We did an update on the Cheesy Index for 2018 a while back and still need to do another one for 2019. This as wealth taxes have (and will continue to be) changed. To start the legwork for our 2019[…]
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Tag: early retirement
The math behind a pension shuffle
Thanks to some discussions on the FIRENL Slack group we have a guest post today! This post from Peter is titled: The math behind a pension shuffle. It’s a topic that is important for everyone in the Netherlands who just[…]
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Lonely
Suddenly it hit me. I know what I’m missing now that I’m no longer employed. I need people around me, I need to be able to talk and share ideas, right now I’m lonely! Lonely Let me start to note[…]
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How 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[…]
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How Much Do You Need To Become Financially Independent in the Netherlands (Part 3)
Update December 2018: for the latest for 2019 version see here. (If you have read this post before, it is important to note that updates were made on October 10, 2016 as a result of various comments on this post. The main updates[…]
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