There's a drawer in my kitchen that used to be where bills went to die. Envelopes half opened, a few not opened at all, one final reminder sitting on top of a bill I definitely already paid but couldn't prove because I'd lost the confirmation email. I knew roughly what I owed and roughly when it was due. Roughly isn't a plan, it's a guess with anxiety attached. I got there in the end, not through some big dramatic overhaul, just by sitting down one evening with a cup of tea a

I checked my bank app on a Monday morning last month and just sat there staring at it. Not panicking. Just tired. Tired of feeling like money was something that happened to me instead of something I was in charge of. So I did what I always do when life feels a bit much. I took Jasper out for a walk and thought it through properly. By the time we got back I had a plan. Nothing clever. Just small, boring, doable changes. And they actually worked. So here they are, in case they

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