HyperJar Blog

We’re often told to live in the moment, to enjoy the now. It can be decent advice, if you’re not appreciating the good things about your life, and dreaming too much of things you don’t have. There’s a whole mindfulness industry designed to help people with this:

We’ve had pubs for 1000 years, and the tradition of buying a round probably goes back just as long. But we all know it can get awkward, even among close friends.

Credit may be the right choice for you in certain circumstances. It can help with the ebb and flow of life and money. But real freedom and empowerment comes when you have a plan. When you’re telling your money where to go, not wondering where it all went.

Organising diaries and payments for a 28-strong group outing to the Harry Potter studio tour was a less than magical experience. But next time, it'll be a lot better.

Remember that day when you and your partner, said: “Right, let’s go and live together and share all our household expenses. It’s gonna be fun”?

HyperJar is now available to download on any phone - terrific news for everyone who shares spending and money plans with friends and family.

Our lives are more and more social. We talk together in groups more – thanks to Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter.

HyperJar member Ben talks about how to manage money when you up-scale your quality of life but downsize your salary. Spoiler alert: it involves a lot of coffee compromise.

We asked behavioural economist Dr Nick Southgate about what makes us good or bad with money, and how being in control of the stuff is the very definition of cool.