The Hand Foot Mouth Disease (HFMD) saga has been particularly hot recently, especially with the outbreak in Malaysia caused by a new strain, deaths involved, and also closer to home, we are seeing increasing number of cases reported. Especially for households with young kids, that probably caused a lot more concern. Like ours. And it…
And here are the lineups for the week! Build a Life You’ll Never Retire From (Montana Money Adventures) “Financial freedom makes your best life possible, but it doesn’t make it happen. You make those things happen. And they all require hard work and intention.” One of our favourite blogs and the one which introduced us…
August is the month where I took two weeks off from work and as such managed to spend some quality time with Kate and the kids. We did not go travelling, simply stayed in town, and thought it was a great opportunity to experience what a post – FI lifestyle might feel like (should we…
And here are the lineups…. How to Retire in Your 30s With $1 Million in the Bank (New York Times) “The whole retire early thing is unimportant to me. It’s more about gaining control of your time,” Mr. Rieckens said. “If you dive into the definition of retirement, what you’re retiring from is mandatory labor.…
And here are the lineups …. The Power of Incrementalism (Passive Income NZ) “Everyone has the impression that it is impossible to save for retirement. And this is true if you start at age 50. But if you start in your twenties and every year contribute a small amount and invest those savings into an…
Kate and I signed up for the Uncluttered course conducted by Joshua Becker a few months back. It was definitely one of the best courses that we have attended. Of course it helps a lot that it is an online course, so we could do it at the comfort of our homes, and whenever we had…
And I am headed towards the tail end of my sabbatical, I am feeling a lot more refreshed and energised. Granted that I am suffering from stiff shoulders these days from constantly carrying a growing baby, all things considered, I would think that the overall benefits outweigh the cost(most predominantly, the loss of income). Looking…
And here are the lineups… Should You Focus on Making More or Spending Less? (Retire by 40) “Should you focus on making more or spending less? This is a trick question. You need to work on making more AND spending less. Everyone should focus on increasing their saving rate instead of picking one side over…
And here are the lineups… The Forever Fallacy (Get Rich Slowly) “The key thing to understand is that everything changes. You change. Your circumstances change. The people around you change. Nothing is forever. The challenge then is to balance this concept — everything changes — with living in the present. You must learn to enjoy today while…
Power is the ability to control your own life (The Escape Artist) “I had always assumed power meant having status and income, influence and external rewards. Ralph had all of them. Yet up close he didn’t seem very powerful. I started asking whether power meant, rather, the ability to control my own life.” When the…