I got a question the other day, from a reader on this site, as to how I designed a portfolio that helps me target an 8% annual return. That got me thinking about the kind of articles I’m writing on this…
Can I make money off my blog: the experiment?
It has now been about 4 months that I have been operating my blog and getting to understand how things work. From managing the design, posting new articles and attempting some marketing of the blog, in amongst a plethora of…
10 simple ways to spend less and get Rich
If you’ve been reading my blog, you’ll know that the real power of wealth comes from time. Little actions today, like spending a little less each month and saving a little more, when added together over a longer time frame,…
Is 4% the right rate to use for Retirement Planning? Why the 4% rule always needs to be nuanced.
Conventional wisdom in the personal finance space tells us that if we want to secure enough money with which we can retire comfortably, we need to assess if that amount can be covered by a 4% return on our portfolio…
It’s time to clean up and declutter your life. How to do it in a few easy steps.
Recently I had a realization. I had too much stuff. It was a slow building realization. The kind that sneaks into the back of your mind, parks itself there and starts chattering away behind the daily noise coursing through the…
Plastic Bali or how we ruined paradise
A few months ago, I had a conversation with my 7-year old son about Plastic Waste and recycling. Check it out here: Conversations with my son – Plastic Waste. We talked about how much plastic waste enters our ocean every…
Why I chose to walk away from Early Retirement and why I think I made the right choice.
3 years ago I was on track to hit my magic number within a year. That’s the investment or net wealth number I had calculated that if I hit, I would be able to stop working my corporate job and…
5 essential steps to addressing failure and turning it into future success
This is a guest post I wrote that was featured on Rockstar Finance. I’ve failed at work. Many times. Definitely more times than I’ve been able to keep track of. However, ask me to walk you through my failures and…
10 things to do about that Bad Investment
I like writing about making money off my investments. I bet you would agree that it is always more inspirational to make money, think about making money and write about making money than the opposite. But not all investments turn…
What following in the footsteps of Hemingway taught me about retiring at 27
Ernest Hemingway. If you’re a writer, and / or reader, of the English language, then you will have heard of him and, possibly, also his work. It was, however, probably not only his prose that captured a generation, but also…
