The book ‘The Five Love Languages’ by Gary Chapman has graced the shelves of all self-respecting bookstores for decades. While impossible to summarise justly in a few words, the book addresses the means through which we give and receive love, and helps us to make...
Perhaps you’ll understand – protecting our lifestyle means a lot to us. Well-meaning suggestions to live healthier or save more are usually met with paralysing inertia, and whereupon dismissed. But we get it – change is scary! And yet, sometimes, a change in lifestyle is...
Art collecting gets a weird rep. To the layman, the practice is dismissively associated with all manner of elitist hobbies afforded only to the crème de la crème of haute society. While such an assumption would probably have held a century or so ago, art...
Google ‘retirement planning’ and you will be bombarded with what can only be described as a barrage of information of what to expect, how much money you will need and how to start saving for your retirement. Read on and perhaps you’ll notice that a...
Every family has heirlooms, each unique and imbued with generations of meaning. Be it a golden pocket watch once carried by people you’ve never even met, or vintage porcelain from your great-great-grandmother, every family heirloom carries a story of a familiar memory and heritage. Taking...
5 reasons to take over the family businessIntro Growing up, you watched generations of relatives hard at work, devoted and united under a common cause. You saw labour rewarded with success, and also disagreements resolved with family unity in mind. Now older, you’ve had chances to...
Dear 40-year old self,Hey buddy, how’s life? Tiring, I know – but the good news is you’re going to be fine! First off, congratulations on surviving adulthood thus far! It’s been quite a ride but I hope you are holding up fine, emotionally and physically...
Anyone who’s tried can vouch for the fact that choosing an insurance plan can be confusing work! But this process need not be as complicated as it seems, and besides, everyone’s different. Read on to find out which insurance plan best suits your personality! The Go-GetterYou’re...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Retirement. Everyone knows someone with crazy visions of what they’d like to do when work life as we know it expires into memory. Some want to move to the Cameron Highlands to start their own farm, and others intend to buy an island in the...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]At some point or another, most of us would have wondered what life after retirement will look like. Imagine not having to go to work… How will we occupy all this time? But this life transition shouldn’t frighten you – life does not end after...