If you don’t work, what would get you up in the morning?

In my 4 weeks off work, I began to realise that by having a “normal” 9-5 job, I was forcing myself to get up much earlier than I would naturally want to and go spend the best hours of the day in the office, before coming home exhausted and going to bed early to make the process the next day less miserable!

But for 4 weeks, I had the freedom to (more or less) wake up when I liked and to go to bed when I liked.  And it’s clear that I am a night owl!

My question is this: If you didn’t have to get up for work tomorrow, what would you do with the time?

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Month End: October ’18 – assets and spending

What a difference a month makes!!!

Whilst I was enjoying family bliss away from the world, the world was going to pot!  Stock markets were crashing and all sorts of scares were about.  I didn’t pay much attention to it, although  I did see it as a buying opportunity.  But mostly my focus was on family – but since you wouldn’t put a price on your kids, I’ll leave them out of the equation.  So, here’s how the month went for us:

Back to work

Quick post:

So after 4 weeks off on paternity leave and annual leave, I’m back in work!!!  WOO HOO!

Places I hide my money: RateSetter

This is a post about RateSetter and how I see it as useful for planning for FIRE.  GFF is still on paternity leave and hopefully everything is fine with the family and new baby.

Pay less into your pension to retire early!

I’ve recently had a look at our family finances and I’ve become increasingly concerned with the high level of family spending and high levels of retirement saving – including workplace pensions & the LISA.

Fatherhood (Part II)

By the time that you read this with any hope, I will have become a father to a happy, healthy baby girl. 

Last Post

This is my last post before becoming a Dad for the second time, so I wanted to share some thoughts

Month End: October ’18 – assets and spending

Another month is over and I’ve had a few minutes on a Sunday morning to work out how things have gone for the month.  Things are looking ok but could do better.

One week to go!

If it appears that Gentleman’s Family Finance has been a bit quiet recently, it’s because we are now around a week away from the due date of the latest arrival to the family, hopefully a healthy, happy baby Girl.

AirBnB part 3

Just a quick update on our AirBnB antics – but first let me set the scene:

The Lady and Master (wife and kid) are upstairs and I’m using the toilet when suddenly the doorbell rings – DING DONG