Why I don’t track either my income or expenses on the road to FIRE – and the 7 ½ lazy rules I (sorta) follow instead
I’m a few posts in and I haven’t actually talked about money yet. Given that I was inspired to start this blog due to the FIRE and personal finance communities that feels like something of an omission. So I feel like I’ve got to stand tall and get on with it or otherwise I’m going…
Life moves pretty fast – take a breath
“I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it” I’m pretty sure that quoting Ferris Bueller dates me. But I love that film (or more precisely I loved that film as I haven’t seen it for…
Why we are trapped in The Cave and how you can get out
Everyone loves caves right? Right? OK, maybe not everyone, but when they look like the one below then I think you’ll agree that they look rather pretty. No? Suit yourself. Anyhoo, what I think we can all agree on is that we don’t want to be trapped in them (and as an aside I loved…
Searching for happiness
This is the middle of my story. For you it’s the first time you’ve come across it. For me it’s the life I’ve lived since before my first memories. It’s the story of my search for happiness. Frankly, having written that I’m rather embarrassed at how that looks. It’s the sort of thing an idiot…