Hello and welcome back to Mortgage Advisor on FIRE. This week I discuss the upcoming Labour budget, and take a look at why I won’t get bored when I FIRE. Also, it turns out I look Danish to some… Weekly Update I look Danish. I’ll take that. Let me explain… Earlier this week I accompaniedContinue reading “Part 261: Are you not entertained?”
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Looking Back: Part 16
Originally published February 14th, 2020. Hello and welcome back to Mortgage Advisor on FIRE. This week I will be discussing deal packaging and direct to vendor marketing. First, however, I will have a look at the past week. Weekly Update The next few paragraphs are a bit depressing. I was not in a good way,Continue reading “Looking Back: Part 16”
Part 252: Exciting Times – TempFI
Hello and welcome back to Mortgage Advisor on FIRE. This week I have exciting news, which you will find below. Also, thoughts on the recent Kiefer Sutherland concert, and yet more frustrating interactions with the agent selling our BTL. Weekly Update On Monday we went to see Kiefer Sutherland for the third time. The previousContinue reading “Part 252: Exciting Times – TempFI”
Looking Back: Part 15
Originally published February 7th, 2020. Introduction Hello and welcome back to Mortgage Advisor on FIRE. This week I will be looking at some more absurd financial “journalism”, and how house buying has become so much more difficult in the last few decades. Weekly Update My health is no better since last week, unfortunately. I nowContinue reading “Looking Back: Part 15”
Looking Back: Part 12
Originally published January 10th, 2020. There are two main dividing lines in my life; before and after 9/11, and before and after Covid. Both events changed the world massively, and we’re still dealing with the impact of the pandemic. Trying to remember a time before face masks, social distancing, and handshakes is strange now. IntroductionContinue reading “Looking Back: Part 12”
Looking Back: Part 3
[Originally published November 15th, 2019]. Weekly Update The short version of the story is that I’m still in pain. My ankle/foot is still hurting a lot but the tramadol is taking the edge off and leaving me pretty spaced out. I’ve seen a consultant who thinks I could have a stress fracture or possibly somethingContinue reading “Looking Back: Part 3”
Looking Back: Part 1
Hello and welcome back to Mortgage Advisor on FIRE. For a while, I’ve been wanting to revisit old posts, tidy them up, and bring them in line with the look and feel of the site now. Rather than just going back and editing the old posts, I thought it might be interesting to look backContinue reading “Looking Back: Part 1”
Part 216
Hello and welcome back to Mortgage Advisor on FIRE. Some positive developments in my mental and financial health. Also, a look at tipsters trying to beat the market. Weekly Update Last week wasn’t too bad overall. I started with an appointment with my psychologist, and I continue to be impressed by her. The techniques weContinue reading “Part 216”
Happiness
The True Currency of Happiness In a world often driven by the pursuit of financial success, it’s easy to lose sight of what truly matters; happiness, time, and freedom. Many of us have been conditioned to believe that the accumulation of wealth is the ultimate key to a fulfilling life. However, what if the realContinue reading “Happiness”
Part 165
Hello and welcome back to Mortgage Advisor on FIRE. A look at our plans for Christmas, and a list of my most-read posts of 2022. Also, the usual financial updates, and some BTL developments. Weekly Update I always find this time of year a bit strange. I used to be quite anti-Christmas, but now IContinue reading “Part 165”