Reflections in Samoa

We went over the foundations, the bricks, the roof, but there is one last element to this story that has been there the entire time. From the moment we started tackling the foundations we have experienced covering from our good God, so let me tell you a few stories on this all played out.

This episode is a continuation of my journey to homeownership, labeled Roof. What’s the point in a solid foundation and some sturdy walls if there’s nothing to top it off? We need the roof, both physically on our houses and financially in our journey to finishing off the home ownership journey.

We have already layed the foundations so it is time to lay some bricks! Continuing the series of our journey to homeownership, this one covers practical steps on the financial journey towards buying your first home.  Not everyone wants to own a home, but if you do then I know this latest post will inspire, clarify, and equip you on your journey. This post will give you a simple guide on what to focus on next, and once you have these locked in then you are set to succeed.  If you haven't seen the first post, I would highly recommend checking it out as there's no point laying bricks if you don't have a foundation!

This one's for anyone and everyone who wants to own the home they live in. I broke the mold and did it at 21 years old despite the market conditions, despite having a graduate income, despite what other people said (even professionals), and so I want to inspire you to do the same. It’s not an instant journey, but it’s one I believe we can all journey towards and at the bare minimum, create a plan to own your home one day if that’s what you want.

With this episode I start by laying the foundations. Houses won’t exist without a solid foundation, so the same goes for the financial journey towards buying it.

This is one entire post where I share my approach on how to save money. It was written in a time where I had to save for a house, wedding, and honeymoon, and all three were accomplished so it’s safe to say it works!

No matter how far along you are with your financial journey, saving is always going to be the foundation. If you’re wanting to get into investments you need to get good at saving money to invest in the first place. If you’re wanting to buy a house, you need to prove to the bank you can save enough to technically cover the mortgage if you got one.

Have you ever wanted to achieve something but life gets in the way and you find yourself months later not making any progress on your goals? This episode is all about a time in my life when this exact issue arose and how I dealt with it.

Funnily enough, the goal at the time I was writing this post was to start my own blog and start sharing my financial journey. So you can be assured that the tips in this post did help me accomplish my goal!

In this new post I share some experiences I had where I experienced clashes between abstract spaces, like dreams, and reality, like work and bills. If you have been following my story for a while you would have heard me playing with big concepts like becoming a millionaire off minimum wage and so on, but as I lived out my ideas there were many realities that pushed against me.

Whether you want motivation to keep pursuing your crazy goals or you’re looking for tips on how to respond to these clashes, check it out!

This new post takes you through some of my thoughts and learnings straight after our first lockdown in the middle of 2020. I’m glad I took a few learnings from that time, because it’s times like these where it really pays to have experience on how to manage myself.

My heart goes out to everyone in their different bubbles, facing their own challenges, and my hope is that this post can encourage you no matter what space you find yourself in.

This one is titled 'Minimum Wage Millionaire' and it was a concept I thought of and shared with some of my co-workers when I was working in a minimum wage role back in 2018. Yes it was bold, yes it’s kind of a click bait statement, but it’s something I genuinely weighed up and wanted to say because that’s how much I realised how powerful financial literacy and money management is.

This concept alone pushed me in many ways and actually played a part in why I named this journey what it is (Wage to Wealth), so I hope you enjoy!