Reading Time: 14 minutes Support my work Are you interested in getting 1:1 coaching for Financial Independence? Click here It all starts with a change You’ve thought about it for so many years, but you’ve never done anything about it. The corporate world you hate, the long work hours, the meaningless work routine and of course commutes. Hopefully someone […]
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Things Nobody Tells You About Financial Independence

Reading Time: 2 minutes Support my work If you like my work on Twitter and this blog, you can buy me a “coffee” and share your thoughts ?☕ Picking brains of like-minded people is a great first step to understand what works and what does not. This time I’ve been interviewed by my great friend Niraj […]
2 years And 8 Months Left Until Financial Independence – This Is My Plan!

Reading Time: 6 minutes This blog post was awarded “Blog Post Of The Month” by FIREhub.eu. Updating My Plan From 5 Years To Under 3 Years I’ve always been interested in evolving myself. Right now financial independence is my main priority. I read Vicki Robin’s “Your Money Or Your Life” again last year, and after reading it for the […]
October 2019 Income & Expenses – Savings Rate: 84,9% !

Reading Time: 3 minutes A record month in terms of savings! Here is my income & expenses for october 2019! Seems like you loved the flow diagram from last month, so I’ll make it this month as well! The flow diagram visualizes both my income, expenses & savings in the same figure. The currency is as always USD $. […]
The Perfect Time To Invest & Why The Market Always Goes Up

Reading Time: 4 minutes Like everyone, I sometimes struggle with waiting for the perfect time. You wait for the perfect time to get married, learn a new skill, quit a bad habit etc. And then after you just do the thing, you always wonder why you waited so long. It’s no different with investing. If you’ve never invested before […]
A Perspective On Minimalism And Financial Independence

Reading Time: 5 minutes Sometimes I wonder what the meaning of life is. Often these thoughts appear when I got plenty of time to think. We go through each day, blessed with hope that it will be different than the last one. Yet nothing changes. The routines of the 9 – 5 makes every day pretty much predictable. We […]
My Key Lessons For Reaching A $200K Net Worth

Reading Time: 7 minutes Some months ago I finally landed on the $200K net worth mark. From now on I think the race to to the next milestone will go a lot faster! In this article I will describe how I got there, what I’ve sacrificed and which steps I’m going to take to speed up my journey. Delayed […]
Net Worth Update: $203,394 – August 2019

Reading Time: 4 minutes Net worth: Finally over $200,000 ! This is my 9th net worth update. In july I had a 64,9 % savings rate! By Route 2 FI Index Funds In the figure below you can see my index fund value as of 1. august 2019. I sold my apartment in july 2018 (and then bought a […]
July 2019 Income & Expenses – Savings Rate: 64,9 % !

Reading Time: 3 minutes Another great month in terms of savings! Here is my income & expenses for july 2019! Seems like you loved the flow diagram from last month, so I’ll make it this month as well! The flow diagram visualizes both my income, expenses & savings in the same figure. What do you think of it? The […]
How I Am Going To Quit My Job And Be Financial Independent In Only 5 Years

Reading Time: 7 minutes Twitter: @Route2FI Why do most people spend decades in careers they don’t like? The norm is to go to school, graduate, take a job, climb the corporate ladder and stay there for 30-40 years. Then you are free to enjoy life when you’re 67 years old. Have you ever wondered if this is the life […]