How to create a budget without impacting happiness

This post goes into the psychology of money, the recipe for human happiness as well as ways you can use this knowledge to build a sustainable budget without impacting your happiness. You can also view this on YouTube. Happiness is relative Vicki Robin, author of the New York Times bestseller Your Money or Your Life, … Read more

Favourite FI Resources

A listing of some of my favourite FI resources including a listing of other Irish blogs/podcasts. Books Your Money or Your Life – a transformational book to get you to look at money differently. Even after thousands of hours or reading about FIRE, I still learned something about finances from this book. It is inspirational … Read more

The true cost of investing with a financial advisor

I’ve been getting increasing questions from both friends and clients about investing in a post-tax account with financial advisors in a particular fund. This must be getting heavily advertised somewhere or advisors are getting big commissions for selling this and I wanted to do some analysis on the true cost so people could make their … Read more

I’m presenting at the first online Irish FIRE event

I’m excited to announce that I will be presenting at the first online Irish FIRE event! The virtual event is on Saturday the 26th of September and will run for 4 hours! I will be presenting alongside Michael Houghton from The Irish FIRE Podcast, Alvar from the Financial Independence Europe Podcast, Dave G who co-hosts … Read more