Ever find yourself with a great plan to pay down debt or increase your savings but after a good couple of weeks of making progress, your old habits kick in and you start sabotaging yourself? Pursuing any financial goals requires good money habits and the discipline to keep up with these consistently through time. Even… Continue reading Simple ways to stick to good money habits
I’ve got some big news. As those on my newsletter found out last week, I will be taking a 1 year sabbatical to test Coast FI. After a rough September of juggling working full-time in my day job, uncertainty with our oldest’s school with the pandemic, a strike in our youngest’s daycare system and various… Continue reading Taking a Sabbatical to test Coast FI
I’ve often written about how I try to make the best of the journey to financial independence by integrating my core values and related activities in my present. While all of this sounds lovely and wise, in practice it can get really challenging and even more so when it comes to planning the transition to… Continue reading The Challenge of Planning the Transition to FI
Whenever we take time off from work I like to think that we are practicing our FI life. What is our ideal lifestyle if work becomes optional for us? What is the right balance of activities that makes everyone in the family happiest and feeling fulfilled? I know I’m not the only one doing this… Continue reading Practicing our FI Life
When the pandemic started, I initially thought that we would be like frogs in a boiling pot. Slowly getting used to this crisis and finding a new normal, not perceiving the danger of slowly getting cooked. Looking back 4 months later, I’m not sure if I was right or not. I still feel like there… Continue reading Trying to Cope through a Pandemic
