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    Money

    How to Improve Your Financial Literacy

    I hate maths. I really do…at least most of the time. But sometimes, when I understand them, I love them. Money always felt like maths to me: numbers related to a valuable coin. But money wasn’t a common topic of discussion in my social circle. Expressions like “Money is the root of all evil” stayed in my memory growing up, creating a negative accent around the subject. Why is money the root of all evil if we need it for everything? The more I thought about it, the more sceptical I felt regarding those negative ideas. I knew food costed money, and nobody can survive out of water and air.…

  • Lifestyle,  Money

    Financial Mistakes I Made in My 20s (And Still Make)

    I opened the fridge, ready to cook a delicious dinner with fresh ingredients that I would later soak on sriracha sauce for extra flavour. A plastic bag of kale was getting most of my visual attention, but something behind it got my eye. A small box of eggs. I grabbed the box with caution not to drop it and, to my regret, I saw the expiration date. With two expired eggs and fear of getting salmonella, I decided to throw them away. And I experienced a déjà vu. “I have been here before”, I thought. But I wasn’t sure when. A few days before something similar happened with a pack…