April ’21 – Net Worth and monthly update #33 £704,153 (+£12,501) 100% FI

Posted on 3rd May 2021 by FU MON CHU

I’ve done it!

We’ve finally reached my FI target number this month with a nice £12.5k net worth increase.

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22 year old-Net worth update

Posted on 16th April 2021 by FU MON CHU

I published the net worth of FU#1, our 1st of six children, in October 2020 here, so time for another update on his progress.

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FI Freedom – What Next?

Posted on 3rd April 2021 by FU MON CHU

Reaching 99% FI is something I could not even imagine when I discovered FIRE and started this blog over 3 years ago!

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Mar ’21 – Net Worth and monthly update #32 £691,652 (+£27,500) 99% FI

Posted on 1st April 2021 by FU MON CHU

I got 99 problems but this ain’t one.

An unexpected big increase this month has propelled me to 99% FI.  So close now to hitting my target figure and it’s looking like I will reach it next month.

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Planning for Decumulation

Posted on 12th March 2021 by FU MON CHU

This post is for the monthly challenge posed by indeedably at sovereign quest. I don’t normally take part in these monthly challenges, mostly due to time restraints,  but this is a subject I’ve been thinking about a lot recently as I am getting close to reaching my FI number. So here are my thoughts and plans.

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Feb ’21 – Net Worth and monthly update #31 £664,152 (+£2,644) 96% FI

Posted on 5th March 2021 by FU MON CHU

A cold February month has had its good parts and bad parts for us.

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Jan ’21 – Net Worth and monthly update #30 £661,508 (+£9,087) 96% FI

Posted on 10th February 2021 by FU MON CHU

A scary statistic I saw the other day – we are already more than 10% through 2021!

It was a boot up the backside to start making some progress, as it feels like I have not done or achieved anything much yet this year, or even that the year has even properly begun.

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Dec ’20 – Net Worth and monthly update #29 £652,421 (+£28,939) 95% FI

Posted on 8th January 2021 by FU MON CHU

Well, what a year 2020 was.

We started January ’20 in an optimistic mood looking forward to upcoming family holidays throughout the year, celebrations for a couple of milestone birthdays (including mine) and a family wedding in the summer.

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Nov ’20 – Net Worth and monthly update #27 £623,482 (+£22,006) 93% FI

Posted on 4th December 2020 by FU MON CHU

This month’s lockdown went by pretty quickly, probably because not much changed in our daily lives apart from not being able to go to restaurants and the kids’ football being cancelled. Continue reading →

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Oct ’20 – Net Worth and monthly update #26 £601,476 (+£17,037) 91% FI

Posted on 6th November 2020 by FU MON CHU

Following on from the positive tests for Covid in the FU household last month, everyone has now recovered.

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