February Round Up: Money saving and side hustle favourites
February was another tough month. The kids were at home as their nursery was still closed for lockdown so we were both trying to keep up our full time jobs while also looking after...
Category: Finances
FIRE and Life Lessons from a Star Wars Jigsaw Puzzle
Ever since having children the idea of completing a puzzle (i.e. a grown up one with more than 50 pieces) has seemed like the ultimate indulgence. It stems from when we went away on...
A Year to Work Freedom: My Roadmap
My motivation for focussing on financial independence is that I’ll have more time to spend with my children while they are growing up and also have the freedom to work when I want to. ...
Reaching Coast FI and Keeping Our Feet On the Peddle
This week I ran our numbers through the Coast FI Calculator on www.walletburst.com and found to my surprise that we had already reached Coast FI. For anyone who is not familiar with the concept,...
Enjoying the route to FI and staying healthy during lockdown
Saturday is chores and play-with-the-kids day – especially during times of COVID. As I was cleaning yesterday I was listening to Episode 288 of Choose FI. They spoke to Brandon from the Mad Fientist...
Our plan for financial independence
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Overpaying your mortgage AND investing? How to split your money…
Strategies for splitting your money if you want to overpay your mortgage AND invest
Flexible ways to make money online in the UK
There are more options available than ever to make quick and easy money flexibly. These are all things that I’ve tried to be able to save some extra money or pay for costs...
October 2020 – What I spent in a month
Since starting this blog about six months ago I’ve avoided sharing actual figures. I realised though that it’s the one of the things I find most interesting and helpful when reading other people’s blogs...
Learning Languages on a Budget
I’ve been learning languages since I was a little girl. I’ll be forty next month (yippee!) so that’s at least 30 years. My parents enjoy learning languages too. Once my dad and I ordered...