Editor’s Note: This article is the last in a series of six sponsored posts for the Barclays Savings Challenge. Missed any? Catch up here. — As with most things in life, you eventually come full circle. Here I am, writing my final #AfricaSaves post in London – the same city…
Editor’s Note: This article is the fifth in a series of sponsored posts for the Barclays Savings Challenge. Missed any? Catch up here. — When I started the Barclays Africa Savings challenge in July, I was fully employed and earning a monthly salary. Five months later, a lot has changed.…
“Just picture everyone naked.” This folkloric public speaking hack has always seemed curious to me. While I’ve never heard any real live person attest to its effectiveness, the regularity with which it’s offered as advice, at least on old sitcoms, is reason enough to give it some thought. Specifically, I’ve…
Editor’s Note: This article is the fourth in a series of sponsored posts for the Barclays Savings Challenge. Missed the first three? Catch up here. — How long does it take to form a new habit? Depending on who you ask, the answer could range from 21 days to two…
Editor’s Note: This article is the third in a series of sponsored posts for the Barclays Savings Challenge. Missed the first two? Part 1 and Part 2. So you’ve identified your beliefs about money and decided to change your (bad) savings and spending habits. How do you start? The first…
2015 has been a particularly trying year for most Ghanaians. Between dumsor, the economy, and our impeccable prowess at airing our dirty linen in public (read, worldwide) we just can’t seem to get a break. Luckily, there’s one just around the corner – a break, that is – and…
“There are years that ask questions and years that answer.” – Zora Neale Hurston I came across this Hurston quote recently. For me, it captures various elements I’ve encountered over the past two years: time, rhythm, clarity, purpose, and especially, asking “why?” – a concept author Simon Sinek captures…
Editors Note: In this era of social media, we tend to be exposed to the highs and less so the lows. Besides providing an imbalanced story about human living and lives, it makes being in those depths (of fear, sadness, insufficiency, doubt, etc) lonely and isolating. Here at Circumspecte, we…
Editor’s Note: This article is the second in a series of sponsored posts for the Barclays Savings Challenge. Missed the first? Catch up here. What do you value? A simple question, and yet it threw me off. October 2014. I was seated in an auditorium with my cousins and…