Thrift(y) Shopping

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A great sustainable way to save money online is to shop secondhand. The items are pre-loved, meaning that you aren’t contributing to the demand, and sometimes you can even find people giving away things for free! This is a handy guide to using secondhand apps like Carousell and Depop for […]

Beep Test

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Working out for free has become so much easier during this period of lockdown, as so many personal trainers have moved onto YouTube to keep their business moving. Today, we’re going to be reviewing a few at-home workout styles and routines, to help you work out what is best for […]

Aliya’s Column

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This week’s been a weird one, where I almost can’t remember what happened for half of it, because it felt like time was moving too fast. At least I didn’t commit to that LED ceiling projector. I don’t know why I wanted it, especially since I can’t even sleep with […]

Rice is nice!

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I’ve found that it’s practically impossible to make only a single serving of rice. Somehow, there’s always enough to feed a small nation left over in the pot, regardless of how well I measure it. So, here is a collection of recipes designed to use up all your leftover rice […]

Game, Set, Match

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After twenty one long years of avoiding it, I’ve managed to slip down the rabbit hole of accidentally becoming a gamer girl. I got Stardew Valley as a present, and in the last few days have become absolutely obsessed with crop rotation, foraging for dandelions, and Jethro Tull’s seed drill. […]

All About Me…

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Maybe it’s time to introduce myself. My name’s Aliya, I’m twenty-one, and I work with the Thousand Dollar Journal team to bring out all of these blog posts every day (give or take!). Wednesdays are now becoming the day that I’ll share all about my saving journey, what I’m doing […]

Dear Diary…

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If you believe the internet, the average person now gets the amount of information in a day that a person in the 1800s would get in a week. Apparently, that’s one of the key reasons that we’ve become so anxious as a generation, because our brains get so overload with […]

A Night at the Movies

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This weekend, why not try and recreate the cinema experience? With the coronavirus locking down movies and theatres, it can be pretty difficult to get that same giddy movie feeling from just watching the Office over and over again in your living room. Why not try and learn how to […]