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Month: July 2019

Life lessons for Gareth Bale: or what to do when you hate your job and your boss hates you

Driving to work the other day I heard about the poor misfortunes of Gareth Bale: sidelined in his job, hated … More

abuse, churchill, football, gareth bale, real madrid, sport

Back to AirBnB

This weekend we had our first guests from AirBnB in a year. How did it go and will we stick … More

airbnb, barcelona, Belfast, EdFringe, Edinburgh, Edinburgh festivals, Financial Independence, frances ha, London, los angeles, molton brown, new york, stockholm, venice

How often do you check your bank balance?

I’ve probably checked my main current account balance everyday – more or less – for the last 15 years. I … More

digitaldetox, internet banking, miser

Food Review: Gregg’s Vegan Sausage Roll

Today during my lunch break I went into a Gregg’s and tried one of their vegan sausage roll. It’s been … More

climate change, climate emergency, diet, food, veganism, vegetarianism

Colleague’s 5 year work anniversary

I’m just back down at my desk in work from a small celebration of a colleague’s 5 year anniversary. It’s … More

anniversary, disappointment, workplace

Happy 1 year blogging anniversary to me!

It’s been one year since I started this blog and after 90,000 words, 30,000 views and over 100 posts I … More

birthdays, blogging, Family, happiness, hope, love, writing

There’s no such think as an “out of the blue” bill

I overheard a colleague today talking about the repair bill for his car “I’ve just paid off the holiday and … More

BMW, Budgeting, cars, cash flow

Ski holiday 2020 booked! FIRE & Snow

We’ve just booked our ski holiday for 2020 at a cost of £2,600. How does this stack up as far … More

Alps, childhood, fun, holidays, skiing, snowboarding, Travel, winter

A 12 year review of Zopa

Here is a review of my 12 year experiment with Zopa; the good, the bad an the ugly.

cars, loans, P2P lending, payday loans, ZOPA

Why lending to people who need to borrow is a bad idea

Many in the FI community detest DEBT and I do see its uses but I don’t like how we actually … More

debt

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