Blog | Jacob Shaw

I Had To Use My Emergency Fund - And Boy Was I Grateful

As anyone who writes about money, I sound like a broken record when it comes to having an emergency fund. The rule of thumb is to have...

Why You Keep Failing To Reach Your Goals

You’re going to need to dig a little deeper to get what you want. Why do we find it so hard to stick to and achieve our goals? It could...

The Harsh Truth About Why Your Resume Isn’t Working

Could it be standing in the way of your dream job? Your resume is a very small thing that has to do a lot of work. It’s your entire...

8 Subtle Mistakes That Can Harm Your Financial Future

Good news - it's not too late to fix them. Most financial advice revolves around roughly the same ideas — avoid consumer debt, save for...

Why You Should Be Calculating Your Net Worth — Today

See your money from a different perspective. From my very first job as a teenager, I’ve paid attention to my money. I had a budget, I was...

Laid Off? It’s Going To Be OK

8 steps to help you weather the storm until you’re back on your feet. Whether you saw signs it might happen or it came out of nowhere,...

Why You Need To Have F U Money

Take back some power, and do your mental health some good. We’ve all had one of those days at work where you want to stand up, walk out,...

The Truth About Property Investment You Need To Hear

The golden child of investing is losing its shine. I’ve always had a passion for money, and I spend a lot of time learning about the ways...

We Need To Rethink What Good And Bad Debt Really Means

Are the heroes and villains of debt really what they seem? When I first started to learn about personal finance, I consistently heard one...

Why I Don’t Overpay My Mortgage

Breaking one of the personal finance commandments. I have spent a lot of time learning about personal finance, and there are some common...

The New Post-COVID Working Arrangement No One’s Talking About

Can we have our cake and eat it too? For many office workers like me, the pandemic sparked an unprecedented migration of our jobs from...

5 Money Habits I Learned From My Parents

And how they’ve set me up for financial success. Culturally we don’t really talk to our kids about money but despite that, habits and...

Channel Your Anxiety Into Your Money

This too shall pass, but until then it’s going to suck. This article was originally written at the beginning of the Cover-19 pandemic,...