About this money works

New Start!

I started this site in 2018 after spending years of repeating the same mistakes with money. Failing to manage my finances impacted every area of my life — my marriage, my health, and my happiness.

For years I never seemed to manage my money. There have been times when I have just been flat broke. Other times the money has been there, but it seemed to disappear as quickly as it arrived. Turning things around removed so much stress from life, and that is why This Money Works exists.

Making It Work

The aim here is simple: stress less, achieve more. Every post is written from personal experience, covering budgets, debt, smarter saving, money mindset and general money know-how, so you can find practical steps that fit real life rather than idealised versions of it.

There is no magic formula. There is tracking what goes out, being honest about what comes in, making small changes that stick, and knowing the difference between the debt that helps you and the debt that holds you back.

This Money Works began as a personal turning point: after years of repeating the same financial mistakes, the author realised that unmanaged money was quietly affecting everything from marriage and health to overall happiness. There had been stretches of being completely broke, and stretches where money arrived only to disappear just as quickly. The site was started to document that turnaround and to share the resulting lessons. Every post is written from personal experience rather than theory, which gives the advice an honest, practical weight and explains why the motto is simply to stress less and achieve more.