One of my greatest lessons was understanding that investing in yourself is the BEST investment that you can make. Whether you’re investing in your education/ skills/ health, it’s ALWAYS going to offer the best return. When you make an investment, you’re spending money on something that you expect to make a return on in the future. The key thing to understand is, you’re not throwing your money away, you are making an investment so you can better yourself and reach your big happy goals.

One of my greatest lessons was - I wish I knew to start investing sooner. It wasn’t until the age of 26 that I learnt about the concept of compound interest and investing. It then took me another year of researching and learning until I invested my first £1 at the age of 27. In total, I lost 10 years and thousands of pounds. The lesson? Don't wait to invest. You can't gain back the time lost. I wish I'd known to capitalise on the time I had to invest.

o many of us think that the sensible option is to “work hard and save your money”. In actual fact, this is a tiring existence. You’re swapping one resource (time) for another (money) and there is no end to the cycle. As long as you want to have money, you have to be working. So, what’s the solution? Investing!