Retirement = brain mush?
I have many favourite things about my early retirement. One is that I’m a natural worrier, but these days I…
FIRE post for one
It’s Friday, the day I normally post on my blog. But this year, I decided to be relaxed about it,…
Early retirement costs & targets – January 2021
More often than not, I start with the costs. Perhaps because I used to be an accountant, or possibly it’s…
Keeping comfort, removing excess
There’s one thing I have in common with Donald Trump – neither of us gets Twitter. For me it’s because…
Early retirement target setting 2021
Why do I set targets? There are various reasons, I like the structure it brings, I don’t want to be…
Grading my 2020 early retirement targets
Why would I set myself goals and targets now that I’m retired – isn’t that something to leave behind when…
Early retirement money 2020
C’est incroyable…another year has flown past and I still can’t speak French! That was one of my aims for this…
FIRE Christmas
Christmas day has come and gone. I must have been good in 2020 to receive these lovely gifts: A beautiful…
My kids on FIRE
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…we collected our son from university a week ago, and now our daughter…
3 things for a good start to early retirement
I often return to the reason I started my blog. I remember struggling to figure out if retiring early would…
Early retirement costs & targets – November 2020
Investing Sometimes I wonder how I managed to retire early given my track record with investments. For example, I just…