Jeremy, great idea -I’ll add it to my ideas list. That said, my main strategy is avoiding aquiring junk in the first place. Easier said than done but I think I’m getting it down to an art!

I agree, it is always good to have more than one string to your bowe.

Investors often talk about portfolio diversification and big companies like amazon have moved into other areas of business, so they are not so reliant on books. So why not apply the same concept to jobs?

You ought to write an article about selling old junk (ebay and car boots sales). It is an amazing way of generating some extra cash, you get rid of stuff you don’t need anymore and you have more space (win, win, win).

Very good indeed.

Good post again Adam. I too am a supporter of the strong financial defence, and I am currently trying to build mine. As I have said in many of my previous posts, the plans are there, I’m just waiting until I am in my new house and paying the bills before I set them going! However, in terms of being “the striker”, I think I am in the “daunting prospect for many” group!

I think the most important line here is “It’s more important to have a vision of where you want to be”. There’s no point taking big life risks if you find that you’ve ended up in a place where you don’t want to be, regardless of how successful you have been. Continuing with the football theme, you can score as many goals and win as many awards as you like, but if you hate the team and the players you are playing with how happy will you really be? I personally think that being happy with your financial position is a much better measure of success than the amount that is sat in your bank account(s).

I seem to be making a habit of providing the “emotional” point of view on these posts!