Hello and welcome back to Mortgage Advisor on FIRE. Weekly Update It’s been a couple of weeks since the last post, but there’s no ominous reason behind this. It’s just a case of there not being enough hours in the day, or enough days in the week. Work continues to be a positive, and soContinue reading “Part 363 & 364”
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Part 362: More Biking Costs and More Conspiracy Theories
Hello and welcome back to Mortgage Advisor on FIRE. Weekly Update A bit of a shorter post this week due to the fact that I generally need about 36 hours per day to get everything done. Sadly, I think my bike, which I call The Roci (short for Rocinante from Don Quixote and The Expanse),Continue reading “Part 362: More Biking Costs and More Conspiracy Theories”
Part 361: ISAs and Project Blue Beam
Hello and welcome back to Mortgage Advisor on FIRE. Weekly Update Our Poppy celebrated her 17th birthday this week, and as tradition dictates we served her meowjasty some chicken that was shaped to read her new age. Now that she’s 17 I think she can learn to drive, but that’s a whole other conversation. SheContinue reading “Part 361: ISAs and Project Blue Beam”
Part 360: Shooting for the Moon
Hello and welcome back to Mortgage Advisor on FIRE. Weekly Update It was another good week with work, and I’m feeling positive about this new role. Between my mortgage day job, working on the new podcast, and making sure I get in plenty of bike rides whilst the weather is still ok, I’ve not hadContinue reading “Part 360: Shooting for the Moon”
Part 359: Birthday Week
Hello and welcome back to Mortgage Advisor on FIRE. Weekly Update This week was split neatly into two distinct parts: four days of work, followed by a long birthday weekend. Monday through Thursday were mostly dominated by work, although we managed to fit in a few bike rides along the way. I’m still settling intoContinue reading “Part 359: Birthday Week”
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 aContinue reading “Part 358: A Titanic Update”
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. TheContinue reading “Part 357: A Good Week”
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 WhitingContinue reading “Part 356: Mass Bike Rides, Podcasts, Cat Forts, and More…”
Part 355: The Eclipse, and Your FI Number
Hello and welcome back to Mortgage Advisor on FIRE. The Eclipse Oana and I took a walk up a nearby hill from which you can get amazing views of the city. Many others had the same idea, and so we watched the eclipse with a couple of hundred other people. It was a really chilledContinue reading “Part 355: The Eclipse, and Your FI Number”
Part 354: Pod People
Hello and welcome back to Mortgage Advisor on FIRE. Weekly Update The big news from this week is that I’ve accepted a job with a mortgage brokerage. This is a self-employed position, and there are some real positives from this offer. First off, the owner and I hit it off quickly, and he was reallyContinue reading “Part 354: Pod People”