We did a Podcast! Not sure how many of you have done one, but it’s an interesting experience. Why? Because it’s like a genuine chat, but with “strings attached”. Kind of found out this out only about halfway the recording! Let[…]
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I Quit!
I Quit! No, not with the blog, I quit my job today. I will officially be unemployed as of the beginning of May. You have no idea how good this feels. But what is next? Well, there first will be[…]
Read moreLiving On A Boat
How much would it cost to be living on a boat in the Netherlands? I had no real clue, but expect it to be rather pricy. After we looked at our housing history last week, I found myself on Funda[…]
Read moreHousing History
Guess there is a new trend in blogger land (well, at least in the Netherlands). Several of our blogging colleagues have been reviewing their housing history. In short, they told us how they lived in their lives, from the moment[…]
Read moreHow Low Can You Go?
Based on this already “old” post by Early Retirement Extreme (ERE), Jacob was able to live off $5.000-7.000 per year, as late as 2011. For argument sake, let’s assume that this $7.000 annual spending in 2011 is now $7.714 in today’s[…]
Read moreAre We Getting HOT?
We have a “guest” post today! Mrs. CF decided it was time to step up her game! She was asking herself the question: are we getting HOT? Or perhaps better “HOT-er”? H.O.T. stands for Happy, Opportunity rich, Time rich. This is what she was[…]
Read moreBlog Statistics and Revenue
Another yearly overview? Yup, I’m afraid so. You may run away screaming if you want. However, I like statistics and watching data sets develop. So no wonder I actually like making this post. Here is a quick review of the blog statistics and revenue[…]
Read moreI wrote my resignation letter
A couple of days ago I wrote my draft resignation letter. For those of you that have been paying attention, you know I don’t like what I do. I’ve been trying to shake things up with multiple career switches. But[…]
Read moreFinancial Satire
I like satire and sarcasm, I also like finance (you had not noticed I assume). But when you combine the two, I have a real blast. I love financial satire! In the Netherlands there is a website called “De Speld” (translated: “the needle”). It’s the Dutch[…]
Read moreTelevision
Our television decided to partially die, how does a television partially die? No idea, but it sometimes works, and sometimes it doesn’t. We even brought it to a repair guy, but he could not figure out what was wrong with[…]
Read moreHi, I’m Cheesy Finance and I’m NOT an alcoholic
Hi, I’m Cheesy Finance and I’m NOT an alcoholic. If you look at “our” twitter feed (ok, it’s just mine) you’d think differently. But really, I’m not an alcoholic, I just like beer 🙂 Or am I now in denial, really can’t[…]
Read moreHappy Holidays!
Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas and all the best wishes for 2018. We hope that your 2017 was awesome for you (and your family) and that you can continue this trend in 2018. We also wanted to thank all of our[…]
Read moreSustainable Loans
We thought we had bought our first bond a couple weeks ago. But after some digging this turned out to not be (completely) true. The Dutch term for the product we bought is an “obligatielening”. An “obligatie” is a bond. A “lening”[…]
Read moreThe Journey to FIRE is Horrible
The journey to FIRE is horrible, no really! All the choices, things you have to discover and find out. it takes an enormous amount of time and what do you get in return, money. Lovely…. The Journey to FIRE is[…]
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