FireHub.eu profile

I’m really pleased to be profiled on FireHub.eu

While I’m a bit older (OK – a lot older…) than the average FIREHub blogger, I already have 8 years experience  post retirement, so it is quite good for people to have  a real example.

You can read what it is all about here.

My personal write-up is here.  Please take a few minutes to read it. I have been incredibly lucky, good job, good health, happy marriage, but I came so close to financial disaster in 2008/9. Some friends of ours retired in April 2008, both worked for different financial institutions, but sadly both companies went to the wall. All of a sudden, their plans for a great retirement weren’t so secure. Fortunately, they had alternate investments, which protected them. So all I can say, is spread your risk. Dont be like me and have all your eggs in 1 basket!

I have really enjoyed reading the articles posted to date. Every single person is doing something slightly different.

FIRE – Financial Independence (FI) is a movement in its own right, what is becoming increasingly apparent is often that the Retire Early (RE) part, is becoming optional. Many accept that they are financially independent, but don’t want to retire from their current jobs, or indeed working, often they just want to do something different, not part of the corporate 9-5 ladder.

There is some criticism of those who say they are retired, but still do some work, be it consultancy, professional blogging, writing etc. It’s not such a catchy phrase, but maybe the correct  one is Financially Independent, Work Optional. For me, I retired from a busy day job, but soon found other things that I wanted to do. (unpaid…) but my husband at 71, still works part-time by choice…

I hope you enjoy reading some of the series, and maybe find some different blogs to follow.

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