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Three Years Later

  • By That Guy
  • Sep 25,2021
  •  ♦ 8

In the words of Kermit the frog:  Time is fun when you’re having flies! In other words, I’ve now been blogging for 3 years, and it has been a lot of fun (for the most part). One of the benefits of blogging (besides the therapeutical effects of writing) is that you can look back at…

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Goals & Dreams

The goals for 2021

  • By That Guy
  • Jan 13,2021
  •  ♦ 3

Another year, another milestone! We managed to hit last years target of €100.000, crossing into 2021 – with a little help from the Mrs. 😉 (Some call it “cheating” – I call it team work! 😛 ) Some of you might now be sitting with this question (or something similar) on your mind:  Well, how…

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Goals & Dreams

Two years later

  • By That Guy
  • Sep 25,2020
  •  ♦ 2

TODAY! Is my blogs 2nd birthday! YAY! You can read my first birthday post here. In my first year of blogging, I created 50 posts. My 2nd year didn’t quite match that, but I managed to churn out a respectable 40 posts. Quality over quantity, I suppose? I’ll let you guys be the judge of…

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Philosophy

What I learned from The Karate Kid

  • By That Guy
  • Sep 22,2020
  •  ♦ 2

Be warned! – This post is going to be filled with pocket philosophy, puns, clichés and bad punchlines from the ’80s!  If you’re and ’80s kid like myself, you probably know Daniel LaRusso (Daniel-san) and Mr. Miyagi from the movie “The Karate Kid” (played by Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita). I used to love those…

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Goals & Dreams

Make a plan and stick to it! (Or change it?!)

  • By That Guy
  • Feb 14,2020
  •  ♦ 2

In my Goals for 2020 I outlined my plan to boost my Total Balance in 2020, by diverting funds from my mortgage payments towards my Total Balance (investment account) instead. Unfortunately, “The Universe” had another plan. Sometimes it’s simply easier to “take the path of least resistance” (go with the flow?), than to “fight the…

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Goals & Dreams

The goals for 2020

  • By That Guy
  • Jan 6,2020
  •  ♦ 5

A year has gone by in what seems almost as a blink of an eye. As per usual (I love saying that – this is only my 2nd goals-post ever), it’s thus time to look ahead into the coming year(s), and see what might be in store for the Total Balance household. Last year I…

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Philosophy

A tribute to TEoW

  • By That Guy
  • Nov 13,2019
  •  ♦ 3

Behind every (great) man is a great woman (rolling her eyes)… This is a tribute to my (eye rolling) wife. Because she doesn’t get enough credit for her hard work every day, taking care of our family. I figured it was only appropriate to use the voice of my alter ego to thank her properly….

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Goals & Dreams

Crunching the numbers of Year One

  • By That Guy
  • Oct 12,2019
  •  ♦ 3

Since I’ve now been on the path to FI for more than a year (and recently wrote a somewhat philosophical rant about my first year on FIRE) I thought I’d spend some more words, looking into how the numbers have progressed during that first year. I (somehow) managed to grow my Total Balance by more…

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Goals & Dreams

One year later

  • By That Guy
  • Sep 25,2019
  •  ♦ 13

I wrote my first post on the 25th of September 2018, which makes today my blogs first birthday (I also started to get those domain renewal reminders a few weeks ago). Much like real babies, it takes some work before they actually come out – so obviously the blog started way before that – but…

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Investments

Why consistency (and time) is the only thing you need to become a decent investor

  • By That Guy
  • Aug 26,2019
  •  ♦ 7

That’s right. You heard it here first (not really), people! The main trait you really need to become a decent investor, is time and consistency. We’ve all heard (or read) the term “Time in the market beats timing the market”. I’m not a big fan of this saying to be honest, but I understand the…

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Hi, I’m Nick!

I’m working towards becoming financially independent – while still living as “normal” a life as possible.

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