Category: Midlife gap year

Finances, Goals, Midlife gap year

Financial Update: December & year end

Firelite

Happy new year to all my readers and passers by. I hope those of you on your financial independence (FI) journey have celebrated your achievements this year. Although I've been a bit quieter than I wanted to be of late, I've noticed some people dropping by over the Christmas period, which has been appreciated! Anyway,… Continue reading Financial Update: December & year end

About me, Life, Midlife gap year, Personal development

Midlife schmidlife: An honest meditation

Firelite

How do I feel about this gradually changing me? It's easy to forget that no life transition is easy. Teenhood, adulthood... Teething problems to say the least! But unlike those other times, 'midlife' conjures up much less little excitement for a life unwritten, especially from an agecentric young person's perspective. I must accept this reality,… Continue reading Midlife schmidlife: An honest meditation

About me, Finances, Goal setting, Midlife gap year, Personal development

The Journey So Far: Reflections & revelations

Firelite

So, 3 weeks into blogging now…. And I’m really enjoying it! I’m grateful to all who stop by (that’s you!) and those who take a peruse around. It's starting to look like a blog now and not a few 'articles' that may fizzle out any moment. I’ve had my first non-promotive-type subscribers and comments. So,… Continue reading The Journey So Far: Reflections & revelations

Goal setting, Midlife gap year, Personal development

Living authentically means living with inner conflict

Firelite

So, fresh out of my first ever life coaching session yesterday, pondering about my midlife gap year plan I am trying to commit myself to (in 12 months’ time), the succinct quote below is what's left ringing in my ears. I'm not sure why, but I responded with "Yes, do you think so?" The answers… Continue reading Living authentically means living with inner conflict

Early retirement, Goal setting, Midlife gap year, Personal development

Human wholeness – in the pursuit of FI

Firelite

Earning the surplus time to eventually focus on me in a Meaningful Way. This includes realigning my relationships with the world. A bit like a life physio. That's in short what I want out of financial independence (FI) / early retirement.  "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts' For so long I've… Continue reading Human wholeness – in the pursuit of FI

Goal setting, Goals, Midlife gap year, Personal development

The secret life of an FIer

Firelite

Over the last year, I've been reading lots of FI* books and blogs, squirreling away ideas and mulling them over in my head. There were some good principles, but frankly I wasn't sure how to implement what I was learning as actually I wanted to take a year out... I wanted to be FI now!… Continue reading The secret life of an FIer