One thing I noticed whilst reading others on a similar journey, is how positive their journeys were. Now, this is not a negative thing on them but when we fell off for a bit, it was almost as though we had failed somehow. It just […]
Category: Our Journey
Plans for our home when we retire
#Collaborative post Thinking ahead to our future, our home has always been our biggest asset. We had always talked about selling up and downsizing, as well as relocating. As it stands though, we just need to finalise a location nearer the time. Currently, we live […]
How to improve your credit score
On this journey, one of the biggest improvements we have seen is our credit score. When we started, I did do a little bit of research on how to improve your credit score. Not for us to get more credit and fall deeper into the […]
Our financial plans for our retirement
When we made our plans for our retirement, we hadn’t really thought much about how we were going to get there. To be honest, now we are on our journey, we are planning so we know how we are going to reach that goal. Of […]
Our aims and hopes for 2021
2020 was a strange year, however, it is now behind us and we are moving forward in 2021 with hopes of a good year and hopefully more positive steps on our journey. I have been thinking about what our plans are for 2021, without trying […]
A round up of our finance journey in 2020
Well, what a strange year it has been. I feel it is only right to do a round up of our finance journey in 2020 so when the time is right I can come back and reflect on what we achieved in a year that […]
What to do when you hit a bump in the road on your debt-free journey
The deb-free journey can be a long one. Everyone has a different journey, not only in monetary terms but also in terms of the length of the journey. Now with anything, no journey is smooth, regardless of how long that journey is. But what exactly […]
What is our actual financial aim?
I’ve been reflecting a lot lately on our journey, how far we’ve come and how far we’ve got to go. When we stop and take time to let it all sink in, it seems like such a big aim we have. When you add it […]
The realities of a debt-free journey
I have read so many debt-free journeys over the years and they have spurred me on to start our own. The realities of the debt-free journey, however, were something I had not really considered and there was a lot of adjustments I had to make […]
Our mortgage goals
Our mortgage is without a doubt a huge debt granted it is placed against the house with itself is an asset. It feels like a big cloud hanging over our shoulder on our journey to retirement, with us not being able to retire early whilst […]