As you probably know by now, we’re expecting a baby in July! As money is our favourite topic, we wanted to understand the financial impact of having a baby! Aside from the obvious emotional impact of expecting a baby, there are some very significant financial aspects to think about. We expect most of the population …
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How to Kill off Ambition and De-Motivate Your Staff
A tale of how a recent experience has strongly reinforced my will to achieve FIRE and have more flexibility in the way I spend my time. Background Since starting at my company 7.5 years ago, I’ve been one of the stand-out performers in most areas. I don’t like saying that type of thing because it …
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Happy New Year!
2019 2019 has been a year to remember for us, with highlights including: Starting a blog in March!!! Getting engaged in July An incredible month-long trip to East AfricaFinding out we are expecting our first child, Baby Way , in July 2020 Booking a wedding venue for 2021 Clearly, 2019 has been more expensive than we would have liked! Despite …
Frugal Tennis Improvement
As you probably know by now, we’re always looking to optimise in every area of our lives. My latest obsession in this regard is with my tennis, as discussed in Tennis Mindset. I’ve decided to push myself to develop to the next level. I really want to compete with players who currently thrash me! I'm determined …
6 Steps to Financial Success as a Graduate
Top Financial Tips for New Graduates In my place of work I come across a lot of new graduates joining our company, fresh from University. This is such an exciting time in their life, as they finally start to earn their own money and create their own lifestyle. It can really be a make or break time in their financial journey. I’m writing this post …
Misunderstanding the FIRE Movement
There has been a steady increase in the mainstream media coverage for Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE), especially here in the UK. While it’s a really good thing that our message is being spread to more people, this also brings a lot of frustration with it. Almost every time I have seen FIRE covered in the press, …
Tennis Mindset
3 Similarities Between Tennis and Financial Independence In Frugal Fitness we mentioned that I play competitive tennis alongside my strength training. This is something I have increasingly taken more seriously, with a real desire to improve. As I write this, the summer season has just finished and I’m aiming to use the winter months to …
A Frugal Engagement
As we keep saying on this blog, our general approach in life is to CHALLENGE EVERYTHING! Because of this, the topic of engagements (and more widely, marriage) is one that immediately makes me feel unwell. The whole process is drowning in so many ‘customs’ and expected behaviours . Many of these come with a large financial impact which …
Blood Donation
Having just completed my 25th blood donation, I wanted to write a brief article about my experiences so far. Giving blood is one of the most self-less acts you can do, giving the chance of survival to those in critical condition, or furthering research into life-saving treatments. It’s something I will continue to do for as long as …
Thought Experiment 6 – Mr Way
Unpopular Opinion This is the latest in the series of SavingNinja‘s Thought Experiment posts. This is an idea to get bloggers to immediately respond to a question and all post their answers on their blogs. You have to write the first thing you think of and can’t pre-plan or do any major editing. If you want …