Happy New Year
Happy New Year to all! I hope that everyone has a healthy 2021.
Tag: COVID-19
FatFIRE Christmas Carol
It’s the season to be jolly! And its also the season to spend a lot of money and end up broke by January. Then spend some money on January Sales and end up in serious unrecoverable debt by February!
What to do with your Bonus?
Bonus season is upon us. Anxiety and anticipation is over. I have a figure to share. But what do I buy with it. Rolex? Jewellery? Holidays? Or should I be sensible and do the right thing. But its 2020! Don’t we all deserve a break from FIRE?
Blasphemy: I miss the office
If you asked me 4 years ago what I wanted to do when I retired, I would have said “nothing”. My priorities would have been chilling, travelling and spending as much time as possible with my young family. I had dreams of leaving work on my 41st birthday, clearing out my desk and handing in my ID card. Saying bye to the reception staff one last time and turning my back on Corporate Life in the City of London.
Did COVID-19 mess up your FIRE plans? It messed mine but we are grateful for a lot of things…
I have been tracking a FatFIRE age of 41 for the last 3-4 years! As far as I could tell, my models predicted that on my 41st birthday I would retire or be ready to retire. But a double Whammy of UK’s IR35 regulations and COVID-19 has thrown everything off course. But we have a lot to be grateful for.
Wrote a post on Reddit about impacts to my FatFIRE journey and the internet shot me down
I haven’t actively used Reddit in almost 12 years (i.e. logged in and posted anything). I did so after 12 years in a fatFIRE related Subreddit. The internet decided to shoot me down for lapses in internet etiquette, that I have forgotten about in my absence.