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Month: June 2018

Ms ZiYou Goals

More-Better-Different-Less – A Goal Evaluation Framework

Written by Ms ZiYou30th June 201830th June 2018 18 Comments

Holler, where has the year gone? Can you believe we are exactly halfway through the year? Me neither, as I get older time seems to fly by more quickly. And being a field marshall – ENTJ personality type, I love to plan and review progress. Lately, I’ve been liking the more-better-different-less framework to evaluate progress, as an […]

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Lost art of compromise – the troubles and politics today

Written by Ms ZiYou28th June 201828th June 2018 2 Comments

After visiting Northern Ireland over the bank holiday, I have been thinking about the art of compromise a lot. Learning more about the troubles in there, a tribal time with unthinkable violence,  brought to home how violence was the end result when people were not able to work together and compromise. Then I think about […]

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Travel as a child – Experiencing Countries 1 to 5

Written by Ms ZiYou26th June 201826th June 2018 20 Comments

One of my favourite pastimes is travel. I travel to see and feel the world first hand and learn how other people live. And to get a look into other cultures and understand how privileged I am. Here I tell the tales of my travel as a child, the countries I have visited, and my […]

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Bag Lady fears – why $1m is not enough for me to FIRE

Written by Ms ZiYou23rd June 201820th June 2018 46 Comments

As I mentioned in my April monthly update, I was a dollar millionaire in net worth. A few people asked me why I was not then FIRE’ing, and what my FIRE number was. Henceforth I lay out my bag lady fears, and why I feel I personally need more than $1m to FIRE while also attempting […]

Ms ZiYou Accidental Environmentalist

An accidental environmentalist gets more devout

Written by Ms ZiYou21st June 201819th June 2018 20 Comments

I never thought I’d be the person to become an eco-warrior. Yet nowadays I frequently am concerned about the environment and the legacy we are leaving future generations. It was not always this way. But somehow, over the past years, I’ve become more and more worried about our impact on the earth. Perhaps I could be […]

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Overcoming mental barriers – Should I get a bike?

Written by Ms ZiYou19th June 201819th June 2018 17 Comments

Over the last few months, I’ve been getting more and more interested in getting a bike – of the pedal cycle or push bike variety. Yet there are many – real or perceived – barriers that are stopping me. I know in the FIRE community biking is popular for health and financial reasons, so I […]

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Resisting the Beauty Tax of Patriarchal Capitalism

Written by Ms ZiYou17th June 201817th June 2018 37 Comments

So, it’s 2018 and here in the UK, some women have had the right to vote for 100 years. All women have had the right to vote for 90 years. We’ve acknowledged that women work, and equal pay legislation has been passed for years – albeit this year’s gender pay gap reports show that companies […]

Net Worth and other updates – May 2018

Written by Ms ZiYou1st June 20181st June 2018 18 Comments

The first of the month can only mean one thing; time to update the spreadsheet and share net worth updates with you all. I’ll share the good times, so-so times and bad times, all under the thin cloak of an alias. So here is May’s review as I lose my dollar millionaire status – and […]

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