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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Tag: Life Experiences
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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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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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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Financial Independence Europe Podcast
If you want to hear me try to squeeze 2 hours into 30 minutes, you got to check this out! You might need to play this at 0.5x speed 😉 Financial Independence Europe Podcast A while back I got the[…]
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Where are the truly weird FIRE people?
Where are the truly weird FIRE people? Aren’t we all a bit weird to begin with? That being said, I definitely know one very weird FIRE guy: The Sloth! Still like the guy though. Now he decided to write a[…]
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10 Secrets to becoming wealthy!
Are you ready for the 10 Secrets to becoming wealthy! Now pay very close attention and note everything down very carefully. Otherwise you might not get there! 10 Secrets to becoming wealthy! Ok, just to be clear, if you got here[…]
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Random Musings
Just came back from ZwolCon 2018. From what? It was a meeting with other bloggers and non-bloggers in a café in the beautiful city of Zwolle. It was great fun, as per usual, to see friends and make new ones.[…]
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