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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Category: Life
We reduced our mortgage by €98.212 in 41 months!
It’s amazing! We have lowered our mortgage by about €100.000 in just 3,5 years. How did we do this? What’s our secret? Here is an analysis how we reduced our mortgage by €98.212 in 41 months! The Secret We spent[…]
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Wishing you a brilliant 2020!
Thank you all for (still) being (regular) readers of our little blog in the finance and early retirement corner of the interweb. As the year-end is closing in, it’s not a bad idea to quickly look back at an uneventful[…]
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Beer & Personal Finance
It’s been 345 days since I had my last beer (or any alcoholic beverage for that matter). Just 20 more days to go before I’m allowed the holy beverage once again 🙂 Despite the year going remarkably smooth and not[…]
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A homage to Netflix et al
Not too long ago I saw a tweet with a poll about the perception of people watching Netflix (or similar) and being boring. I had a chuckle for sure! Why? Because I must be boring as hell! So today a[…]
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A Cheesy Story
It’t time for a very Cheesy story. Why? Because I just did an interview with a woman’s magazine. I’m not sure when the interview will be posted and the magazine comes out, but I wanted to have this post ready[…]
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Stuff to buy for €20.000
Ok, I’ll admit, I’m an addict! I love Funda, Marktplaats, Ebay, Kijiji, MLS, etc. It’s just too damn fun to look for stuff that you are NOT going to buy. Looky looky, but no touchy. It’s like self inflicted pain[…]
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Cheesy goes America Tour
Not too long ago we had the pleasure to lunch with Jim and Jane Collins. Yes, we are talking about THE Collins. They were in the Netherlands on their way to a Chautauqua 2019 in Portugal (note, that’s not until[…]
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FIN-X 2019
As mentioned before, my passion for FIRE is weakening. Hence the slower pace of blogging. Over the last few years I’ve also been involved in over 15 different meetups and FIRE/investing related events. I’ve really enjoyed it, but I discovered[…]
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Which iPhone should you buy?
Which iPhone should you buy? Should you buy an iPhone at all? If we do decide to buy one, which one would make most financial sense? These are some questions that popped up in our household recently. The reason is[…]
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Fuck You money and how to use it
Office politics, no appreciation for what you do and no more challenge in your job? Want to get out? Make sure you have money, ideally lots of money. Here is to Fuck You money and how to use it. And[…]
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What if we had a 0% savings rate?
Have you ever wondered what you could have (and do) if you spend every cent you made? I never really thought about this before in detail until this weekend. So what if we had a 0% savings rate? What kind[…]
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What if you are 50 and drop dead?
If you are on your journey to FIRE (or simply better finances), you make sure you efficiently use you money. Whatever you can save from your income, you mindfully invest. This all seems rather logical to all of us that[…]
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5 Reasons why you should not pursue FIRE
Those that know me will have wondered by now what’s wrong we me. Reason is that I hate “lists” of things or tips. They give me a strange and instant rash. I utterly despise blog posts with lists like: 10[…]
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