My FIRE Number
Workoptionalin5 I have worked hard on my cost of living and reduced it considerably. I continue to look for opportunities to reduce it further and it appears I’m on track to…
Getting to FIRE
It is great to know your FIRE number but important to know what to do with it and decide how you choose to get there. There’s a lot of emotions…
FIRE Number
FIRE is the acronym for Financial Independence Retire Early and it is very popular within the financial independence community. FIRE number is the investment value you get to that enables…
Day 1 of Career Break
I don’t know why but I expected to wake up and feel different. I was looking forward to the oomph that validates that I’m on a career break. I woke…
New Income Stream Unlocked
There are so many opportunities when we pause for a bit and reflect on it. It’s hard to pause though when our life gets consumed with active work so we…
I work 50% less
I switched to part time work a month ago which was technically two weeks of work and two weeks of vacation. While I do not have enough part time work…
No Credit Card for a Quarter
I decided this week to try out an experiment I need to get myself back on track with my spending. My credit card provider is cancelling it at the end…
Credit Card Hunting
Since I became an active member of the FIRE community, I take notes of what people do and try to reapply the benefits to myself. Credit card hacking is a…
No Goals but Objectives
Goal setting is big in the FIRE (Financial Independence, Retire Early) community and the reality is that it works as we all know you get what is measured. It’s the…
Lifestyle Creep
My work location recently changed from an out of the way spot to a city centre location. The old location was difficult to get to with limited food options that…