You’ve finally got your head around investing and now you want to take what you’ve learned and utilise it for the benefit of your little ones.

Of course long-time listeners of the podcast will know shares are primarily where I choose to invest for a suite of reasons I won’t go into here – but for my partner, buying a home has forever been one of his life goals and that meant it became important to me too, so we decided it was time to start planning.

No it is not the thing we sit around and toast marshmallows in (well it is but that’s not what we’re talking about here).

The lure of FOMO is incredibly powerful and, in a world where social media broadcasts everyone’s highlight reels and makes us feel as though we are perpetually missing out, it’s no wonder we feel like we need to be splashing our cash to keep up.

Australia has officially entered a recession, but what does that actually mean for you and how can we best protect ourselves financially during this time?