Past weeks my schedule has been pretty hectic. My mom was rushed in emergency to the hospital. Thank God she is now back in recovery. As a result, writing a blog post was low in my priorities. Besides the illness of my mom, my schedule was spiced with business trips and family activities. One evening […]
At the end of 2018, I was evaluating different locations for the perfect honeymoon. As you could read in an earlier blog post “Which Honeymoon Destination Is Best ?“, I did review five different locations. I did evaluate those 5 locations based on location, activities, privacy during the stay and price. Bora Bora and Santa […]
In our 2019 Financial and Travel Objectives blog post, we jotted down on nr 2″Plan and relax two weeks somewhere in the world with the family for a SUMMER vacation”. During the year, after paying ourselves first in our investment portfolio, we set aside month after month vacation money (Layer 3 in our Financial Strategy – […]
Time for another update in our Smartphone Challenge ! Recently I received an email from a lady (50+ years old) who discovered my blog and the FIRE movement. She argues that it will be tough to retire early at her age. Nothing is impossible. Just believe in yourself and develop the skills required to retire […]
We are one month further in our Smartphone Challenge ! We keep on executing FOCUS, FOCUS and FOCUS. Focus means Follow One Course Until Successful. But it can also mean something else. Read below. Why did I pick a picture of archery for this blog post ? Archery has been a vital part of civilization […]
Vacation is starting tomorrow on the 1st of July and people have now more time to relax, read and enjoy some quality time with family and/or friends. At the end of June, I noticed an interesting article of Fredrik Arnold on Seekingalpha.com. Fredrik Arnold gives an insight on Warren Buffett’s Portfolio. If you see the chart […]
This week I am in the USA and the way Americans manage money always strikes me. They use credit cards to pay their bills, they have credit scores for debt, etc… On the 13th of June, I read this article on the website of World Economic Forum 1. A quarter of Americans have no retirement […]
In the beginning of May, I went to Budapest for a European bloggers conference about personal finance and financial freedom. As I didn’t have the time to discover the city, I decided to make another trip to this beautiful city. Budapest, Hungary’s capital, is bisected by the River Danube. Its 19th-century Chain Bridge connects the […]
It’s been two weeks since I wrote a blog post but I did this with a great reason ! The word is FOCUS, FOCUS and FOCUS. Focus also means Follow One Course Until Successful. Besides the busy times at work, I have been focussing on my Smartphone challenge the last two weeks. Mid february I […]
Investing money starts with informing yourself and learning how others do it. Two years ago I did meet a couple (Let’s call them Robert & Emma) at a bloggers meetup in Holland. This couple retired at the age of 30+ years old. Now this couple organizes yearly an event with the name FIWE (Financially Independent […]