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"When my mum died, my expenses doubled overnight."
A second follow up with one of my first interviewees.
Jun 23 • Keris Fox
If money were no object, what would you truly desire to do?
Julia Cameron's The Prosperous Heart Week 11 - Prosperity and Our Dreams
Jun 18
Why I have a paper round at 55.
It doesn't pay much. It starts early. I absolutely love it.
Jun 16 • Keris Fox
Could you go media-free for a week?
Julia Cameron's The Prosperous Heart Week 10 - Staying On Course
Jun 11
What I finally learned about my nan.
And how the story changed as I was telling it.
Jun 9 • Keris Fox
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"I am earning more money than I expected to, and I feel emotional about it."
Feb 1, 2024
"Don’t internalise the idea you’re bad with money, when really you’re underpaid."
Feb 3, 2025
"It’s like rats in London, I’m never more than 6 feet away from financial disaster."
Sep 16, 2024
"Some people think I’m frivolous with money, some people think I’m tight."
Mar 24, 2025
Money, midlife, mortality... and feeling lucky anyway

A woman's money story for every decade of life

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My dad made all the financial arrangements until I got married and my husband took over.
Decades series: nineties
Jan 6, 2025
The most important message I was given about money, was that it was a means to an end and not an end in itself.
Decades series: eighties
Nov 11, 2024
I still have a fantasy of being financially secure, of leaving something behind for my kids and grandkids.
Decades series: seventies
Nov 4, 2024 • Keris Fox
Don’t just think about your own finances, look at the generations you’re sandwiched between.
Decades series: sixties
Oct 28, 2024 • Keris Fox
I’d like to earn enough so that I don’t really think about money so much.
Decades series: fifties
Oct 21, 2024 • Keris Fox
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