I finally found a bit of time. Just sat in a coffee shop and finished ‘work’. Some time so I though I would scribble some reflections over the past years […]
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New Year, New Goals ?
I am not one for New Year Resolutions. In fact I have studiously stuck the last one I made about 30 years ago … ‘No more New Year resolutions’. — […]
Read moreCashless update …
Back in February I wrote about the effect of Covid on us and reflected that we had essentially gone cashless. Since then I made a conscious effort to think about […]
Read moreLife is Too Short – Forgive & Move On
Today will be a 2nd kind of surreal afternoon. First was last year as we unlocked in the summer. — I met my first wife at a good mates birthday […]
Read morePersonal Investment Policy
In the same way a Statement of Wishes (SoW) is meant as a direction to executors of an estate (ie direction but not cast in stone), I rather have the […]
Read moreA blast from the past – Economics circa 2011
Just looking at some old stuff and came across a post I made in November 2011. Ireland was just starting to grow out of its last crash (partly by lowering […]
Read moreTime to Change the Car (Part 2)
I started thinking about changing my car in the summer of 2019. I wrote in November of that year about how really I should consider my car as a FIRE […]
Read more2020 Budget – what happened ?
When I looked at my plan for 2020 little did I realise that it would utterly be turned on its head. That said, sure things turned out different, but there […]
Read moreAm I mad to sell a house for £30K less than market value ? Exploring the Perception of Value
I just sold my late mums house in 9 days for nearly about £30k less than I could have made … am I mad ? Let’s see …. […]
Read moreUpdated Cost of Coffee, Cake & cookies
Last year I had a look at our cost of coffee & cake. Not an inconsiderable amount with around £600 just on coffee for the year (calculated). Well, today I […]
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