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Balancing Work, Life, and Hobbies
Each and everyone of us has our own personalities, likes, and dislikes, each of us has our own path to forge in this crazy life we all live in. However, one stops to wonder: how can you go about balancing work, life, and hobbies. If you are on the path to Financial Independence early like we are planning to, you are always on the lookout for more side hustle opportunities. More side hustles means more work, means more income. However, if you have a full-time job, while trying to earn a bit more cash on the side, how can you truly balance everything? Balancing Work, Life, and Hobbies This post…
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Is Owning a Timeshare a Good Investment?
When you hear the word timeshare, you probably think: bad investment, can’t sell them, high fees, low flexibility, outdated. And many more, I’m sure. They’ve made a few people very rich (the guy behind Westgate Resorts) and also infamous (same Westgate guy, who tried to build the greatest mansion in the world in Orlando and it went so bad Hollywood made a documentary out of it). Is a Timeshare a Good Investment? We recently took advantage of a timeshare offer from SPG’s Vistana Vacations to spend 4 nights in Los Cabos, Mexico at their Westin Los Cabos resort, and attended the obligatory 2-hour presentation by a friendly and charming salesperson. …
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You Are More Than Your Job
Most people in the FI space have at least a current job that they are doing right now. Some people hate it, some people actually like it. For those who actually hate their job or are just going to work to get that paycheck every two weeks, I have a message for you: You Are More Than Your Job
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How much should you spend on Travel?
This is one of the most important questions that we ask ourselves every single chance we can: How much should you spend on Travel? I was doing the December 2015 budget a few days ago, and I got the idea to look at not just how much we spend per month on different things, but also how much we spend on travel as a percentage of income. The answer was pretty illuminating, actually. You get to see that the biggest expenses are essentially out of your hands, and that you don’t always need to sweat the small stuff. I’ll be posting these every month this year after I do the…
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What Artificial Intelligence means for Financial Independence
“By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes.” – Shakespeare’s Macbeth The machines are coming…or have they already arrived? In the year 2000, artificial intelligence still seemed like a distant dream. The tech revolution had begun but soon deflated when people realized the early tech startups weren’t really producing much economic value. It was a quasi shell game that the market eventually squashed, and tech as an industry retreated into the spotlight behind the usual titans like banking, oil, and pharma. And then Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook entered the picture, and the true tech revolution began. This has resulted in many changes to our way…
