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Our 2018 finances Part 3
FIRECracker
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- Are Robots Stealing Our Jobs? - March 19, 2019
- Reader Case: Can’t Wait to Travel - March 15, 2019
- Let’s Go Exploring! Madrid, the Food or Food Poisoning Capital of the World? - March 8, 2019
Back in 2013, I learned, for the first time, what it felt like to get paid doing what you love. You know that starving artist saying, “my wallet may be empty, but my heart is full”? I always thought it was cheesy, until I finally understood what it meant. A cheque had arrived in the mail that morning, from the sale of our first book Little Miss Evil and I was cradling it like a newborn baby. I even teared up a bit—something I don’t ever do. It wasn’t much, not even enough to cover my groceries that month, but […]
How to Become FI with 6 Kids, Zero Privilege, and a Small Salary
FIRECracker
Latest posts by FIRECracker (see all)
- Are Robots Stealing Our Jobs? - March 19, 2019
- Reader Case: Can’t Wait to Travel - March 15, 2019
- Let’s Go Exploring! Madrid, the Food or Food Poisoning Capital of the World? - March 8, 2019
After our “what do you want to read about” poll, I heard you all loud and clear. All guest posts all the time! Seriously though, you will like this guest post I swear (also I had this post scheduled before I ran the poll so deal with it) Anyhoo…today, I want to introduce you to a very special person I met at Fincon. I didn’t know her background at the time, or the fact that she become financially independent at 32— despite growing up poor, like me, and never having a 6-figure salary. She even managed to become FI, while raising […]
Our 2018 Finances
FIRECracker
Latest posts by FIRECracker (see all)
- Are Robots Stealing Our Jobs? - March 19, 2019
- Reader Case: Can’t Wait to Travel - March 15, 2019
- Let’s Go Exploring! Madrid, the Food or Food Poisoning Capital of the World? - March 8, 2019
Back in 2015, if you had told us it would cost us LESS money to travel the world than live in Toronto, I would’ve thought you were nuts. Everyone KNOWS travel is expensive—I mean, why else did we shell out $5000-$10,000 a year on a 3-week vacation while we were working? It wasn’t until we started traipsing around Europe and Southeast Asia that we found out what a racket the vacation industry is. We were able to visit 19 countries (even expensive ones like Denmark, Switzerland, and the UK!) for only $40,000 CAD or $30,000 USD a year for the […]
Happy New Year 2019!
FIRECracker
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- Are Robots Stealing Our Jobs? - March 19, 2019
- Reader Case: Can’t Wait to Travel - March 15, 2019
- Let’s Go Exploring! Madrid, the Food or Food Poisoning Capital of the World? - March 8, 2019
It’s New Year’s Eve! Now, I know some of you are getting the champagne ready, and we’ll be heading out to a bar tonight, but before getting the party started, we like to reflect on the past year and think about what we want to accomplish in the new year. If you recall, around this time last year, Wanderer and I were working on a non-fiction book proposal, which eventually sold to Penguin Random House! Our first draft was accepted and Quit like a Millionaire will be published in 2019! Since this was our 2018 New Year’s resolution, I’m pretty […]
How To Invest in the U.A.E.
Wanderer
Latest posts by Wanderer (see all)
- Reader Case: Is it EVER OK to Buy a House? - March 1, 2019
- The Yield Shield: How It Protects You From Recessions - February 26, 2019
- Reader Case: Should I Enter The Market? - February 15, 2019
Today I’d like to introduce you all to a friend I met during this year’s Chautauqua in Greece. I’m endlessly fascinated by how people from other countries pull off FIRE, and Steve Cronin is an expert on how to invest towards Financial Independence while living as an expat in the United Arab Emirates. Not only that, he’s got his own blog DeadSimpleSaving.com where he writes about expat investing, and he regularly hosts workshops in Dubai about this stuff, so we’re super excited to have him come on and share some of his knowledge: Steve, welcome! Thanks, I enjoyed being part […]
