Since I started pursuing early retirement I have continued in my full time job, but with an ever increasing desire for financial freedom. So much so that I check my investment accounts more often than I should and regularly dream about a day where I can just do whatever I like without any accountability. This [...]
November 2019 Report
November has been a good month for me, certainly in contrast to the last few months! My regular job income has been bolstered by some good profits from matched betting, meaning that I can put more in my ISA than I expected. Below is the amount contributed to savings for November. ISA: £1,000 (£500 from [...]
October 2019 Report
Rain and busyness at work were the key themes of this month; but there is joy in everything if you wish to look for it. Being busy at work meant the days in the office went faster and because I was looking for a distraction in the evenings I managed to dedicate more time to [...]
14 months of Matched Betting
Introduction: My first experience of matched betting was just over 10 years ago. At this time although it was popular, there wasn't as much literature on the subject as there is now and it took some time to find the right offers manually. Now there are so many articles and websites designed to help you [...]
Otium
As with many Latin words, otium has many modern day interpretations. Originating in language used by roman infantry to describe time 'on leave', it became to be roughly translated as leisure time, or time away from one's daily public life ('public life' in this sense was typically used to describe active engagements or commitments to [...]