{"id":46811,"date":"2025-01-25T14:33:16","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T14:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/business\/investing\/transitioning-musings-on-2021\/"},"modified":"2025-01-25T14:33:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T14:33:16","slug":"transitioning-musings-on-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=46811","title":{"rendered":"Transitioning \u2013 musings on 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body-3279813905008395165\" itemprop=\"description articleBody\">\n<p>2021 has been my third year since I took that initial leap into the FIRE unknown and for me it\u2019s been my biggest year ever for change.\u00a0 Some good and some not so good.\u00a0 So with the sun fast setting on 2021 I thought it was time to take stock and write some of this down.\u00a0 Warning: If you don\u2019t like blog posts that jump around this one may not be for you but if you want to know what FIRE can truly do to a person then I hope you find it helpful.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">COVID-19<\/h2>\n<p>One of the 2021 elephants in the (influencing my life) room has of course been COVID-19.\u00a0 What I\u2019ve found interesting is that it\u2019s not the virus itself giving me mortality concerns.\u00a0 After all I\u2019m a late 40\u2019s healthy person who drinks very little, eats nutritious food, now has little to no stress, exercises regularly and doesn\u2019t smoke or party hard so that part of life will probably turn out ok if it happens.<\/p>\n<p>What I have however started to become concerned about is watching what a mix of a virus + power + politics + money + mainstream media selling fear + no real debate let alone scientific debate can turn the world into.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For example here in Australia I watched many Victorians being coerced into vaccination not because they thought it was the right thing to do for their and their fellow citizens health but because without it they\u2019d lose their jobs and ability to feed their families.\u00a0 Coercion is never right in my books.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another example is that I am truly shocked at what seems to be going on in Austria where very soon if you are an honest law-abiding citizen who just wants to live in peace you will soon find yourself having committed a crime punishable by large fines or imprisonment.\u00a0 It really does feel like we\u2019ve regressed as a society significantly.<\/p>\n<p>My COVID-19 coping mechanism is to minimise my contact with those selling fear, notably the \u2018news\u2019, which has resulted in a significant improvement in my wellbeing.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Housing<\/h2>\n<p>Housing has been a big topic for us this year.\u00a0 Firstly, let\u2019s cover our current living arrangements.\u00a0 We are still renting in a beautiful part of the world close to the ocean (including visible sea life and plenty of water sports) and forests (including up close wildlife like kangaroos and plenty of trails) which we are absolutely loving.\u00a0 We\u2019ve invested in some new bicycles and are really racking the miles up.\u00a0 So far so good.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"more\"\/>While the above sounds idyllic, and it is for our rental situation, we\u2019ve come to the conclusion that it is however probably not the place to invest hundreds of thousands of dollars, particularly if one believes in global warming.\u00a0 Why do I say this?\u00a0 Helpfully, the local Councils here in Australia publish \u2018mapping\u2019 for each of their regions which is really helpful.\u00a0 It enables you to overlay your home and various \u2018events\u2019.\u00a0 Doing this to our rental shows up an area susceptible to flooding and storm surges as well as being in a bushfire impact zone.\u00a0 On top of this our rental is made of wood and Australia seems to be full of creatures called termites that seems to love devouring wood.<\/p>\n<p>So we rent in a beautiful part of the world but it\u2019s not a part of the world where we\u2019d ever own.\u00a0 Lots and lots of learnings on this front over 2021.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In parallel to us enjoying our environment as we closed on 2020 and entered 2021 a number of things occurred enabling the next part of our housing story to unfold.\u00a0 Firstly, we settled really quickly here in Australia and secondly, we started to really feel like Australia could be our home.\u00a0 We also saw interest rates on the floor and governments throwing taxpayers money at housing.\u00a0 We therefore decided to not wait for a year before deciding whether to buy or not but instead to start looking for a home immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, we started looking at existing homes that were either move in ready or that could be sorted with some advanced DIY and a few skilled trades.\u00a0 What we found though was a housing stock that just didn\u2019t do it for us at a bare bones level.\u00a0 The construction technique seems to mostly be some pine sticks are erected, which are then wrapped in what looks like aluminium foil which is then covered with a single layer of bricks or cladding on the outside and some sheet rock on the inside.\u00a0 Insulation, what insulation\u2026<\/p>\n<p>So we went a different way and moved onto viewing empty plots of land.\u00a0 For a vast country I was genuinely surprised at how little land there was out there that would suit our needs.\u00a0 However, after a long time looking and literally thousands of kilometres on the road we found it.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>What makes our land so special for us?\u00a0 Here we go:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>It\u2019s big enough for us to grow some vegetables, fruit trees and develop some plantings that will make for a wonderful living environment but it\u2019s not so big that it will turn into a full-time job.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s walking distance to all the facilities one could need in day-to-day life.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s walking distance to the sea but because it\u2019s an elevated aspect it carries no flood or storm surge risks.<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s walking distance to forests full of wildlife but just far enough away that we don\u2019t have to give any consideration to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rfs.nsw.gov.au\/plan-and-prepare\/building-in-a-bush-fire-area\/building-after-bush-fire\/your-level-of-risk\" target=\"_blank\">Bushfire Attack Levels (BAL)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We\u2019ll still keep a car but I expect it will get very limited use.<\/p>\n<p>With the land in hand our focus has now moved onto what home will we build.\u00a0 Our plans are currently in final revision with this being the gist:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Small in size by Australian standards but more than adequate for our long-term needs.<\/li>\n<li>Steel frame!\u00a0 Remember those termites I mentioned.<\/li>\n<li>All walls insulated both thermally and acoustically.<\/li>\n<li>A metal roof that I expect won\u2019t need maintenance until long after I leave this earth.\u00a0 Immediately, under that roof is an anticon blanket for both noise (think heavy rain on a metal roof) and thermal insulation.\u00a0 Additionally, we have thermal insulation between the living and roof spaces.<\/li>\n<li>A beautiful outdoor kitchen area where I expect many an afternoon will be spent barbecuing with friends.<\/li>\n<li>A large garage.\u00a0 The sun here seems to destroy everything and if the sun doesn\u2019t do it the hail stones will!\u00a0 We have enough garage space for a car and my hobbies.<\/li>\n<li>A heat pump hot water system.<\/li>\n<li>Enough solar photovoltaic panels to cover our modest needs and give a bit back to the grid.\u00a0 At this point we\u2019ve opted to not install batteries and grid tie ourselves as the land development enables trivial mains power connection.\u00a0 We\u2019ll then see how it goes.<\/li>\n<li>We seriously considered a large water tank but knowing our garden will be very drought tolerant and knowing our home water usage patterns we just couldn\u2019t make it work financially at this point.\u00a0 We have plenty of space for a tank so we\u2019ll see how that one goes as well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is still quite a lot of house logistics to work through before we commence construction but 2022 is going to be a very exciting (and busy) year.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Work<\/h2>\n<p>Prior to FIRE\u2019ing the first time I was a corporate career drone.\u00a0 That was not my dream.\u00a0 I also found a cold turkey no job retirement along with a move to The Med too much to devour all together.\u00a0 Today, 3 years in to FIRE my work situation is I have a job that is 100% work from home, is 4 days per week, carries no stress and while definitely not being my purpose does allow me to interact positively with some really clever interesting people.\u00a0 It\u2019s working really well for now.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Into 2022 I expect I\u2019ll be looking to reduce those number of days further but I can see this being an interesting conversation because I don\u2019t think it\u2019s what my company has in mind.\u00a0 They\u2019re trying to push me into a \u2018career\u2019 with them.\u00a0 So much so that they\u2019ve spent real money on me to help me figure out what I want to do.\u00a0 Been there, done that, got the t-shirt \u2013 no thanks!<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Relationships<\/h2>\n<p>In recent years a number of reasonably prominent FIRE bloggers have found themselves divorced.\u00a0 They were very \u2018professional\u2019 in sharing what had happened without airing the dirty laundry.\u00a0 I\u2019m however starting to understand how FIRE can potentially allow it happen.<\/p>\n<p>When Mrs RIT and I met we both had our corporate careers spending long hours in the office and not as many hours together.\u00a0 There was stress and basic survival stuff in play.\u00a0 After all this was pre-FIRE.\u00a0 We also had lots in common given our stage of life including we were both limited in the true pursuit of our dreams.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs RIT FIRE\u2019d long before I did and she jumped in with both feet but where I sank she swam along like a graceful swan.\u00a0 She has pursued her passion with unrelenting energy and is loving life but this means she as a person has changed a little with it.\u00a0 How could she not.<\/p>\n<p>This year particularly as I\u2019ve found a work life balance that is really working for me I\u2019ve also been able to invest significant time in me and who I am.\u00a0 Just like Mrs RIT as I embraced that I also change a little as well.<\/p>\n<p>The end result is that we are now both different people to who we were and it 100% is putting a little strain on the relationship.\u00a0 Fortunately, we\u2019re both very aware of it and working through the challenges it creates but I now understand how FIRE could potentially cause relationships to end.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Finances<\/h2>\n<p>Where I used to obsess about finances these days it\u2019s all a bit meh.\u00a0 But given the history of this blog maybe a few titbits.<\/p>\n<p>In 2021 we\u2019ll spend about 1.9% of my wealth.\u00a0 Once our home is built that spending will reduce significantly as we won\u2019t be paying rent and our electricity bill will fall significantly.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve also changed my approach to withdrawal.\u00a0 My criteria at FIRE was to spend the lesser of:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>up to 2.5% of initial FIRE wealth (plus investment expenses of around 0.2%) uprated for inflation annually.<\/li>\n<li>up to 85% of my annual dividends.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the 2.5% Safe Withdrawal Rate (SWR) front we\u2019ll be well under but at this point it really doesn\u2019t matter as my work more than covers the spending including the purchase of very nice new bicycles.<\/p>\n<p>On the 85% of dividends front I\u2019ve abandoned the target.\u00a0 This is not because of the poor dividends of late but is just a function of the investing landscape here in Australia.\u00a0 In Australia the equivalent of a private pension is called Superannuation (Super) and there seem to be 3 main ways to go about it \u2013 Retail Super Funds, Industry Super Funds and Self Managed Superannuation Funds (SMSFs).\u00a0 Retail Super Funds seem to me to be high fee and run for the benefit of the business owners.\u00a0 SMSFs are something you build yourself with an accountant \u2013 it\u2019s your fund \u2013 but with that comes significant fees as there are reporting requirements.\u00a0 I\u2019ve gone with an Industry Super Fund for now.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Positively, I also get a completely new and different set of personal pension allowances with Superannuation.\u00a0 There is no interaction between my UK SIPPs and my Australian Superannuation from an allowances perspective.\u00a0 So while if history repeats I expect to be \u201cjust\u201d under the UK Pension Lifetime Allowance with my UK SIPP by 55 my Australian Super will not be considered and instead is subject to its own limits and rules.\u00a0 It\u2019s accessible at 60 and is tax advantageous so it\u2019s game on with $120,000 already squirrelled away.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Over the years as I approach age 55 and if Mr Market behaves I then plan to move large chunks (Australian capital gains tax is very relevant here with my ISA investments cost base being the day I became an Australia resident) of my ISA (it\u2019s not tax advantaged under the Australian tax system) into my Superannuation and there will also be some tricks to play when I take my 25% tax free lump sum at age 55 (given current rules which of course might change) as part of it will be taxed here in Australia should we still be here at that point.<\/p>\n<p>The Industry Superannuation fund I\u2019ve chosen allows me to index track with low fees.\u00a0 The negative is that the funds within the Superannuation wrapper are effectively accumulation funds and not income funds meaning I don\u2019t see dividends.\u00a0 Given I expect this to end up a significant portion of my wealth as the years progress the 85% of dividends target just becomes a nonsense so is dropped.<\/p>\n<p>In graphical terms my FIRE journey so far looks something like this (Note: the 2.5% SWR already nets off the expected housing spend backdated to my original FIRE date so I can measure myself against it once we move into our new home but until then it appears as though we\u2019re overspending):<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEj9yLyBIB718QOQSVil_ys3OUm0cYmQ8uM4m6MXH3WorI-ZX1qiYAJyYqPU32KZ5xFzTRYc-aXS4Wrc4WPvCM08gD0AB673PnmvgumsSdqenfmW_SqjMhpFg_qDw_M0tjftfx_VGDb8oQOBmWb518NCUK6TH_rPk8BOlUT08PReheDEkx5OzmSDUq7_fA=s1030\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"RIT Spending vs 85% of Dividends vs 2.5% Withdrawal Rate vs Spending\/Wealth\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"599\" data-original-width=\"1030\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEj9yLyBIB718QOQSVil_ys3OUm0cYmQ8uM4m6MXH3WorI-ZX1qiYAJyYqPU32KZ5xFzTRYc-aXS4Wrc4WPvCM08gD0AB673PnmvgumsSdqenfmW_SqjMhpFg_qDw_M0tjftfx_VGDb8oQOBmWb518NCUK6TH_rPk8BOlUT08PReheDEkx5OzmSDUq7_fA=w320-h186\" title=\"RIT Spending vs 85% of Dividends vs 2.5% Withdrawal Rate vs Spending\/Wealth\" width=\"320\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><i>Click to enlarge, RIT Spending vs 85% of Dividends vs 2.5% Withdrawal Rate vs Spending\/Wealth<\/i><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>3 years into FIRE (under my definitions I actually believe I\u2019m only FI at this point so please no internet retirement police) and after a bit of a rough start I think I\u2019m finally starting to get the hang of this FIRE lark.\u00a0 I\u2019m now really into my stride with a lot of change done 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