Insights along the way

• The journey begins…
• Journey so far: Reflections & revelations (3 weeks in)
• Can you predict your future financial needs? (The case for checking your FI numbers and your own situation/needs)
• Rethinking my FI strategy? (Classic FI Vs conventional early retirement)
• Considering property investment and My FI plan – Part 1 (Part 2 due soon!)
• Six months of blogging: Reflections and goals
• Voluntary redundancy in the time of Corona

Investing

• The ftse & S&P nosedive! (Aug 2019)
• Considering property investment and My FI plan – Part 1 (Part 2 will come soon!)
• Riding the tide: Which Vanguard funds I’m adding to (April 2020)
• The thrill of a free share: Starting my mini share portfolio

Unlikely topics of conversation – occasional series

1. Quantitative easing

(Re)prioritising values

• Packing minimalism
• The altruistic FIer: How to create a helping portfolio

The future

• The thought experiment post I never wrote: Last October’s prediction of a future pandemic!

Finance independence philosophy

• What’s your savings rate and are you getting it right?
• Luck and bias in the FI mindset
• The altruistic FIer: How to create a helping portfolio
• Rethinking my FI strategy? (Classic FI Vs conventional early retirement)
• Considering property investment and My FI plan – Part 1 (Part 2 will come soon)
• Five things I’m taking a while to (un)learn
• Do you need as much as you think to be financially independent?
• Which FI dinosaur are you? (Just for fun.)

Saving, frugality, living lightly

• My unwritten rules for living (frugally)
• Motherhood and FI: Family, finances and frugality
• Treats for under 50p (60ct) that make me happy
• What exactly is inflation and how to beat it
• How to teach a young child money mindfulness
• Ecofrugal: My 17 top tips for a win-win

Parents and little ones

• Motherhood and FI: Family, finances and frugality
• How to teach a young child money mindfulness

‘Soul searching’

• Midlife schmidlife: An honest meditation
• What’s better than happiness?
• Human wholeness: In the pursuit of FI
• Living authentically means living with inner conflict
• Discoveries in lockdown: Lessons to take away…
• The Four Burners theory and the why of FI
• Voluntary redundancy in the time of Corona

Finance-focused updates

• August 2019 (world markets, bond index fund, free childcare hours)
• October 2019 (Vanguard fee reduction, my failed savings rate, property thoughts)
• November 2019 (the capitalist rat race, batch cooking lunches for freezing, personal revamp)
• December / year end 2019 (update on FI stash & assets, half millionaire already?!)
• February & March 2020 (lockdown, world markets fall, re-evaluating Life 1.2)
• April 2020 (still locked down, 77% savings rate, switched bonds to equities)
• May 2020 (index funds almost not negative, 82% savings rate, deposit for buy-to-let raised)
• June 2020 (lockdown lifting, 82% SR again! Lean FI at 50?)