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One of the biggest issues for couples often revolves around their finances. They come into a relationship with different ideas about money which I refer to as money ‘habitudes’. That is, people have certain habits when it comes to spending their money.

It’s Summer! Did you know all through 2020, I thought Summer would never come? But the longest year ever is finally over and it’s time to enjoy the sunshine.

Firstly, if you’re going out, here are some suggestions for how to make the most of these long Summer days.

If I were to describe my experience in lockdown with my husband and six children in a not overly large house, I would call it “crowded isolation”. So much of 2020 has been spent negotiating space. Space to play and space to study. Space to be noisy and space to keep quiet (daddy’s on the phone). Do you want to build with Lego or play a boardgame? Clear a space. Want me to sit with you on the couch? Budge up! Make some space. Want to wrestle? Go outside. There’s no space for that here.

The school year for students, teachers and parents has been difficult with COVID-19 presenting all sorts of challenges including remote learning. Melbourne, more than any other city or town in Australia, struggled with a second serious lockdown.

By anyone’s standards 2020 has been a difficult year. Drought, floods, bushfires and the pandemic have created the perfect storm of misery and gloom for many.
For those of us living in Melbourne it has been particularly challenging. Severe lockdowns and being virtual prisoners in our own postcodes for months on end have not been easy. For those who have lost their loved ones and their jobs, the year has been even more wretched.