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Why I Want to FIRE – A Personal Tale of Early Woes and Awesome Wins

PinShare32TweetShare32 SharesI was in yoga class one night when I realized that I’ve been speaking to you guys about money and ways to achieve financial goals but you barely know anything about me, Katie Scarlett. After bringing this fact up to my son, I decided to be more open with you guys. I want to share with you why I want to achieve financial independence and early retirement (FIRE). I feel privileged that so many of you have shared your stories and goals with me privately via email or Facebook messenger. And to balance that out, I think it’s now

October 31, 2019 12 Comments

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FIRE-ing in Developing Countries: Does the 4% Safe Withdrawal Rate Apply To Us?

Pin6Share13TweetShare19 SharesFor the past few days, I’ve been trying to write a post about challenges in achieving FIRE (financial independence, retire early), comparing the situation of those who live in developing countries versus the experiences of people who live in developed, Western countries. It seems obvious that our experiences in developing countries will be different from the experiences of people in the West but I want to still write these challenges down to serve as food for thought for people like me who are on this FIRE journey, as well as to start a discussion. This is not that post.

September 18, 2019 5 Comments

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Lighting a FIRE

PinShare12TweetShare12 SharesThe FIRE or financial independence and early retirement community is the fastest growing personal finance movement online. The dream of acquiring enough money and assets in the form of real estate, stock and bonds portfolio, and other investments that you can live off the proceeds and retire while still relatively young is the DREAM. For a long time, this dream was unreachable for mere mortals. Not anymore. A lot of people have demonstrated that retiring early is achievable. Mr. Money Mustache FIRE’d at 30. Sam of Financial Samurai retired at 34. Paula Pant became financially free through real estate

August 10, 2019 No Comments

Psychology of Money

How to Calculate Your Real Hourly Wage and Why You Should Do It

Pin10Share27TweetShare37 SharesHere’s a very neat method I learned from the classic personal finance book, Your Money or Your Life: how to calculate my real hourly wage and why I should do it. The concept is this: [bctt tweet=”we only have a limited time on Earth and we exchange a portion of that time to go to work and earn money. That means we are literally giving up our life for money. ” username=”MeKatieScarlett”] Which raises the question: are the things we’re spending money on worth the life we’re giving up to buy them? How to Calculate Your

July 22, 2018 No Comments