Get to grips with money matters

Why good financial planning is worth doing well

- WARREN SHUTE

In life, we like to do things that we enjoy. We find them easy, they take little effort and we know we’re going to have a good time while we’re doing them.

Compare this to your finances. Most of us don’t review our money or what’s happening with it because we think it’s far too difficult.

It may be stressful to look at our financial situation – especially if we don’t know how to change it – so to protect ourselves, we shut it out of our mind and avoid it instead. Sound familiar?

When I’m faced with a job I don’t want to do, I try to set myself up for success.

I make the environment around me more engaging, like making it light, clean and tidy.