Category Archives: FU #1

21 year old – Net Worth and FIRE plan update

Posted on 9th October 2020 by FU MON CHU

Our 21 year old son, FU#1, has been on his Fire journey for the last 3 years. I last updated his figures in June ’20, so let’s check in on his progress.

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21 year old – Net Worth and FIRE plan update

Posted on 13th June 2020 by FU MON CHU

Our 21 year old son, FU#1, has been on his Fire journey for the last 3 years. I last updated his figures in February ’20 here, so let’s check in on his progress.

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Net Worth update of 21 year old on the path to FIRE

Posted on 14th February 2020 by FU MON CHU

Our first child of 6, FU#1, has been on his own path to FIRE for a while now, so I’ll do a quick update on his progress.

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LISA – Was she a swipe right for FU#1?

Posted on 18th May 2019 by FU MON CHU

LISA’s profile – Attractive, seeking short or long term partner (with benefits), preferably aged 18-40, looking to settle down and buy a house with, and/or eventually retire with the right person.

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Patience you must have, my young padawan.

Posted on 10th February 2019 by FU MON CHU

My son , FU#1, is following an apprentice pathway in his career, as we have detailed in previous posts. He is now 20 and is coming towards the end of the apprenticeship he started in mid 2016. He has done his … Continue reading →

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Thanks for doing the washing mum!

Posted on 25th November 2018 by FU MON CHU

Today we have our first Guest post on this blog. Our special (in our eyes) guest blog post is by none other than our first born, little FU#1. It actually feels quite strange to read his thoughts on paper as a … Continue reading →

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An Apprenticeship in FIRE-Starting

Posted on 12th May 2018 by Mrs Fu Mon Chu

I was listening to Jonathan and Brad on their ChooseFI podcast all about coding this week and found it really interesting.    They were interviewing Ryan Carson from Treehouse, an online coding tuition course website, who considers coding to be a … Continue reading →

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Little FU#1 – Step 3 Devise an Investment Strategy

Posted on 29th April 2018 by FU MON CHU

Recap – This is step 3 in the process to set up a plan for my son, FU#1, to buy a property and reach FI before he is 40 years old. In step 2 of the plan, we set up an … Continue reading →

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Free Money – Who wants an extra £250,000 tax free?

Posted on 13th April 2018 by FU MON CHU

Who would like a tax-free birthday present of £250,000, for free?

Me please, whats the catch? How much is it going to cost?

The cost to you, my friend? – Zilch, Nada, Zippo, Zero, Nothing!

This is a scam, right?

No.

So what gives? Continue reading →

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Little FU#1 – Step 2 The Budget

Posted on 10th April 2018 by FU MON CHU

I’m putting in place a quite simple budget plan for FU#1 that doesn’t need a lot of tracking and doesn’t require every little transaction to be logged. I have broken the budget down to 3 main areas. These are Savings, Essential … Continue reading →

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