If you were asked to picture a scientist you might picture someone head down, white coat and goggles on,but Dr Catriona Nguyen-Robertson's science career took her in a different direction — away from full-time work in a lab.
It's Pay Day where we ask Australians the money questions we don't like to talk about. We aim to demystify personal finance and normalise conversations about what we earn and how we save it — or spend it.
For Pay Day Dr Cat discusses juggling multiple jobs, her guilty science-themed splurges, and how bubble science is helping her fundraise for a voyage to Antarctica.I have never had a full-time job. But working across multiple part-time and casual jobs, I end up working more than the equivalent of full-time. Together, they allow me to live comfortably without worrying about my finances.
Honestly, it was a few fortuitous circumstances that came together. I could only afford it thanks to the combination of my mother inheriting money from the sale of her father's one remaining property in Vietnam, and my family being friends with a neighbour selling their house, who wanted to sell to me specifically as she loved the idea of me living close to my mother in her older age.
Track your finances properly! Don't wait until you have "everything in order" or set up the "perfect spreadsheet". You don't need complex Excel formulae or to be too hard on yourself, just start by paying attention to the money coming in and the money going out .
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