The pointlessness of ethical investing
Ethical investing is one of those areas where I was totally blinkered. I used to strongly support it and berate myself for not doing it. That shouldn’t have surprised me. In almost every way I’m your normal middle-class Guardian-reading liberal. Making sure that I invest in ethical funds fits as neatly into that demographic as…
Facing fear and losing everything: You’re never gonna keep me down
There are moments that change your life. They are the high peaks of fear and joy that stand out when you look back at the plains and foothills that make up your life. It could be a death. It could be a birth. Changing jobs. Moving home. Meeting ‘the one’…being dumped by ‘the one.’. It…
January 2019 update: Did I undersell my goals?
I’m not one of those people that hates January. For a lot of folks it’s the toughest month of the year. I entirely get that. Heck, my wife totally feels like that. Christmas has gone but the credit card bills have to be paid. The weather’s cold, wet, and generally pretty awful. Everyone seems to…