While developing ‘our way’ and learning about financial independence, we found reviewing other people’s spending really helpful. We can all learn something from each other because there's so many ways of doing things! To this end, we aim to regularly summarise our spending for comparison. It will also act as an accountability test for us, …
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A Way to Less……. Spending! (Frugality)
Our Thoughts on Frugality Frugality is a term that gets thrown around quite a lot. But in our experience it can mean very different things to different people! Typing the word into Google generates this definition and example: The quality of being economical with money or food; thriftiness. "He scorned the finer things in life and valued frugality …
A FIRE Trial Run
Africa Series - Part 1 The world is always open, waiting to be discoveredDejan Stojanovic For quite a while now we have been deciding what the next step in our lives looks like. After much discussion, including options such as working abroad, travel, starting a family etc (see Our Version of FIRE for more), we …
What is FIRE?
FIRE means different things to different people..... FIRE, or Financial Independence, Retire Early, is a fast-growing movement of people looking for a different way in life. Saving a high percentage of your earnings allows you to retire significantly earlier than traditionally possible. The percentage of your earnings which you save is known as your savings …