Some days ago I wrote about how to prepare for early retirement. Today let us dig deeper into the reality of early retirement. What are some of the inevitable truths of early retirement that we realize only later? I read this article by the Financial […]
September 2018 – how did it go? Pretty phenomenal, I say. This was the month when I did all the work to launch my new blog. September is also my daughter’s birthday month. In other words, September 2018 was one heck of a success. September […]
I am going to be doing a series called My Weekly Money Check-Up. Weekly Money Check-Up was a weekly series on My Pretty Pennies. It has since been discontinued on her blog. I think doing a weekly roundup is a good way for me to […]
Early retirement – tell me one person who has never wished for it? An article on ThinkSaveRetire.com struck an immediate chord. It really resonated with me. If you are thinking about early retirement, or have already retired early, I would ask you to read it. […]
Today, I thought I would do my financial swot analysis. What is a financial swot analysis, you ask? In simple terms, it is deep dive into your financial strengths and weaknesses. It is also a way to figure out what opportunities exist which you have […]
Money CAN buy happiness – for you, for me, for everyone. It depends on how each one of us spends our money. It has been proven by science. According to this study, spending money increases your happiness, if it is done in a way that […]
My first personal budget was made two months ago. Yes, it wasn’t not too long ago that I took the initial steps towards budgeting. It was the best decision I have taken in a long time. From those baby steps, taken tentatively, I have come […]
Need to plan a family holiday on a budget? That means keeping an eye on all your expenses – travel, stay, shopping and food while experiencing everything to the maximum. It is possible. In this post I wanted to focus on one of these major […]
What does living on a budget mean to you? I read an interesting post by Michelle over at Making Sense of Cents. What she wrote made so much sense to me. It got me thinking – what exactly do I mean when I say ‘living […]
I quit working. I mean I quit working full-time jobs. So, I quit working full-time Imagine doing something for nearly every minute of your waking life, for 20 years and then BOOM it is gone. Ever since I got my MBA degree, I was a […]
