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- Five Steps To Living With An Irregular Income
You always wanted to know how to live with that irregular paycheck that you have coming in? Learn today how to make living with an irregular income easy ... Read the article >>> - Would You Rather Be Happy More Frequently or More Intensely?
Recently, my son discovered the game – would you rather? It’s a pretty silly game when you play with an 8 year old kid. Usually, he asks something childish like this.Would you rather punch yourself in the face or punch yourself in the penis?Obviously, I don’t like either of those options. They are bad choices with no upside. I’d rather avoid punching myself if possible. ... Read the article >>> - The Expense Triangle Of Doom
Aiming for FIRE? Sho, that headline scored a solid 10 on the ominous scale! I did however choose it for good reason - because your finances will be looking pretty ominous if you over-extend yourself on the three expenses which stop so many people from catapulting themselves to a better... {This is a content summary only - Click on the blog title to view the full ... Read the article >>> - How to Travel On a Budget – 29 Little-Known Tips You Need to Know!
There’s no doubt that people book travel trips without much thought, just spending as needed. Then, there are also countless other people that just assume traveling is too expensive and not something that they can afford. However, there are many ways that travel could be done more efficiently so that your pocketbook doesn’t take as […] The post How to Travel On a Budget – ... Read the article >>> - 24 Best Investment Books for BeginnersWe’ve been writing a lot of posts on how to save money, so we’d like to balance it out with some investment content. You want to invest, but you don’t know how to begin or what to invest in. Mr. QE first picked up an investment book the year after he graduated from college, so […] The post 24 Best Investment Books for Beginners appeared ... Read the article >>>
- Australian FI Weekly #3 – 19 Aug 2019Subscribe to the email list and join other savvy subscribers to get this first each Monday! Happy Monday! Each week, your inbox will be filled with a dose of financial independence… The post Australian FI Weekly #3 – 19 Aug 2019 appeared first on Frugality and Freedom. ... Read the article >>>
- Index Investing For Beginners – The Complete Guide
Everyone should be investing in some capacity if they can. Whether it’s through a 401(k), a Roth IRA, or real estate, investing is one of the best things you can do for yourself! And if all those fancy numbers and abbreviations (looking at you, Roth IRA) mean nothing to you, don’t worry, we’re breaking down […] The post Index Investing For Beginners – The Complete ... Read the article >>> - Selling graduate textbooksOnce upon a time I realized that limited edition graduate texts in myField might go out of print some day and I decided to establish my own “little” library by buying them before they went out of print. In retrospect this was stupid. The reason is that graduate level texts are generally only useful while one is actually on the graduate level. After that most ... Read the article >>>
- Building an investment portfolio – Simplicity vs InvestNow
Building an investment portfolio is something many of us want to do to grow our wealth, and these days there are many options New Zealanders can use to do so. In this article I'm going to take a closer look at Simplicity and InvestNow - both very popular services we can use to invest, but are actually work quite differently. As a ... Read the article >>> - 2. Critical Thinking: Career Advice (The “Work Toolkit Skills Series”)This is one post in a series of career advice posts that I’m calling the “Work Toolkit Skills Series“. The first post was all about having Self-Awareness at work.This second post is all about being able to critically think or what I’d also call having your own independent thoughts ... Read the article >>>
- Investing made easy: A review of CommSec Pocket
There’s been a bit of excitement in the finance world lately with the release of CommSec’s latest investing product. The arrival of CommSec Pocket directly targets new investors with low minimum investments and very competitive brokerage fees. Traditionally Commonwealth Bank isn’t known to appeal to millenials, however this new product changes all that. CommSec’s executive general manager Richard Burns specifically called out that the ... Read the article >>>- You Told Harpo To Tweet Me
...just don't end up with no twitter fingers.Wednesday, August 14th | Issue No. 88MARKET MOVES...S&P 500: 2,926.32 +42.57 (+1.48%)Dow Jones: 26,279.91 +372.54 (+1.44%)Nasdaq: 8,016.36 +152.95 (+1.95%)PRE-MARKET PLAY...KYLE feat. Wiz Khalifa - "Moment"MEET MY NEW BAE...Because cuffin' szn is comin'.After a 3-year long engagement, CBS (NYSE: CBS) and Viacom (NASDAQ: VIAB) have finally decided to put a ring on it and plan to be fruitful and ... Read the article >>>- Sunday Punday
Your next five groaners. music selection: “Ex-Girlfriend” — No Doubt Devour your prey raptors! ... Read the article >>>- FIRE.089 Pure Zen
Today I had a nice moment of full relaxation, calm, clarity, extreme gratitude and maybe pure zen. This is the kind of moment so many of us enjoy but experience so rarely. How do we create these moments for ourselves and our loved ones? What should we do to bring this experience to light? My moment of pure zen, so ironically, occurred when I was ... Read the article >>>- Eurotrip 2019 Update and Expenses: Netherlands and Germany (The Hague, Amsterdam, and Hamburg)
If you haven’t read any of the prior expense reports from our trip, check them out below: Madrid, Spain Portugal (Porto, Caldas da Rainha, Lisbon, Lagos) Spain (Seville, Granada, Valencia, Barcelona) France and Luxembourg (Paris, Reims, and Luxembourg City) Belgium (Brussels, Bruges, and Antwerp) After an awesome week spent in Belgium, ending with a great Airbnb with some awesome hosts in Antwerp, we were legitimately ... Read the article >>> - Investing made easy: A review of CommSec Pocket
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Crap! Tomorrow is Monday and I Hate Monday!
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Unlike nobody, I don’t like being told what to do. Who does? Maybe that’s why I hate Monday so much. The thought of going to
Lose Weight and Save Money Riding The Bus
Ty Roberts 2 Comments
A few months ago my old van finally bit the dust. I’d paid cash for it several years earlier and the van had been a
Buying and Selling Abandoned Storage Units as a Side Hustle
Ty Roberts 45 Comments
Buying and selling abandoned storage units as a way to make money is probably the most interesting side hustle I’ve ever done (and I’ve had
How To Buy A New Car And Not Get Screwed. 5 Car Buying Tips From A Former Car Salesman.
Ty Roberts 48 Comments
If you’re shopping for a new or used car I want to tell you how I go about the process. I sold new and used
How to Prepare for and Survive the Next Recession
Ty Roberts 18 Comments
Be (financially) Prepared The Boy Scouts teach it. Religions preach it. Today I’m going to add my voice to the chorus: Get your crap together!
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Video: Richard Sherman Says This Book Changed His Outlook on Money
From Richard Sherman via Time … Over the last several years, NFL star Richard Sherman has been rather forward-thinking about his finances. He became an
Is it Time For You to Flip Your Script?
You are on stage trying to look out at the audience, but the spotlight blinds you. As you stand there, you realize that you can’t
The Rat Race to FIRE
During a rather fun weekend with 19 other FIRE enthusiasts in a castle in Limburg, the Netherlands, we had many conversations about FIRE. Primarily the
Tracking These Milestones of FI Helps On Your Journey to FIRE
From Financial 180 … It can take a decade or two to reach FI, so it’s important to occasionally zoom out and know where you
Time is the Greatest Status Symbol
From The Retirement Manifesto … True happiness in life doesn’t come from Money. More importantly, happiness comes from gaining freedom over your time and using
THE 5 BIGGEST FINANCIAL MISTAKES I’VE MADE
From Savings and Sangria … For your viewing pleasure, here are the 5 biggest financial mistakes I’ve made, why I made them and how you
Grand Theft: Your Vices are Hurting More Than Your Finances
From Monkey Free Me … Right out of college I had to find a job quick to support my wife. We found out that she
Beware of Financial Scammers
From The FI Way … You can increase earnings to the moon, cut expenses to the Ramen level, and invest like Buffett…but don’t forget to
Why We’re Doubling Down on the 9 to 5
From Apathy Ends … I haven’t been shy about stating one of the main drivers for our pursuit of Financial Independence is my attitude towards
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