Becoming FIRE? It’s fucking simple! Spend less money than you make, and do something useful with the rest. It’s not that hard, now is it? So why are there still thousands of personal finance blogs right now? Do we still[…]
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Category: Life
Post number 300: full of energy!
Today marks post number 300 and it’s full of energy! Today is also the 1257th day that I’m/we are official personal finance/FIRE blogger(s). Did we get anywhere? Not really 😉 Post number 300: full of energy! What to write about[…]
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Happiness is a Bitch
Albeit I was just having a bit of fun with the post “What to buy with €700.000“, it always draws some more “serious” reactions (online and offline). This included about “being happy in the perfect house” and “I don’t mind[…]
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How much does it cost to own a Prius?
I bet this is going to be one of the worst read posts in a long time. Plus I’ve now probably also lost half my readers, I guess. But yes, we actually own a Prius, the wagon version. How much[…]
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What to buy with €700.000?
We have several friends and family that are currently looking at buying of building new homes. The prices they are willing to spend ranges between about €650.000 and €750.000. I personally think they are bonkers, but I still love them[…]
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How to be successful in life
How to be (very) successful in life? What do you need to do to position yourself in such a way that you can become successful and excel? How to be successful in life? How to be (very) successful in life?[…]
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Minimalism Declutter Challenge
When you get older you get wiser… Well most of the time anyways! I’ve finally learned that living with clutter does not make you happy. It screws with your head too! It also suck when you need to move, and[…]
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I’d be a horrible sugar daddy!
I’d be a horrible sugar daddy! No really. I’ve always been frugal, but the journey to FIRE really has made me worse. Can you imagine me as a sugar daddy? Yes, that was a trick question 😉 I’d be a[…]
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Deprivation: the best thing you can do in 2019!
You know I’m having a hard time without beer when the title of the first post of this year is as follows. Deprivation: the best thing you can do in 2019! Neah, just kidding, or am I? But before we[…]
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2019: The Year Without a Beer!
I like a challenge, especially when your friends and folks on Twitter call you crazy. So, here we go. 2019: The Year Without a Beer! 2019: The Year Without a Beer! Ever since I saw a documentary about alcohol earlier[…]
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Happy Holidays to all you Money Nerds
Happy Holidays to all you Money Nerds! May your excel sheets be great, your stomach be stuffed and may your 2019 be (financially) successful and healthy. Happy Holidays to all you Money Nerds! From me an Mrs CF, happy holidays![…]
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Complaining
Rule number 1 in blogging, never talk about politics, religion or the environment. You can never win and it’s really easy to alienate your readers. So what am I going to do today… Exactly, I’m going to rant about complaining,[…]
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Rich the F-You Garden Gnome
Dear readers, I like to introduce to you Rich the F-You garden gnome. Rich is a grumpy old garden gnome with an attitude. Rich also like money & investing, he likes gardens, he likes travelling and he is a big fan[…]
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Cheesy Finance in the Media
Last week I got an note from a writer at the large Dutch new outlet Nu.nl. In that comment I got the question to do an interview for an article about FIRE. It didn’t take me long to say yes![…]
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