After school, the common path for many New Zealanders is to get full time work, get married, have kids.
All can be amazing in their own right, but each one carries extra responsibilities. As you age, your spare time […..]
YOLO money
I was saddened last week to hear the news of Dave Cull passing away, age 71. Not because I knew him personally, but because I remember him making his resignation as Dunedin Mayor just two years ago. I studied in Dunedin for five years and have a soft spot for the area, so often follow the news down south.
In this article, Dave said […..]
Would you trade places with Warren Buffet?
Financial independence is more than sipping cocktails at the beach
You can always make more money. You can't make more time
The key attraction of financial independence for me is that it creates more time to do the things you want to be doing.
Many of us are only doing certain jobs and spending our time in certain ways because it is what pays the bills and helps us to get ahead. Even if this is time that is not enjoyable. That is the story for […..]
Why cutting expenses is like a double pay rise
Mid life crises? Not thanks to financial independence
Keeping up with the Mustachians
Up until my late 20’s many of you know that I had a negative net worth. Spending all my income on useless things such as over eating, over drinking, over travelling, and over housing. I was buying the best of everything of too much of it. Mainly because I thought this was the path to living the good life.
All my mates were doing it and I just wanted to keep up. In fact, I more than wanted to keep up. I wanted the best. However, there was […..]