Eleven months down, one to go! Finally, as mentioned in April's savings rate challenge post, I hit one of my financial goals in early May - I now have 6 months' full pay saved in my emergency fund! Boy, it's nice to hit this one. It's interesting how achieving a goal like this significantly reduces … Continue reading Savings rate challenge results – May 2020
Photo above by Hanna Skoromna on Unsplash Everyone: Well, 2019 was a crap year. Surely 2020 will be better. 2020: Hold my (Corona) beer! Well, this year went south really quick, didn’t it?! The religious amongst us might be wondering if the End of Days is upon us here in Australia – first we have … Continue reading Calm in the time of COVID-19
Progressing towards my goals On my Goals page, I've listed my short-, medium- and long-term goals. My primary short term goal is to have a total of six months pay in savings, in case of emergency or job loss. Yes, even in the public service, job loss is a possibility - a change of party … Continue reading The savings are growing…
Making choices my future self will thank me for I've been thinking lately about how I might achieve FI, given that I'm starting so late in life. All the reading I've been doing of other FIRE blogs has provided a lot of food for thought. Ultimately, though, I have two basic choices - reduce my … Continue reading 2019-20 savings rate challenge
I've been thinking a bit about why I hadn't figured out much earlier that there's a better way to live than through working. Don't get me wrong - I happen to think that work is essential for our health as human beings, in the sense of having a purpose in life. And I actually do … Continue reading Working for a living
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