Invest in the index! If only it were that simple
I’m not going to disagree with index investing being a solid, reliable investment approach. But the fact is, it’s just…
2023 reader retirement Q&A
Twice a year we rummage through the reader mailbag to air your questions and do our very best to answer…
2023 goals: Just hoping for a steady year
2023 financial goals are very humble in comparison to previous years. Our previous optimism has been battered by three difficult…
2022 income and expenses: We saved $236,895 – 87.1% savings rate
Our latest blog covers how we saved $236,895 – 87.1% of our income – in the last 12 months during…
Quarter 4 2022 – Net worth update: Up $206,000 for 2022
Our latest quarterly net worth update shows how our net worth has hit record new highs. But only just. It…
Four year blog anniversary – please be better 2023
Goodbye 2022. You were dreadful. We truly hated you. But good news – we’re back with a new blog post…
Is money becoming … meaningless?
I’ve already spoken about how I’m losing my frugal identity, but I didn’t really think I’d ever care so little…
Five money lessons as children that helped us become millionaires
Hard work. The value of my time. How much things really cost. Long-term thinking. Share investing. These are five lessons…
Three (possibly wrong) assumptions to challenge your early retirement thinking
Here are three early retirement assumptions that many people make – ones you shouldn’t just blindly follow. The post Three…
Do you spend too much? One simple mind-shift to make saving tolerable
Saving money for something isn’t depriving yourself. You’re just delaying gratification. Understanding this is key to saving more money. The…
Early retirement whys: Pointless workplace loopback tasks
Have you ever been told to re-do a task (sometimes multiple times), only to find out the way it was…
Our investment property finances for 2021-22
Our two investment properties kept grinding away last financial year. Income went up a bit, and expenses actually dropped! So…
Will a tanking economy delay our early retirement plans?
It’s a pretty gloomy financial world out there. So what does that mean for the timing of our early retirement…