2019 is drawing to a close, and as is the norm on the Total Balance blog (easy now hot shot,…
Life update #6 – Judgement day
Hello fellow FIRE seekers and other good folk. Here we go again! This is ... Read More
Boy, was I wrong!
The Christmas paradox
When I was a kid, I used to love Christmas (which kid doesn’t?!). My parents divorced when I was very…
Monthly Update #15 (November 2019) – The Pause
It’s December already! And this means it’s time to look at some numbers from the great month of November! This…
A tribute to TEoW
Behind every (great) man is a great woman (rolling her eyes)… This is a tribute to my (eye rolling) wife….
Crowdestor gets a facelift and adds 2FA – yay!
Quick update from your friendly neighborhood Total Balance guy! Crowdestor announced last month that they were gonna give their website…
Crowdlending platform (in)security check
On Oct 14, I received a disturbing E-mail from one of the Crowdlending platforms that I currently have investments with….
Monthly Update #14 (October 2019) – The Golden Shuffle
Here we go again! Another month blew by, and it’s thus time for another riveting financial update from yours truly!…
A lazy mans guide to budgeting
I know. It was bound to happen eventually, right? – “How to do x-y-z” is the most boring blog posts…
Crunching the numbers of Year One
Since I’ve now been on the path to FI for more than a year (and recently wrote a somewhat philosophical…
Monthly Update #13 (September 2019) – Business as usual
Another month, another update from yours truly! 😉 I threw out a little teaser in my “One year later” post,…