In a previous post, “How much do you need to retire” , i concluded that the key component to that question lies in your expenses and that will determine how far are you away from reaching financial independence. In a separate post, “Knowing your real hourly wage”, we also discussed our “real hourly wage”, where work related expenses are…
Clothing shopping ban
I have been thinking about this for a while, and I thought, well, just do it! So what is it exactly! Here it goes…. I am going to put myself on a clothing shopping ban for 2017. So what was the impetus behind this? Well, many of you have read how Dave and I tried…
Organize
Where are my glasses? Where are my slippers? Where are my clothes? These are some of the common day to day questions Kate used to ask me in the past before we started on this journey to minimalism. Subconsciously, I would reply to her, “Do you remember where you last seen it?” or “Please do…
Purchasing with your real hourly wage
Dave wrote a post the other day that made me think deeply about. The article, titled “Knowing your real hourly wage” resonated with many and was relatively well received by our readers. I wrote about “a dollar for utilitsation” previously, which discusses how we assign a dollar per ustilisation for usage of our stuff, mainly…
Minimalist cooking
When we moved over to our new place, we didn’t really get much kitchen utensils. Granted that we did go to the value store to get some cups and utensils during the first few days we moved in, for the rest of the items, including the cookware, plates and dishes, they were gifted by my…
Knowing your real hourly wage
You have a finite number of hours on this earth. Every moment is unique and you can’t turn back the clock. Yet, seldom have we stopped to think about how much time we are spending in exchange for our salary. Some of might say, “We earn $1000 a week, working 40 hours and so I…