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Hello and welcome to Mortgage Advisor on FIRE. My name is David Scothern. This blog charts my journey, which started late 2019, to financial independence. This is an ongoing project, and I hope you enjoy my content. I discuss finance, investing, mental health, and lots of random stuff as the mood strikes. Thank you for visiting.
Part 358: A Titanic Update
Hello and welcome back to Mortgage Advisor on FIRE. Weekly Update As I mentioned last week, my output for the blog might slow a little over the coming weeks. This might take the form of slightly shorter posts, or even microblogs from time to time. This week, though, I’ve just about managed to put a…
Part 357: A Good Week
Hello and welcome back to Mortgage Advisor on FIRE. It’s been a pretty good week this week. We’ve managed to get a few bike rides in, my new job has started really well, and we got to watch Sheffield Wednesday absolutely batter someone on Saturday. There are definitely worse ways to spend a week. The…
Part 356: Mass Bike Rides, Podcasts, Cat Forts, and More…
Hello and welcome back to Mortgage Advisor on FIRE. When Sheffield Became One Giant Bike Rave Last Sunday, several thousand people decided to ride around the city of Sheffield with drum and bass being blasted through a network of connected speakers. It was chaos, and it was brilliant. If you’ve never come across Dom Whiting…
