November 25, 2022
New research shows we’ll each spend over £200 less at Christmas this year: An average of £52.40 less on food, £61.80 less on socialising and £76.20 less on presents.
Chanelle – Money Means time and space to find happiness
My journey to Money Means
My path here’s a bit unconventional. But maybe convention has changed …
I didn’t enjoy school. I was good in a school that expected great. I was barely into my teens when I watched my friend get thrown out for “underperformance” and I suspected I was next.
Rather than wait for the inevitable, 13-year-old me made a pitch …
Home school. It was easy enough to sell mum on the concept – she knew I could handle it – but then mum wasn’t the dealmaker …
My dad’s a financial adviser and a massive inspiration to me. We’ve always had a bond but it still took three attempts, two pub dinners and an actual PowerPoint presentation before he finally bought-in to the idea of home school. When he did it was indescribably liberating.
Cue a couple of years of me on my own in my books; head down and racing through the syllabus. I loved it and was even ready for GSCEs ahead of time.
Age 15 I sat eight of them. I got some As, mostly Bs and a couple of Cs. What now?