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Tag Archives: retire early
Retiring Retirement
Mr Fu and I have just listened tonight, open-mouthed, to a programme on Radio 4 called Retiring Retirement, which outlined the future for retirement – or rather, the lack of it. With the official retirement age abolished and life expectancy going … Continue reading
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Tagged early retirement, pension, retire, retire early, retirement, work
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Secret Hobbies and the Big Match
Have you a secret hobby? Something you’ve not mentioned to any friends or family because it would mean too much explanation (and even then they might put you on their People-I’m-Worried-About List?) Mr FU and I have. We’ve all the … Continue reading
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Tagged family, financial, financial independence, fire, free, matched betting, money, retire early
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Little FU#1 – Step 3 Devise an Investment Strategy
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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Tagged budget, children, compound interest, contributions, early retirement, financial independence, government, income, index funds, investments, ISA, LISA, lupm sum, pension, plan, property, purchase, retire early, retirement, saving, savings, strategy, tax-free
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Little FU#1 – Step 2 The Budget
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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Tagged budget, compound interest, early retirement, family, financial, financial independence, fire, free money, income, invest, investment, ISA, job, money, retire early, retirement, saving, value
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Does Home Education FIRE your Imagination?
From what I hear and read, people of the FIRE community are really keen to not just retire early or become financially independent, but to buy back time. The freedom created when you no longer need to work means you’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged education, financial, financial independence. fire, home, home education, independence, job, learning, life, retire early, retirement, school, schooling
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School’s FIREd!
In my last post, I mentioned the other Great Leap we’d taken in our lives lately. It’s nothing wildly exciting, but it is a bit different to the norm and it could be hugely relevant to FI-focused parents.
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Tagged children, early retirement, education, family, financial, financial independence, financial independence. fire, fire, home, home education, learning, life, money, plan, retire early, retirement, school, schooling, teach, teaching
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Little FU#1 – the plan, steps 1&2
In my previous post on Little FU#1, I outlined the steps I am putting in place for Little FU#1 to start his journey to FI. I intend to do a series of posts to expand upon those steps so that anyone setting … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, compound interest, early retirement, education, family, financial, financial independence, fire, home education, ISA, job, life, LISA, money, plan, retire early, retirement, saving
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Little FU#1 – the plan
Can a young person on an average net salary of £25k buy a property and become FI by the age of 40? “Impossible!” the mainstream media and the regular man on the street would scream. “Young people can’t even save … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, children, compound interest, debt, deposit, early retirement, family, financial, financial independence, fire, free money, home, house, income, independence, invest, investment, retire early, retirement, return, saving
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The Not-So-Magic Roundabout (more musings from Mrs Fu)
The discovery of FI is, for me, the equivalent of writing out your life plan as a young adult, following it pretty steadily for thirty years and then scrunching the whole thing into a ball and throwing it into the … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, children, early retirement, family, financial, financial independence, fire, free money, income, ISA, learning, lifestyle, pensions, retire, retire early, retirement, savings, schooling
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Mrs Fu Mon Chu speaks…
Mr Fu Mon Chu just loves a new project. He is a laidback but enthusiastic kind of guy and I’ve been playing devil’s advocate to his ideas and plans during twenty years of marriage, and ten years of dating before … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, children, compound interest, debt, deposit, early retirement, education, family, financial, financial independence, financial independence. fire, home education, ISA, learning, LISA, money, retire early, retirement, saving, schooling, value
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