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Do Women love Money? Or do we have a Love-Hate Relationship with Money?

January 10, 2021September 18, 2020 by Hannie Mommers

Who handles the money in your household, you or your husband? If you have answered that question, ask your friends as well. You will find out that more often than not the man is responsible for the finances and the woman has no clue.

Don’t women love money? Or are we afraid of the responsibility?

Talking with my friends we discover often we all have at least one friend who unfortunately became a widow and was in a completely different financial condition than she previously assumed.

Let this not be you. Educate yourself.

Earn a Side Income as a Pensioner – Become an Affiliate

October 5, 2020September 11, 2020 by Hannie Mommers

Is it necessary to earn a side income as a pensioner? Maybe.

Usually we only find out after retirement whether we have a good pension or not. Unless you were a specialist in the field of pensions or have had a very good financial education. Then you probably knew exactly on forehand what you would get after being pensioned, and for how long.

Also, sometimes the agreements about pensions are changed in the meantime, as happened to Tom and me – and all other Dutch people in our age group. Instead of getting a state pension at age 65, we got it at age 66 and 4 months.

Neither Tom nor I were financial wizz kids, but we were lucky to have made at least some good decisions during our working life. That way we could survive those extra 16 months on our savings.

Kobo E-reader Review – Always your Bookcase at Hand

December 24, 2020August 14, 2020 by Hannie Mommers

During our sixth move, I complained that this should be the last time we dragged all those books around. Two more moves would follow! But the last time I sold or gave away a lot of books. I had to, because we were going to travel and all our stuff had to go into the storage.

Especially while we were traveling – with a car full of clothes, stuff to cook and to sleep – I was so pleased with my e-reader. 300+ Books the size of a small pocketbook. I finally convinced my husband an e-reader has its advantages so he has one too now. In this Kobo e-reader review I discuss both models and other reasons why I prefer an e-reader nowadays.

Advantages of an e-reader

As a graphic designer I designed a lot of paper books. That’s why some of my friends can’t understand my love for e-books. They want to feel the paper in their hands and be able to touch the cover.

How to Change our Mindset about Money in a Healthy Way?

October 9, 2020June 26, 2020 by Hannie Mommers

We probably don’t think much about how our mindset affects our life. We have always thought this way, either as a result of how we were raised or through other circumstances. Yet our mindset in fact does affect our life. By changing how we think we can improve our lives.

When we rarely feel happy and content and we realize that the reason is that of a negative mindset, it’s time to change to feel better about ourselves and attract more abundance into our life.

If money is part of that negative thinking and worrying, it seems like there can never be a solution. I know what that feels like since I was in that situation myself a few years ago. A good moment to change our mindset about money!

Review of the Home Business Academy – Sales Funnels or Revenues?

January 19, 2022June 19, 2020 by Hannie Mommers

The Home Business Academy is a monthly membership, made to make the building of a sales funnel easy, yet it’s also meant as a way to earn residual income as an affiliate.

In 20 Ideas on how to make money after retirement, I mention both online and offline possibilities to make money. For both offline and online endeavours, it’s good to have sales funnels in place. I’ll explain in this article what a sales funnel is.

In this review of the Home Business Academy, I’ll also go in-depth on what it means to be an affiliate. To be an affiliate of a product is not on my original list of ideas. So, it makes a perfect Idea #21. I did mention being an affiliate in How to make money from your hobby or passion? but that was more as a side note.

About Us

January 19, 2022May 30, 2020 by Hannie Mommers

Hello! We are Hannie and Tom, and we are so glad to meet you here.

Some people have a bias against ageing people that we deeply resent. “Old and worn-out”. Well, we are far from that and I am sure you feel the same way.

When they describe this worn-out situation in the Netherlands, where we come from, the saying is: Oh, that one is only sitting behind the geraniums.

Well, no geraniums for us. At least not to sit next to, because the flowers are beautiful of course. 🙂

2018.12.10 An endless story

November 11, 2021December 10, 2018 by Hannie Mommers

A friend asked the other day if we could get used to the new house. Making me realize we didn’t have to get used here at all. From the first moment, the house was perfect for us. Isn’t that great?! We left the Netherlands on December 11 last year. Making today exactly 365 days since. … Read more

2018.12.09 All quiet on the fairground

November 11, 2021December 9, 2018 by Tom van Oosterhout

We once took our grandchildren to the fair. It was a walk of about 20 minutes so we bribed them by promising a sorpresa (a surprise). Unfortunately, the fair wasn’t due until five o’clock and we arrived at four. It took some persuasion and two bouncing balls to make the disappointment go off the boys’ … Read more

2018.12.08 Inversión

November 11, 2021December 8, 2018 by Tom van Oosterhout

This is Lorca. Almost 100.000 people live here. We’ve been there once before during the feria at the end of September. The old city is nice to walk through with small streets and high Renaissance buildings. But that’s not what this picture is about. It’s about the haze that is to be seen just under … Read more

2018.12.07 Keep yourself to yourself, if you can

November 11, 2021December 7, 2018 by Hannie Mommers

Privacy does not exist in Spain. It doesn’t cease to amaze me how indifferent organizations and official persons are concerning sensitive information. A handful of examples from these past months: Coincidentally the doctor was at the receptionists’ desk when somebody phoned about a test result. Those were not discussed in the solitud of the consulting … Read more