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UK on FIRE! Free places to make memories with the family
In my last post I posted a list of free educational apps and sites, but what about downtime? As a family of eight going anywhere can end up costing the earth, but after listening to Brad & Jonathan on a ChooseFI podcast talking … Continue reading
Posted in Mrs FU
Tagged apps, art, budget, children, compound interest, days out, discover, early retirement, education, explore, family, financial independence, fire, free, gallery, halfterm, holidays, kids, learn, learning, life, museum, sightseeing, summer, trips, UK, value, visit, visits, websites, workshop
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Free Money – Who wants an extra £250,000 tax free?
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
Posted in FU #1, FU MON CHU
Tagged compound interest, deposit, early retirement, financial independence. fire, free money, government, house, invest, investment, ISA, LISA, money, return, value
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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
Posted in FU #1
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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Little FU #1 – Start of a Journey
You hear every day in the news about the housing ‘crisis’, that young people are hard done by, and that they will never be able to afford their own homes, will never be able to retire or will need to keep … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, children, compound interest, deposit, early retirement, family, financial, financial independence, financial independence. fire, fire, free, house, income, independence, investment, ISA, learning, LISA, online, retirement, saving, teaching, value
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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
Posted in Mrs FU
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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The Bride of FU MON CHU
Mrs FU MON CHU is generally quite cynical. She quite often ridicules my latest interests/fads and it is quite difficult to get her on board to new ideas even though she is very intelligent ; ) . Once she is convinced … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, early retirement, family, financial, financial independence, fire, free, home, house, independence, ISA, learning, LISA, money, retire early, return, saving, value
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The Awakening of FU MON CHU
Despite being reasonably financially savvy, or so I thought, I was surprised to realise I had been sleepwalking on a financial hamster wheel for the past several years. My financial education had come mainly from mainstream media sources, such as … Continue reading
Posted in FU MON CHU
Tagged budget, compound interest, early retirement, family, financial, financial independence, fire, free, government, income, independence, invest, investment, job, learning, life, money, podcast, retirement, value, websites, work, worker
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This is my first post – About Me
Hi, I’m FU MON CHU Why FU MON CHU? I know it’s a bit cringy, but it just came to me when thinking of a pseudonym linked to the theme of this blog page – so I just went with … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, budget, compound interest, debt, discovery, diverse, early retirement, enjoy, family, FI, financial, financial independence, financial independence. fire, fire, home, hope, income, invest, ISA, job, journey, life, LISA, mainstream, money, motivation, online, principles, retire, retire early, retirement, saving, university, value, work, working
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