons you’d get if you cashed in your savings at Gringotts? Or how many games of Roy you could afford at Blips and Chitz? Now you can find out!
1 min read
Nov
08
When should you buy a house? 🏠

When should you buy a house? 🏠

How to figure out when you're ready to buy a house, and a personal note about why I've decided to move to the UK.
5 min read
Oct
24
How to start exercising when you hate exercise

How to start exercising when you hate exercise

What I’ve learned about the absolute basics of getting fit, and why it matters so much.
4 min read
Oct
10
So what actually is the stock market? 🎩

So what actually is the stock market? 🎩

Let's talk about shares and why the heck finance bros give everything such terrible names.
4 min read
Oct
03
Girls of Little Hope

Girls of Little Hope

A chilling tale of monsters, teen angst and small-town America for fans of Stranger Things, The Thing, and the 1990s.
4 min read
Sep
26
Five things you didn't learn about STIs in Sex-Ed

Five things you didn't learn about STIs in Sex-Ed

One of the side effects of South Africa’s high rate of HIV was that people got very good at talking about sexual health.
1 min read
Sep
19
How to budget as a university student

How to budget as a university student

How do you budget when your income's all over the place?
3 min read