As noted earlier, Cheesy Finance is going Dutch! No, don’t worry, I won’t stop writing in English. But I have added a bit of Dutch content to our blog in the last few months. Just to help our our fellow Dutchies[…]
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Author: Team CF
Dutch couple (with kid) on a mission to become Financially Independent & Retire Early.
Getting Rich Blogging
Getting Rich Blogging, many of us bloggers would love to get rich blogging. Nothing beats some “passive” income, right? Most people have the idea that you start a blog and money flows is. I was hoping for that too, but[…]
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How long does €1.000.000 last?
I bet you have the same question as I do on occasion. How long does €1.000.000 last? Oh, you don’t. Never mind… Anyhow, there are obviously multiple ways of looking at this. Including the use of many variables, as to[…]
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Funding your ideal lifestyle
Funding your ideal lifestyle, how? Before you can answer that question, you need to ask “what is your ideal lifestyle”? Once you know what the could be, you can figure out how much you need to fund it. That brings[…]
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Going Dutch
Please don’t fall off your chair (or whatever you are sitting on), because Cheesy Finance is going Dutch! I know quite a few people that are not that great at English. For them this blog is a bridge too far[…]
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Mauled to death by a bear
Hi, Dr Doom here today. I still think we are going to be mauled to death by a bear…..market. If you’d think this whole corona business through carefully. And you really don’t need a PhD for this either! You have[…]
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Life is too short to be sitting in an office
Life is too short to be sitting in an office. There are many people which consider this to be a correct statement. However, there are only very few people that actually take it seriously and do something about it. Introducing[…]
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Barista FIRE it is!
I think I have figured it out (well, for us at least). I think I know what we need to do. The best balance in life is one of compromises. A little bit of both sides, combining the good and[…]
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Looking at the bright side
Warning, the is not a financial post and filled with positive items. I’m only going to be looking at the bright side today. Read at your own risk and discretion, it might enhance your (long) weekend. Side effect might include[…]
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Blondes are Better Investors
Mrs CF is the avid reader in our household. However, sometimes Mr CF also reads a book. Yep, unpopular opinion, but I don’t really like reading books. Something with being an old millennial that never had the ability to focus.[…]
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Castles, Corona and Chaos
What shall I write about today? Let’s go with Castles, Corona and Chaos. Where our overall portfolio had another all-time high in February, at time of writing we are now down to May 2019 levels. Could have been worse, I[…]
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I’m a FIRE Failure
Yes, it’s true. I’m a scammer and I’m a FIRE Failure! How could it have gone so wrong?! One moment I decided to quit my job. The next moment I get a new job again. Why, oh why? What’s wrong[…]
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Get a pay increase for part-time work
How to get a pay increase for part-time work? It’s actually not that hard and it goes automatically in the Netherlands. The height of the pay increase does however depend on your income. How does this all work? Taxes! Those[…]
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FIRE Meetups
Not too long ago I let a bunch of you know that I was done with organising FIRE meetups. They are loads of fun, but if you have a program, food/drinks and more to organise, they are also very time[…]
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