Our Family’s Annual Spend for 2020
See what a family of 3 spend in a year in Cork, Ireland.
General
9 Stages of wealth
This post outlines the concept of financial independence, the different stages of wealth, some basic investment principles and why you’d want to stop working for money. If you prefer to watch, you can also find this video on YouTube.
Reflections on life on one part time income
Going down to one part time income has not freed up as much time as we’d thought. Turns out , no matter how much free time you have, if you do not carve out time for your priorities, you will never have enough time for them.
Mr. MH quit his job to be a stay at home Dad!
Read on to see why we made the decision to go down to one part time income with Mr. MH quitting his job to be a stay at home Dad and how it impacts our path to Financial Independence. You may (or may not) have noticed a lack of blog posts. I certainly have felt … Read more
What our mini-retirement actually cost
As you may have read, we took a mini-retirement where both my husband and myself would be off from Jan 1 – Mar 20 and without pay until the end of April. We spent 7 weeks in Portugal, to see if the cost of living there would be as cheap as we had read based … Read more
How the pandemic has changed my investments
This post will go through my take on how the pandemic market volatility and uncertainty has changed my investment strategy and financial freedom plan. Firstly, before I get into a financial post, I want to acknowledge that people are losing their lives. Front line workers are exposing themselves every day to help fight this pandemic. … Read more
Coffee with Amon and Christina of Our Rich Journey
When I was planning our mini-retirement in Portugal I thought I’d chance my arm and try to schedule a meetup with FIRE YouTube stars Amon and Christina from the “Our Rich Journey” channel. Luckily our schedules lined up and they graciously agreed to meet my sister and I for coffee. This post covers most of … Read more
How we managed a mini-retirement
As you may have seen in previous posts, I alluded to the fact that my family would be in Portugal for 2 months trailing a mini-retirement. This post goes into why we did it, how we’re managing it from a financial perspective and how it’s going so far. What is a mini-retirement and why do … Read more
Transform your relationship with money
A book review of Your Money or Your Life – A book that will change your life