Women with Cents
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Women with Cents is a community established to give you the tools you need to help make wiser financial decisions. Founded by self-confessed finance fanatic and Director of Sova Financial, Natasha Janssens, Women with Cents connects like-minded women and supports them in changing their money habits.
Women with Cents
5M ago
There is an old saying that goes ‘money is a tool to get you where you want to go, but it will not replace you as the driver’. And yet so often we give the power and the blame to money. We completely forget that we are in fact the ones in charge. Money (or...
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Women with Cents
7M ago
If you are wanting to save more money or simply get better at saving, chances are you started at what would seem to be the most logical place – a budget. While understanding where your money is going, setting spending limits and committing to some savings goals are all great things to do, you may...
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Women with Cents
10M ago
The freedom to make decisions just for yourself and have control over your own finances – being single can certainly have its upsides. But as the cost-of-living crunch continues, unfortunately when it comes to saving some hard-earned cash, new research suggests that singles are facing more of an uphill battle compared to those in a...
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Women with Cents
11M ago
When it comes to retirement, there’s no doubt that having a healthy superannuation balance can be a game-changer. But if you’re not working, or not contributing enough to your super, you might be worried about falling short. The good news is that you can boost your retirement savings, even if you’re not earning a regular...
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Women with Cents
2y ago
“It’s come to my attention that young people don’t care about superannuation,” said comedian Kitty Flanagan as she introduced a five-minute segment on Superannuation on Charlie Pickering’s The Weekly in 2018. Flanagan’s acute observation of what young people may think, “Money for when you get old, who cares about that” was quoted in the 2018...
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Women with Cents
2y ago
Ask a young child what they want and they’ll tell you. They want this. And this. Oh, and this. They’d really like this. The list goes on. And on. Ask an adult what they want and wait for the pause. It can be quite long! Usually we’re weighing things up. • Am I selfish for...
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Women with Cents
2y ago
Let me start by saying that I realise that this is going to be a sensitive issue. As it stands, women face enough societal pressure, scrutinising every single life decision that we make. Women are judged for not having kids, having too many kids, choosing to work, choosing to stay at home, the list goes on....
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Women with Cents
2y ago
I reckon the Aussie FIRE Discussion group gets at least one ‘Which exchange traded fund (ETF) shall I choose?’ post a week. I suspect three factors drive this regular querying: Most people buying ETFs are in for the long haul. They’re treating the purchase like a marriage, thinking in decades. They don’t want to find...
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Women with Cents
2y ago
It probably comes as no surprise that typically money and health goals are at the top of every new year’s resolution list. When it comes to preserving our health and saving money though, many of us often have a tug of war with these goals. We think that saving money means cutting back on self-care...
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Women with Cents
2y ago
To change something about your life for the better, you need to change something you are currently doing. In other words, you need to create a new paradigm. A paradigm is a set of ideas, assumptions and values used to view something in a particular way. When you operate from a particular paradigm, it means...
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