SPENDING PLANNER BLOG

Helpful Money Hints and Tips

With over 20 years experience in writing on the topic of money, budgeting and living with money you are bound to find many pearls of wisdom in the numerous Spending Planning blogs available here. 

What 25 years of money coaching has taught me about how money affects relationships

Jul 29, 2021

What 25 Years of Money Coaching has Taught Me

Jul 29, 2021

How to Beat One of THE Biggest Credit Traps and Break Free to a New and Less Stressed You

Jul 29, 2021

How You Group Expenses Can Totally Transform Your Finances


Jul 29, 2021


The Six Types of Expenses You Need to Know About #6

Jul 29, 2021



The Six Types of Expenses You Need to Know About #5

Jul 29, 2021


The Six Types of Expenses You Need to Know About #4

Jul 29, 2021

The Six Types of Expenses You Need to Know About #3

Jul 29, 2021

The 6 Types of Expenses You Need To Know About 2 Paying Bills

Jul 29, 2021


The 6 Types of Expenses You Need to Know About 1

Jul 29, 2021

How To Achieve Guaranteed Success With Your Money

Jul 29, 2021

Why your income NEVER seems to be enough

Jul 29, 2021

Protect Yourself FROM Yourself: Achieve the Financial Future You Really Want

Jul 29, 2021

Protecting Yourself From Yourself
It is a fact: Most people are probably their own worst enemy when it comes to money! We say we want to save, but we spend all our income instead.

Jul 29, 2021


Time, Relationships and Money. 
Welcome to Money Hints and Tips with Australia's personal cash-flow expert David Wright....



Jul 29, 2021
How Your Emotions Can Derail Your Financial Plans

Sometimes simple things can have a major bearing on your financial outcomes in life....


Stop Wasting Time On Financial Records

Let's look at a common misunderstanding about achieving financial success: Keeping financial records.

Jul 29, 2021
7 Shortcuts to Overcome Money Stress

Isn't it amazing that even when you have no spare money and you receive a speeding ticket, you always find the money to pay the fine before it gets bigger?...

Jul 29, 2021
There's More than One Way to Skin Your Financial Cat

I'm sure you have heard the saying: There's more than one way to skin a cat....

Jul 29, 2021
How to Switch on Your Financial Cruise Control

I was driving along the freeway a few days ago when all the cars around me braked abruptly....

Jul 30, 2021
How to Grow Your Own Money Tree

Did you get excited when you read the subject of this blog?...

Jul 30, 2021
How a Financial Snowball Effect Could Be Ruining Your Money Plans

Today I want to talk about solving problems (or more to the point: NOT solving them)!I'll start off by saying that every one of us is stuck somewhere between the proverbial rock and a hard place ....

Jul 29, 2021
How the Yucky Medicine Mindset Could Be Ruining Your Financial Health

I don't know if this applies to you and your family, but as a child, I was subjected to a number of different foul-tasting family remedies....

Jul 30, 2021
Are You Suffering From Financial Blindness?

Here's a question you probably weren't expecting: What does road rage have to do with planning your finances?...

Jul 30, 2021
Quit Dreaming About Money, and Make Your Financial Goals A Reality

I was chatting on the phone with one of the people on my Spending Planners program earlier this week and we got onto the topic of setting financial goals....

Jul 29, 2021
How to Make a Million Dollars (And Why You Need To)

Let me ask you this.... if I offered you one dollar and asked you to give me back one million dollars in ten years, would you know what to do?

Jul 30, 2021
Why Your Emotions Are Causing Your Financial Hardship

When working with people on their finances it is all too common for me to find they have Credit Card debt on one hand and savings sitting in a bank account on the other....

Jul 29, 2021
Are YOUR Finances All Screwed Up? Take Control of Your Money Planning

It would not surprise me if almost every bloke has an ice-cream container full of bits and pieces in his garage or shed....

Jul 29, 2021
Part 6: How to Get Out of Debt and Stay Out of Debt

Over the last 20 years, Australians have been sliding deeper and deeper into a black hole of unsecured consumer debt....

Apr 5, 2024
Part 5: Replacing The Stuff You Cannot Live Without

Today I'm continuing the mini-series on the six different common expense types....

Apr 5, 2024
Part 4: Repairing the Stuff You Cannot Live Without

Today we continue with 6 Reasons We Spend Money, where we look at the common expense types we all run into....

Apr 5, 2024
Part 3: How to Budget for Product Purchases

Over the last two posts, I've covered the most basic living expenses we all encounter....


Part 2: Repeating Predictable Expenses and How to Pay Them

Let's look at number two of the six types of expenses we all need to deal with in life....

Apr 5, 2024
Part 1: Managing Your Weekly Expenses

Recently we talked about different types of expenses and used a container of mixed up screws, nails, washers, nuts and bolts, etc....

Jul 1, 2021


How a broke School Teacher with three kids made a Million Dollars
Do you feel trapped? Are you sick of having your time dictated by everything that “must get done”... never having time for yourself?

Jul 30, 2021
How Stopping This One Thing Will Help You Afford the Life You Want

If you can stop doing this one thing, you will be on a much faster path to financial freedom and affording the life you desire for your family.

Jul 30, 2021
How to Get out of Debt the Smart Way

The problem with debt is that you've already had the excitement of spending the money; now you're faced with the pain of paying for it!It's hard to get excited about waking up in the morning and going to work to pay for a thrill you've already had....

Jul 30, 2021
Eliminate Money Stress Forever with Spending Planning

How would you feel if you could get rid of your money worries once and for all?...

Jul 29, 2021
Money: Are you a Driver, Passenger or Observer?

At a conference I attended some years ago the keynote speaker started his presentation by stating: There are three kinds of people....

Jul 29, 2021
How to Get Out of Debt and Stay Out of Debt

Over the last 20 years, Australians have been sliding deeper and deeper into a black hole of unsecured consumer debt....

Jul 30, 2021

Without a doubt, a Spending Plan is the easiest and fastest way to tackle your debts head-on and win!

-- David Wright --

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