Finding joy on the journey to financial independence
It’s June! Things are getting warmer and greener here in Vermont. In addition to a changing season, it’s also about the time I like to do my mid-year goal review with myself. Because I’m doing my own goal check-in, I thought what better time than now to share with my readers how I actually set … Continue reading “How I Set My Goals”
Well, in case you missed it folks, 2023 has arrived! Although I’m not a fan of New Years’ Resolutions, I am a big proponent of goal setting, and I happen to set my goals around the start of the New Year. Thanks to a busy holiday season, I’m just now starting the process of reflecting … Continue reading “Money Goals With A Spouse”
How are you with setting boundaries? If you’re like me, patiently working a 9-5 while saving up in investments to one day downshift or retire early, are you content in your day job? If you’ve been reading the blog, you know I’m on a slow journey to financial independence (FI). I’m taking steps to design … Continue reading “Setting Better Boundaries To Enjoy The 9-5”
Last week, I wrote about my process of setting my yearly goals. In that post, I mentioned how setting goals has helped tremendously with my decision-making process. This week, I want to dive deeper into this topic. I recently heard a story about a friend of a friend. I was told that this person uses … Continue reading “How Goal Setting Helps Me Make Decisions”
I can’t believe it, but it’s happened! My biggest financial independence (FI) goal since starting this blog, Flamingo FI (in other words, half of the traditional FI number, or one-half of 25x yearly expenses), has been achieved! Read on to hear more about what this means to me and what I’m planning to do now … Continue reading “I’ve Reached Flamingo FI! Now What?”
Hello, friends! Happy New Year! I know, I know, we’re in February now, but I had to say it since I haven’t said it to you yet 🙂 I apologize for being away from the blog for so long. I did not intend for it to be this long of a break, but I’m back … Continue reading “What If We All Tried To Rest More In 2024?”
As the end of another year draws near, I find myself doing what I always do around this time: reflecting. Reflecting on all that I’ve learned this year. Reflecting on the goals I’ve achieved, the places I’ve fallen short, all the activities I did or didn’t do. In this spirit of reflection, I’ve been thinking … Continue reading “The Best (Financial) Decisions I’ve Ever Made”
I hope all my U.S. readers had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday, no matter where you were, who you were with, or what you ate 🙂 I had planned to publish this post the day after Thanksgiving, on my usual Friday posting day, but instead I decided not to rush it or to worry about it … Continue reading “How Do We Know What’s Important?”
Here we are, already half-way through November. We are getting close to the end of 2023, my friends! Pretty soon, it will be time to do some year-end reflection and goal-setting for 2024. Before that though, we still have to close out 2023. At the beginning of this year, I decided to switch up the … Continue reading “Why I Changed My Money Check-In Strategy”
For the longest time, change scared the crap out of me. Don’t get me wrong, I’m still a work in progress. I still have to actively talk myself down sometimes from freaking out when change is looming or imminent. But over time, I’ve gotten better at accepting change. In fact, I’ve even found embracing change … Continue reading “How Comfortable Are You With Change?”
