My single greatest fear when I waded into early retirement was what I would do about health insurance. I want to consider myself a generally healthy person. Except for my “horrifyingly low” levels of Vitamin D, my yearly physicals turn up nothing worrisome. I easily walk 4 kilometers a day just to get to and from… Read More »
At what point would you consider yourself rich? I think we can all agree that a billionaire is “rich”. What about a millionaire? What about someone who has $702,664.97? Which final penny makes someone rich? How much is enough? I know I’m not the first person to ponder this question. This is the ancient sorites paradox or the… Read More »
***I’m not working on this project anymore, but I’ll let you know if I decide to pick it up again. The idea for this blog started as most truly great ideas start – binge-watching television on my parent’s couch one weekend. I discovered the television show “Til Debt Do Us Part”, a truly delightful personal… Read More »
I realized recently that I hate this blog. I see “Write a blog post” on my to-do list and I just feel annoyed. Part of the annoyance stems from my hypocrisy. The last few months I have certainly not been practicing what I am preaching. I started a project I call “Operation Enjoy the Crap… Read More »
I’m updating my visual aid for my goal of financial independence. I plot my monthly expenses against my theoretical passive income. As soon as my average monthly expenses are less than my projected passive income, I could theoretically live off my savings. I started this website so I could point to something when people question… Read More »
I’m updating my visual aid for the month of February 2015 for my goal of financial independence. Here is where I stood at the end of January 2015. February 2015 was a healthy month for the charts. The market was up and my net worth increased more than $35,000. My expenses were down from last month,… Read More »
One of the things that I’m worried about when I retire is my tendency towards laziness. I’m still updating my charts, but typing out a blog post always seems to get pushed off my to-do list. In my free time, the last place I want to be is in front of a computer typing. But,… Read More »
I’m updating my charts for my goal of financial independence. Here is where I stood at the end of October 2014. November was a healthy month for my financial avatar overall. My expenses were high because I scratched my friend’s car to the tune of A$600 (USD$510). Driving on the “wrong” side of the road was… Read More »
I’m updating my visual aid for the month of October for my goal of financial independence. I left you last month and the market was having a bit of a meltdown. I invested almost $11,000 and my net worth decreased by about $1,900. September was a kinder month, unfortunately. I invested about $10,500 and my… Read More »
You guys! I’m so sorry I’ve been lazy about this website. My day job takes up most of my life and the rest of my time is spent crossing various items off my Australian bucket list. The market has been sucking lately which means that I do not update my charts daily for an easy mood booster.… Read More »