The most valuable currency is time – choose how you spend yours
This week we are going to continue down the path of my mildly morbid thoughts on dying. Except this time - we are going to be dead. If you've followed the blog for any length of time, you'll be well aware that I have a strong affinity for clearing clutter. Both when it comes to [...]
The second to last post in this series is all about making sure your front end work has been worthwhile. If you've spent years side hustling, investing, and delaying gratification, you definitely want to enjoy every possible moment of your well-earned "retired" life (regardless of whether or not you fully retire). Forget the golden years, [...]
Welcome to part 3 of our retirement series, where we're diving into the wonderful world of friendships, and how they are most certainly not exempt from the multi-faceted impacts of retiring. There is study after study after study documenting just how important friendships are in terms of a person's happiness. Healthy friendships give us a [...]
"So what do you do with all your free time!? Don't you get bored?" This is my second favourite (albeit a combo) question that people ask us now that we are "retired". When people ask this question, I feel like it underscores the misconceptions surrounding the pursuit of Financial Freedom, and early "retirement" as a whole. [...]
I've decided to dedicate the month of April to writing about post-retirement and some of the interesting lessons we've learned venturing into this chapter of our lives. While early retirement is definitely the cat's meow - like everything in life, it comes with its own unique demands and challenges. We'll delve into some of those [...]
Back in the pre-Mr. Money Moustache days, before FIRE was its own stand alone acronym, and before personal finance blogs were sprouting up everywhere (man I really should have started my blog back then), Mike and I were in the very beginning stages of fumbling our way towards a goal Mike had aptly entitled "Freedom 35". [...]
Amidst all the budgeting techniques, savings tips, spreadsheets, investment strategies and travel hacks floating around the personal finance and FIRE worlds, there's a really integral question that is often overlooked. Why do you want Financial Independence or Financial Freedom? I believe the question is rarely posed because on the surface the answer appears obvious. But [...]
