by katetoon | Apr 9, 2017 | Opinion
Reading Time: 3 minutesBefore I get stuck in, let me state for the record that I’m not an accountant or financial adviser, and I’m a bit crap at maths. So take the advice in this column with a giant pinch of salt, a slice of lemon and a shot of tequila. So take the...
by katetoon | Mar 12, 2017 | Business, Opinion
Reading Time: 4 minutesI’ll admit I’ve never been a good haggler. While visiting the Tunisian souks, whenever the stallholders told me a price I’d simply pay it. My Tunisian husband shook his head in dismay “You’re supposed to bargain,” he scoffed. “It’s what they...
by katetoon | Feb 26, 2017 | Opinion
Reading Time: 4 minutesAll too often I find myself cringing at the antics of online creeps. I watch them repeatedly putting their digital foot in their mouth, and hope that the web police will swoop in and take them down. But sadly the sirens never sound. And the...
by katetoon | Jan 2, 2017 | Opinion
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhen you ask work-at-home soloists what they love most about their lifestyle, they’ll wax lyrical about the crazily short commute, or celebrate the extra time they get to spend with their family. The naked truth about working at home #business...
by katetoon | Dec 15, 2016 | Business, Opinion
Reading Time: 7 minutesOr the year I went full circle with my business A few weeks ago I wasn’t exactly feeling 100%. I don’t know if my yin was squabbling with my yang, my cosmic planetary alignment was skewed, or I simply wasn’t eating enough bananas. But I was up...
by katetoon | Nov 4, 2016 | Opinion
Reading Time: 3 minutesMy husband took the leap first. After years of living a rather hippy lifestyle he arrived in Australia (to be with lovely me) without a job or any real career plan. So he bravely decided to start his own French tuition business and seven years...