Since I started my FIRE journey, I’ve become more and more aware of my past mistakes. I tell myself it’s a good thing, as this should help me avoid making more of them in the future. Every quarter, I’m painfully reminded of my past mistakes in an annoying physical form; Wrapped in cellophane in my…
Haunted by the past
The goals for 2019
When I started this blog back in September 2018, and wrote my first post I really didn’t have a clue what I was doing or where I was going (this is the honest truth!). I had read a lot of other FIRE blogs, and thought it would be a good idea, to create my own…
When the Universe throws a curveball
– Do you try to hit it out of the park, or do you move the fuck out of the way, to avoid getting it in your face? I apologize for the baseball analogy (and the foul language), but it seemed appropriate, giving the topic I’m going to ramble about today! You see, I believe…
Is your house a liability?
I recently read Rich Dad, Poor Dad by the famed author, Robert Kiyosaki. The book is one of the best selling personal finance books of all time, and Robert Kiyosaki has built an empire out of his Rich Dad, Poor Dad concept. If you haven’t read it, I suggest you go pick up a copy…
The best savings advice I (n)ever got…
There comes a time in every FIRE starters blogging career (career – really?) where you have to make a post about, how you – in your infinite wisdom – manage to save up all that money, which you then use to invest, and ultimately retire early, living off of your investments! Since I’m a FIRE-light’er…
Finding the right balance
Lets face it, as a species we are highly controlled by our stone-age brain. Since the dawn of time, man have been battling their instincts. At first, it was kill or be killed. Hunt, or die of hunger. Build fires, or die of cold. Build buildings, or die of cold. Snap/Insta or be irrelevant!… You…
It’s cheasy, I know!
Hello, and welcome to my first blog post! Ok, so the tagline is a bit cheasy, I admit. – But it got your attention, didn’t it? I intend to use this blog, to document my journey towards becoming “Financially Free”. If you yourself have recently stumbled upon this particular topic, and are eager to learn…