Bukiie | Money & Lifestyle

Finances are a big part of marriage. Here’s how we do ours: One big part about marrying someone as financially literate as you— we genuinely stay interested in how we’re both doing financially. Some seasons might be spend heavy like doing renovations, and others are for quiet saving and investing. Staying interested means we allow room for us to grow, have changing interests and still meet our life goals. What tip are you taking away from this? Follow @bukiiesmart for more money tips 🤍

1. Have a new broke amount. Establish your new broke amount that’s not £0. Once you get to this amount stop saying yes to going out. If you manage to hold that amount till the end of the month then transfer it to your savings. 2. Grocery shop more often so you’re not throwing out things because you forgot them in the fridge for too long and it went off 3. Meal plan so you know exactly what you’re making for the week and include takeout 4. Have no spend weeks 5. Give it 2-3 days before buying anything that can come next day. 6. Have alternatives to going out and spending a lot of money: picnic in the park, have a coffee date instead of lunch/dinner 7. Plan ahead for late nights or days you’re going to be tired: have “emergency” comfort food in the freezer like pizza/ your favourite dish, leave room in your budget for Uber 8. Share things with your friends: batch cook meals and share them with your friends and Vice versa 9. Sell everything you’ve not used in 6 months 10. Move your savings account to be separate from your current account 11. Stop buying “buy 2 get 1 free” deals on things you don’t actually need 12. 12. Invest in quality basics so you’re not constantly replacing cheap alternatives 13. Cancel or pause subscriptions you haven’t used in at least 3 months. Want more tips? Join my membership community and we’ll help you reach your saving goals and give you strategies to grow your income. Comment COMMUNITY and I’ll send you the link to join! #moneytips #moneymindset #personalfinance #savingmoneytips #moneysavingtips #savingtips #moneysaving

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1. Cancel subscriptions the second the free trial starts 2. Unsubscribe from marketing emails as soon as I buy something 3. Never grocery shop hungry 4. Put some “fun money” in cash so you physically SEE it going 5. Wait 48hrs before buying anything online 6. Don’t buy new skincare until the old one is done 7. Keep a “things I want” note instead of impulse buying 8. Romanticise staying home sometimes 9. For every buy, sell something of equal or more value 10. Automatically increase your savings every payday (at least £5 more every month) 11. Shop smaller & more often so I stop binning food (and money) What’s your underrated money-saving trick? Comment below which one you’re trying this week! Follow @bukiiesmart for more money tips ✨

As a new mum only 4 months post partum, going on our first holiday was 90% excitement and 10% wth am I gonna wear?! I didn’t want to spend a lot of money on a new wardrobe or just holiday clothes, so I shopped my closet for 2 things: 1) things I always love in the colours I love. I know my staples and what makes me feel not just good but genuinely happy to wearing it and 2) things that maximise comfort and minimise body shame. In a season of fluctuating weight, hormonal changes and finding your feet as a mama, going on holiday can truly reset your mind in ways you may never think about. I absolutely loved our first trip as a family and glad I didn’t let any anxiety come on the trip with us. Shoutout to my daughter for not making me change any outfit!! She got the memo. No spit ups or anything on me 🤣 I really like my girl. The best girl 🥹🤍

One month of my new job wrapped has me reflecting on the previous 12 months of my beautiful mat leave. What a JOY to have consciously lived through each moment — the hard days and the softer ones. Knowing that I was standing on my mother’s shoulders, that I was held by God. In what could have been a lonely, sad and miserable season, He made it all beautiful. From pregnancy to birth to post partum. I am endlessly grateful. Living proof that motherhood isn’t all pain and losing yourself. But can be a beautiful rewiring and bloom into your best self.

Don’t Spend It All At Once!! A First of the month reminder ‼️ God has given you the ability to steward your money with wisdom - to save, grow, and build for the future. ❔Are you intentional about saving, or do you spend first and save what’s left? ❔Do you have a financial cushion for life’s unexpected moments? ❔Are you preparing today for the future you desire? Join me LIVE as we unpack: The Power of Saving - how it builds a financial cushion, secures your future, and lays the foundation for investing and multiplication. This session will cover Chapters 10 & 11, including practical and real-life insights on saving for maternity leave and planning ahead with purpose. I’ll be joined by the incredible Bukiie @bukiiesmart - a content creator, author, speaker, and podcast host. She is the founder of Save Spend Invest, a personal finance platform equipping young adults with tools and resources to improve their finances. She also writes a newsletter for those who are twenty and up, sharing honest life lessons on ambition, work, faith, friendships, and more. Her work has been featured on Huffington Post, BBC, Stylist Magazine, and she has spoken at organisations like NatWest and Vanguard. This is more than money… this is preparation, discipline, and freedom. 📅 Friday 1st May ⏰ 8:00PM 📍 Streaming LIVE on Instagram Set your reminder, invite someone, and come ready to learn, plan, and grow. #FinancialWisdom #SavingMoney #FaithAndFinance #MoneyMindset #WomenInFinance

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There was no single moment where everything changed for us financially. No big win. No sudden breakthrough. Just small decisions… repeated consistently. Before having our baby, we had prepared for the life we wanted and decided to be intentional. These decisions didn’t feel dramatic at the time. But looking back? They’re the reason we feel: * more secure * more in control * and more aligned with the future we’re building Because building wealth isn’t always loud. Sometimes it’s built quietly… in the background. Save this for later and tell me which one resonates most with you 🤍

1. Autosave £1 every single day (set up a DD from your current to savings account! I’m loving the @monzo 1p challenge!) 2. Get a separate bank account and one with a (high interest rate) that pays you for locking up your savings between 30 days and up to a year. (pls don’t put your emergency fund in there 3. Always eat at home before going out with friends. You spend less when you’re not hungry, or hangry. 4. Do a smaller grocery shop weekly so you’re not throwing a bunch of food (& money!) out. 5. Have a new broke amount that’s not zero! When you get to that amount, stop spending and transfer that cash to savings. 6. Only buy new products (esp skincare and makeup) once they’ve actually run out 7. Buy high quality basics once so you’re not spending a lot more replacing them often 8. Have a 24-48hr rule of waiting before buying anything. All of a sudden you don’t like that thing as much 9. For every item you buy, aim to sell at least the same value or more in old stuff 10. Look for alternative free/more affordable things to do with friends than just going out to eat. Going to the park, a free gallery/ museum, coffee shop/ picnic date or even just hanging at home always works if the point is quality time 11. Use apps like @toogoodtogo to save on food towards the end of the day What other savings tricks do you have? Comment below and follow @bukiiesmart for more money tips

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Almost 30 and still figuring it out. And honestly? I think that’s the point. The more I learn about money, the more I realise it’s not a destination you arrive at — it’s something you keep practising. Every. Single. Day. These are 7 things I’m genuinely still working on. Not for content. Actually for real. The lifestyle creep one? Still gets me. The self worth one? That took a long time to even admit. Drop yours in the comments 👇🏾 I’m still working on… Let’s normalise the fact that being good with money is a practice, not a personality you either have or you don’t. And if you’re new here — hi, I’m Bukiie. Pull up a chair. 🌸