A Perfect Day: What I aspire to after Financial Independence
‘Just a perfect day Problems all left alone Weekenders on our own It’s such fun’ Lou Reed, Perfect Day Lou Reed’s 1972 masterpiece sprung to mind when I saw Saving Ninja’s thought experiment this month. A perfect day. He asked: “What do you need to achieve real, true happiness? What are you aspiring to?” Big…
Unpopular opinions: Be beautiful and learn stuff
Well kids, it’s that time again when Saving Ninja launches another Thought Experiment. Following on from the last one about what I want to do when I’m financially independent this Thought Experiment is about unpopular opinions. Specifically he asks: “What opinion do you have that most of your peers do not share?” Let’s get the…
When I grow up: My hopes and fears when I achieve financial independence
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…
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…