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Welcome to the Financial Independence UK podcast! Join your hosts Tom and Alex as they talk about ethical investing and how it impacts your FI journey. Themes in this episode include reasons for ethical investing’s growing popularity. Potential downsides of this strategy. Tom and Alex’s personal take on socially responsible funds. As always, if you … Continue reading Ethical investing.
Welcome to the Financial Independence UK podcast! Join your hosts Alex and Tom as they talk about life in the UK and how they are going about achieving FI. In this episode we introduce Alex and discuss how far we are away from FI in order to provide a sense of scale. We talk about … Continue reading The what and why of FI.
Hi, I’m Tom, the other co-host of our podcast that focuses on personal finance in the UK. I graduated with a maths degree and I am currently working as a data analyst, so I like numbers and stuff. The pandemic has brought with it a large number of changes. Some of which are welcome, others … Continue reading Ruthless efficiency of recruitment.
Welcome to the brand new Financial Independence UK podcast! This episode introduces Tom, who he is, his skill set and why he is attempting to be financially independent. You will hear Tom talk with Alvar from the Financial Independence EU. Alvar linked the hosts of FIUK together and has been integral to our mission. Both … Continue reading The beginning.
Life is unpredictable, we can only predict that this will always remain the case. So we need to manage our emotions when life doesn’t go according to plan. The planning stage of financial independence can make it seem like a simple course, choose your path, execute your plan and enjoy the journey. Except life doesn’t … Continue reading Perfectionism and the variables of life.
Mental health is a huge topic, everyone’s experiences are different and individual, so let’s begin with some common ground. Everyone has mental health, it’s a bug bear of mine when mental health is only considered when it deteriorates. People have it, whether it is good or poor at the point of reference. I feel it … Continue reading Looking after your mental health.
The basics of personal finance and getting them right. There is a minefield of information out there, lets start with simplicity. Spend less than you earn (keep some of what you earn)Protect against disaster (make sure you can keep earning)Invest (pay future you) Getting the basics of personal finance down is difficult. It might sound … Continue reading Let’s get the basics right.
This is entry one of my financial health blog. A collection of notes and articles that start as thoughts. Hello! I am Alex, a co-host of the FI UK podcast. I’m a mental health nurse currently working in substance misuse and addictions. All publications are my thoughts only, they are intended to be interesting and … Continue reading Financial anxiety.
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