Tag: FIRE

Days of leaves and loss

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Everyone has their favourite season. Some live for the long, sultry days and balmy evenings of Summer. Others enjoy the chilled noses, open fires and hibernation of Winter. Still other revel in Spring, the promise of new life, the sense of nature stretching out and walking up in the gentle sun and showers. Personally, I…

By Caveman December 3, 2019 9
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Why your 30s and 40s are an optimal age to start towards Financial Independence

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Does anyone else have a pang of regret that they didn’t stumble across the concept of financial independence sooner? I’ve certainly felt like that. It must be pretty common. A version of the fear of having missed out. So many of the poster children for Financial Independence retired in their 30s or at least by…

By Caveman July 4, 2019 21
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Why I would love to lose my job

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OK I’m going to put up front that I think that I’m going to come across as a bit of a tool in this post. More than a bit actually. Today is all about why I would really like to lose my job. I know. What a privileged, oblivious, idiot. For most people losing their…

By Caveman May 9, 2019 24
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When I grow up: My hopes and fears when I achieve financial independence

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It was the morning of Friday the 24th of June 2016. I can place it precisely as it was the day after the UK had voted to leave the European Union. My emotions were all over the place: Sadness, fear but also something that may have been tendrils of excitement. But I had to put…

By Caveman April 15, 2019 10
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The pointlessness of ethical investing

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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…

By Caveman February 21, 2019 13
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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

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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…

By admin November 8, 2018 11
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Life moves pretty fast – take a breath

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“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…

By admin November 4, 2018 5
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