The Problem With Good Personal Finance? It’s Boring As Hell

The Problem With Good Personal Finance? It’s Boring As Hell

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I first started reading about personal finance and early retirement just over 5 years ago. At the time, my partner and I were living in a tiny 1-bedroomed house, desperately trying to save up for a house deposit while seeing a large chunk of our earnings disappear each month on rent, food and transport. During this time I begun researching online for others who had been in similar situations and how they had adapted themselves in order to increase their…

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October 2017 Networth

October 2017 Networth

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For the past year or so I’ve really struggled to get my income/expenses reports done in time. The truth is i found them incredibly dull to calculate and produce as everything is pretty much just on autopilot these days as far as salary & expenses go. The only real variable is the Matched Betting income however that is extremely volatile and can go anywhere from 1k to 4k in a typical month without really much difference in effort on my…

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September 2017 Networth

September 2017 Networth

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I’ve decided a change of format is in order so time for the 1st monthly networth report. For the past year or so I’ve really struggled to get my income/expenses reports done in time. The truth is i found them incredibly dull to calculate and produce as everything is pretty much just on autopilot these days as far as salary & expenses go. The only real variable is the Matched Betting income however that is extremely volatile and can go…

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August 2017 Income/Expenses

August 2017 Income/Expenses

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It’s already September and im so late for this month’s income/expenses. From Matched Betting I made £2898.34 in August. The football season is back in full swing and a majority of my profit came from sports reload offers, thus proving that there is still good money to be made even after the sigups. As always, I go into a bit more detail on the Matched Betting Guy blog. I’ve also started building up an affiliate income stream from the Matched…

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Getting fit with accountability

Getting fit with accountability

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Gyms suck, I can’t stand them. Something about the bright lights, pumping music, mirrors everywhere and a whole host of machines I don’t know how to fully operate properly totally puts me off. I’ve tried them, but I hate them. It’s not just the surroundings, its the sheer mind numbing boredom of running on the same spot staring at a wall which has forever secured my hatred of gyms and why I’ll never waste another 6 months worth of subscriptions…

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July 2017 Income/Expenses

July 2017 Income/Expenses

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With all the excitement (and expenses) of a wedding & honeymoon in the last few months it’s been impossible to accurately track all the income/expenses coming and going from the many different accounts involved. Because of this, I decided to stop tracking until things had gotten back to normal with just normal living expenditure. After the wedding I spent a long time getting various finances sorted. I was far too heavy in cash and knew I needed to sort out…

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How to retire at 40

How to retire at 40

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Last year I was contacted through this site by a journalist who wanted to speak to me about potentially becoming involved in an upcoming pilot for a television program about early retirement. I agreed and we had a lengthy phone conversation where she discussed what the show was going to be about (People retiring by or in their 40s) and how they wanted to get a wide range of people trying different methods to reach this state. It all sounded…

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Financial Thoughts From Florida

Financial Thoughts From Florida

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We are back! Thank you to everyone who commented or emailed over well wishes for the wedding & honeymoon. We had a lovely day which absolutely flew past and a nice long honeymoon out in the baking Florida sun experiencing all the theme parks and unhealthy food. We’ve came back tired, fatter and quite a bit poorer but very happy for the memories made. I thought I’d share with you some of the financial thoughts from our time away in…

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March 2017 Income/Expenses

March 2017 Income/Expenses

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It’s finally here! 16 months after making my biggest investment.. I get married this month! It’s been one hell of a journey between then and now as we both scrambled to massively increase our incomes to be able to fully cover all the costs and have the wedding we both wanted without having to cut any corners. When we first got engaged, we made the decision to graciously decline the offers of financial help from our parents. It was important…

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February 2017 Income/Expenses

February 2017 Income/Expenses

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It was payday yesterday so time for last month’s income/expenses. In February I focused on improving the MBG blog by adding more links through to various bookmaker offers. There’s a few similar blogs I’ve seen where they basically list out every offer available everday however I just haven’t got the time for that. Instead I’m going to focus on the initial signup offers and then going into more depth about some of the advanced by repeatable reload offers that the…

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