Are you on FIRE??? Financial Independence/Retire Early, or FIRE for short, is about getting control of your finances so that you no longer have to rely on full-time work to support your lifestyle and can give work the flick whenever you want.
Whether you are interested in FIRE or just FI, learning how to get control of your finances so that you can lead the life you want, not the life you have to, is what these articles are all about!
This post may contain affiliate links. In 2010, at the age of 24, Grant Sabatier woke up one morning and decided to check his bank account. With all of his accounts combined, he had $2.26 to his name. In that moment, he realised he needed to make some changes… Some big changes! So, […]
Up until I discovered the Financial Independence/Retire Early (FIRE) movement, I had never really thought much about why we spend so much of our lives focused on career. I had just accepted it as an inevitable part of life. However, over the last 12 months, I’ve thought a lot about what I really want […]
I loved my job Before I discovered the FIRE (Financial Independence/Retire Early) movement, I was somewhat of a workaholic. Consequently, getting ahead at work and securing a better position were hugely important to me. In fact, my beloved used to complain that my work and work colleagues were the most important thing to me. […]
Are you earning more income, but not saving any more of it? Have possessions, foods and entertainment that were once luxuries become necessities? Beware!… The Lifestyle Creep may be stalking you. Lifestyle Creep is defined by Investopedia as “a situation where people’s lifestyle or standard of living improves as their discretionary income rises either […]
Have you ever had one of those days at work where you just want to walk away? Maybe you don’t get promoted simply because you haven’t been around for as long? Maybe a bunch of clients treated you like shit because they were having a bad day? Or, maybe you’re organisation goes through a restructure […]