Smelling Freedom: Money changes us. It impacts our character and our personality. We think we are the ones in charge. That we own our wealth. However if we are not careful, it is our money that will end up owning us, not the other way round.
Cheesy Finance: Take two people with a MSc. degree and professional designations, two full time jobs, a reasonably frugal nature, and you have a winning recipe for FIRE. But what if you earn a median income, or less, how good are your chances to FIRE? Can you even FIRE?
Financial Independence Ireland: The lessons learned from a redundancy, a trial period of FI and not being ready to buy when the market was down.
The Escape Artist has some advice on lifestyle choices you can make that will save you a huge amount of money.
Quitting Teaching: “The wage slavery of the masses is rooted in our schools.” Read what this has to do with his wife’s attitude towards Financial Independence and how he deals with her scepticism.
Mrs Smelling Freedom is improving her life and health by kicking bad habits to the kerb! 6 months down the line she looks back at how far she has come and what she has achieved.
Michael from Foxy Monkey shares his backstory 🙂 How did he become frugal and where did he learn about money?
David from I Retired Young explains how understanding the concept of ENOUGH has simplified his life, increasing his sense of freedom, worth and balance.
The Escape Artist on The Dip most people experience once the novelty of trying something new has worn off, and how to get past it to the green pastures beyond.
Over at Quietly Saving, Weenie reflects on the lessons she didn’t learn from her parents about how to retire early.
