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When income is irregular: how to start and how to keep it
Household Money

When income is irregular: how to start and how to keep it

If you only read one paragraph, read this: when income is irregular depends on how the situation is set up, not on how you feel at the time. Arrange…

Roland PikeRoland Pike·August 3, 2026·4 min read
Ordering debts by priority: the version that fits a real home
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Ordering debts by priority: the version that fits a real home

Anyone who has spent time on ordering debts by priority has a failure story: a strong start, a collapse in the middle, then silence. This is not…

Malcolm ReidMalcolm Reid·July 28, 2026·4 min read
Choosing a fire extinguisher: for people with no spare time
Home Safety Basics

Choosing a fire extinguisher: for people with no spare time

Put choosing a fire extinguisher back into a real week, with overtime, travel and days you cannot be bothered. Any plan that only survives good…

Delphine RouxDelphine Roux·July 25, 2026·4 min read
The review after a year: the long game versus the quick fix
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The review after a year: the long game versus the quick fix

Separate two things in the review after a year: the outcome you want and the action you can sustain. When the gap is too wide, shrink the action…

Amos ReillyAmos Reilly·July 22, 2026·4 min read
Drawing an escape route: costing it honestly
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Drawing an escape route: costing it honestly

Advice on drawing an escape route tends to split in two: impossibly complex, or sold as one click. Reality sits between. It needs some patience and…

Roland PikeRoland Pike·July 19, 2026·4 min read
Splitting into three accounts: the wrong order wears you out
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Splitting into three accounts: the wrong order wears you out

Most people do not fail at splitting into three accounts from misunderstanding it. They fail because understanding is not doing. What follows is the…

Delphine RouxDelphine Roux·July 16, 2026·4 min read

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CornerHandbook covers home life from the inside: four writers, one editorial rule — nothing is published until one of us has done it for at least a month, in a normal home, on a normal budget. The awkward parts stay in the text.