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Welcome to the blog

  Welcome to my blog When writing this as of 2020 I am 21 years old, looking back at some of the things I have done up to now there are many things I would change. So firstly, we're going to be talking about, if it wasn't clear from the title, what to do when you turn 18 and other stuff. Maybe I should have made this with wordpress or HTML and CSS but hey lets try with googleblogs and see how it goes. W e'll also be making changes to the site along the way, so don't worry if you see new things appear in the blog and please do tell others about the blog too and fill in the feedback form.

Money

🤑 As the Abba song goes Money Money Money. I apologies if anyone has started to sing the song but anyway, this section will be similar to the investment and saving section but instead it will be more focused on some of the ways you can actually make money. Now everyone will have their own reasons to why they will want to make money wheather it be; to pay off debt and bills, increase savings, have a roof over their head any more other reasons but most of the time these are the common reasons.  For some people it can be difficult to make money or to even find a secure job in something they like after doing a apprenticeship or on completion of a university degree specially in the time of coronavirus, because some business and different sectors have to reduce the amount of people they have in order to function and pay for other costs and resources they and something has to give even if it means they'll be losing alot of hard working people. Getting back on track, some of the ways you ...

Why I chose to create this?

Hopefully you would've read the other posts before reading this and if not then please do. Lets hope this blog doesn't contain too much to read. Otherwise thank you for reading this and one of the reason why I wanted to write this, is so other people avoid making the same mistakes as myself so they could potentially have a better outcome as well as being more informed in stuff you may not have known. You can also provide some  Feedback  so I can see what some of you think and what could be improved. Otherwise thanks for reading and stay tuned for more stuff to be added.

Investment

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The reason I say investment is because not that many people know about investing or what type of platforms they can trust to help them to start investing, before I had started investing I kept coming onto sites which talked about needing a broker to do the buying and selling for the stocks you may need from a company.  In regards to investing i would recommend starting out with an investment platform called  wealthify  if you live in the UK. This will allow you to invest in the stock market with as little as £1 and the company will invest in funds on your behalf. This is helpful when you are first starting out as you dont know what to invest in as wealthify gives you articles to read on the current stock market, how it is performing and gives you news in relation to the stock market. Reading these can be beneficial as they also give you insight into what ETFs are and how to pick stocks to invest in. However, their fees are quite higher than other platforms. You can find s...