Quietly Saving
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I'm Weenie. In 2014, I came across the term FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early). I set up this blog, devised a plan, began to save more and invest.
I try to balance enjoying my life in the present while attempting to plan for the future. My plan is to be in a position to not have to work full-time (or at all) by 2025 (or 2024, depending on whether I want to do 'one more..
Quietly Saving
2w ago
June was a mix of work, social activities and work social activities. Oh and watching lots of football on tv (and not always enjoying it, in the case of England!) I also celebrated my birthday this month – another year …
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Quietly Saving
1M ago
May seemed to come and go in a blur of bank holidays. I made the most of the long weekends and the decent weather – all fence panels (front and back) have been wood stained and I even did a …
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Quietly Saving
2M ago
Update is later than usual and I blame the sunny evenings and weekends, which had me spending more time outside, less indoors on my laptop (wi-fi isn’t great in the garden!). April started off well with an evening out at …
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Quietly Saving
3M ago
Well, the wheel of time grinds onwards and last month, my blog turned an epic TEN YEARS OLD! Happy 10th birthday to Quietly Saving! ? Long time or what! Except it hasn’t really felt that way. My blog is positively …
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Quietly Saving
5M ago
As mentioned in my last post and as highly recommended by various commenters, I’ve been tracking all my spending. January was what I expected, but partway through February, I realised that there was definitely going to be variance between what …
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Quietly Saving
6M ago
I kind of ‘lost’ two weeks in January while I recovered from my surgery. The procedure went well; painkillers sent my head into woo-woo land and antihistamines I had to take to counter an allergy to antibiotics caused such drowsiness …
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Quietly Saving
7M ago
A week into 2024 and already, the boom we saw at the end of last year is beginning to fray a little around the edges. This is more or less how 2023 started so are we going to get more …
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Quietly Saving
7M ago
Happy New Year! I was in the gym on New Year’s Eve and out litter-picking on New Year’s Day morning – starting as I mean to go on! Anyway, let’s just get the numbers out of the way for 2023! …
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Quietly Saving
7M ago
The full December update will include my progress (or lack of!) over 2023, how I did versus my goals and if the Santa Rally continued until the end of the year. I’ll then be setting some new goals for 2024. …
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Quietly Saving
8M ago
November passed in the blink of an eye and for the first time in a long while, I experienced a few sleepless nights due to workload (and other things). However, I’m not one to dwell on negative stuff so I’ll …
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