Reading Time: 7 minutes Support my work If you like my work on Twitter and this blog, you can buy me a “coffee” and share your thoughts 🎉☕ Insatiability Why do people who “have everything” always seem to want more? One explaination is that we get bored of what we have. The satisfaction of all needs, the elimination of […]
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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 […]
When To Walk Away From The Rat Race – How Much Money Is Enough?
Reading Time: 7 minutes Many people struggle with money. We don’t have enough, we don’t earn enough and we can’t pay for the things we want in life. Our first thought must be that the people who struggle with money are those who earn little. But, this is not true. As I explained in this post about hedonic adaption: […]
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Stop Trading Your Time For Money
Reading Time: 6 minutes I spent almost one month in Thailand/Australia/Singapore in december. One of the most shocking and surprising discoveries I made during my trip was that I spent less money while traveling, compared to how much I spend while I’m working 9 -5. This got me think really hard about why. During the trip I could spend […]
January 2019 Income & Expenses
Reading Time: 3 minutes Let’s start the new year with income & expenses for january 2019! Income Here is what my income looked like in January: My income this month was 4873 $. As you can see most of it (91 %) was from my day job. The post “Rent from partner” is for the shared cost (housing). My GF […]
How Minimalism Changed My Life And Saved Me Tons Of Money
Reading Time: 13 minutes Notice: This post will be highly philosophical. Hopefully I can inspire someone. Everybody wants more We’re working so hard, but why? We want more. We want to have a bigger house, a nicer car than our neighbor, the perfect dress. When we finally land that job which pays us 50 k, we soon aim for […]