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The Savvy Scot

Personal finance and lifestyle blog

Viewing category: Reflection

On Presents, Presence and Happiness

By savvyscot

On Presents, Presence and Happiness

We can all remember what Christmas meant to us as a kid. I remember how the night of Christmas Eve always passed so ridiculously slowly. The second hand used to tick that little bit louder as if to remind you of every second that was passing. I loved pretending to be asleep as my parents… Read more

Filed Under: Reflection, Saving Money, Self Development Tagged With: Attitude towards giving, enjoying giving, Giving, how to enjoy giving, importance of christmas, pleasure out of giving, presence for christmas, presents for christmas, spotlight, why giving is important

April: Things of the Month

By savvyscot

A few of my favourite Personal Finance bloggers quite frequently do a roundup type post detailing what things have taken their interest of late. I figured that I am an interesting guy and have my fingers in a few different pies so why not try the same… That said, this feature may spectacularly fail in… Read more

Filed Under: Adrenaline Junkie, Entertainment, Reflection Tagged With: exciting reads, good tv shows, hannibal tv show, interesting news articles, things to eat, tv shows to watch, What I did, What I read

My Cheap Weekend Break

By savvyscot

Weekend Break

So as some of you know, I am currently in Latvia celebrating my best mate’s birthday. A group of 7 good friends (who I might add haven’t seen each other in a few months) in a cheap Eastern European city, with cheap beer and even cheaper… activities?.   Cost of a Trip to Latvia In… Read more

Filed Under: Reflection Tagged With: Cheap trip, life experience, life experiences

The Operation That Went Wrong

By savvyscot

The Operation That Went Wrong

Last week, one of my friends took ill during a business trip in Moscow. For no apparent reason, he started to feel dizzy and actually passed out at the table during a meeting. Scared and confused, his colleagues called for an ambulance. Although my friend quickly regained consciousness, he awoke to a pretty scary situation…. Read more

Filed Under: Entertainment, Reflection Tagged With: how to get medical compensation, Medical Negligence, Tonsils removed, Tonsils removed gone wrong, tooth stuck in eye

A Mobile Phone Dilemma

By savvyscot

I make no secret about the fact that I love technology. As well as being an adrenaline junkie, I am a self-confessed geek! I work with Technology & have had a strong interest from a very young age. At about 8 years old I used all my persuasion skills to convince my Dad that we… Read more

Filed Under: Personal Finance, Reflection, Saving Money Tagged With: contracts, iphones, mobile phone, mobile phone power, mobile phone technology, Mobile phones, new contracts, samsung

The Sky Is The Limit In 2013

By savvyscot

  I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and took the opportunity to spend some quality time with your friends and family. I certainly ate far too much and overindulged plenty! I’m not feeling too bad about it though, because I managed to fit in a trip to the gym on Christmas Eve and… Read more

Filed Under: Reflection, Self Development Tagged With: 2013 goal planning, 2013 resolutions, goal setting, resolutions, Setting goals, spotlight

4 Personal Christmas Traditions

By savvyscot

4 Personal Christmas Traditions

One of the things I love so much about Christmas time is the different traditions and routines that families hold. Some people open their presents on the 24th, some open them on the 25th; heck some open them as soon as the get them. Some people like to eat turkey, some like to eat fish… Read more

Filed Under: Adrenaline Junkie, Reflection Tagged With: bothying, christmas eve, christmas routine, Christmas traditions, organising a poker game, poker, poker night, swimming in a loch, winning at poker

Change Your Life – Step 9 Find Yourself

By savvyscot

Step 9 Find Yourself

As we approach the end of this 10 part series, hopefully you have picked up at least a couple of pointers and made a change or two. Small steps make a big change.. ever heard of the butterfly effect? Like the saying goes ‘A small mistake you commit can create blunders later’ – small improvements… Read more

Filed Under: Change, Reflection, Self Development Tagged With: Change Your Life, find out who you are, find out who you are inside, find your soul, find yourself, Finding yourself, gandhi quote, how to find yourself. steps to find yourself, soul searching, spotlight

SALLTYE – Spend A Lot Less Than You Earn

By Pauline

SALLTYE

Personal Finance is freaking boring!!!! From the outset, personal finance is exactly that – boring. A mundane administrative task that nobody wants to do. Most of us sit in front of spread sheets all day at work – why would we want to come home and start again? We all have different financial situations, but… Read more

Filed Under: Personal Finance, Reflection, Saving Money Tagged With: income greater than debt, Save less than you earn, spend less than you earn

2012 – What a Freaking Year!

By savvyscot

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards” – Soren Kierkegaard Reflection is a powerful process. Among other things, looking back at past experiences and memories helps us to remember the good that others have done for us and as a reminder to be grateful and say thank you. Reflection helps us… Read more

Filed Under: Reflection, Self Development Tagged With: 2012 in review, 2012 Reflection, Ali quotes, importance of looking back, improve your year, make 2013 a better year, power of reflection, Reflection power, setting goals for 2012, spotlight, year in review

SavvyScot does the Yakezie Carnival

By savvyscot

It’s a big one today folks… Enjoy! 🙂 Glen @ Credit Card Smarts writes Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Premier Credit Card | Review – The Southwest Airlines Rapid Rewards Credit Card is offering up a great bonus that can get you 2 roundtrip flights. On top of that it’s a great overall airline miles card…. Read more

Filed Under: Reflection Tagged With: blogger carnival, Yakezie Carnival

A Tragic Tale

By savvyscot

A Tragic Tale

If you are anything like me, you are probably quite sick of reading blog posts on insurance. There are only so many ways that people can list the pros and cons for buying a policy and the benefits that come with it.. right? Quite frankly, I believe that lessons are better learned through hearing about… Read more

Filed Under: Reflection Tagged With: death debt, Debt and death, die debt, dying in debt, Dying with debt, forgive debt, leave behind debt when you die

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