Category: Save

A ‘magical’ big spending day!

In life, there is nothing better than giving help, support, assistance or gifts to others.

Digital Currency… WTF?

If you have kids, then put in place a mechanism to help them learn and manage their money from an early age. No one else will. The schools don’t teach it, and I am not sure they should, so it is down to you, dear parent.

3. Money is time in physical form.

Think of that money you will hand over at the next transaction when you buy something, as tiny bundles of time because it actually took your time to earn them.

Passive income streams on the journey to FIRE?

These ideas come dripping into my inbox, all disguised as the latest and best way to become wealthy. It is all more blah, blah and about one-way money transference—mine to theirs.

Getting to F.I.R.E is a four point strategy. Maybe a 5?

When pushed into the conversation, I can elaborate, but I hold back until I build trust. For context, I have been down, skinto-flinto as they would say in Glasgow, and now I am building myself back up. 

What lit my F.I.R.E, and what keeps it burning.

That was the catalyst for me to start a journey towards FIRE. I did not know at the time that this was the journey I was on. I just knew that I was never going back to that stressful situation.

My process for being a ‘Curating Consumer’ when I go BIG!

I am frugal with money. I am careful with what I spend it on and look for value and understand the actual need of the things I purchase. It doesn’t mean I don’t buy something that I want or that I need. 

Procrastination or Priority Setting, who cares when it is an off day.

I What was so important that it took over my top priority?

How to look at money…

I would think it all very f*cking heavy; however, there was always niggling of common sense somewhere in there.

The financial goal-line is always moving, here is what you do…

After all, if you are playing English Premier Football and you are not winning the league title, you don’t chuck it all in to go play American Football.

Time is a wonderful thing, right?

Time is healing my obsession with time.

The true hidden cost that f*cks you later!

The one that comes creeping out of the murky darkness to make you pay for it later.

My three brains during financial market turmoil.

I get f*cking scared is the honest truth.

Save something, anything. Just generate the habit

This week has been an expensive week for me. I am good with that

Saving King Cash for the Big One!!

There is something big coming. I have no idea what it is, but somebody has to pay the pandemic bill.

Accept that there is Risk involved in your journey with FIRE.

I awoke this morning to have less value in my investments than I had from the previous week.

In the end, you go out as you came in.

All the other stuff, things you own, it has only a moment in your journey.

Is Time a more valuable commodity than Money?

I wanted to buy back time by saving more money.

5 other reasons to keep a tight budget…

I choose to keep my eye on the prize.

China is changing… but ‘delayed gratification’ could help.

It is very much a trading culture, money and commodities have always changed hands and it is a way of life here.