• Earning Passive Income for Basic Needs

    Money Challenge Earning Passive Income for Basic Needs

    As part of our financial independence goal, I kind of challenged myself to think more and more about how to earn more streams of passive and portfolio income so in the case that our earned income dries up, we’d have something to fall back on. The more I thought about it, the more it made sense, but the only problem was executing it. So, in order to keep me accountable for our goal of becoming truly Financially Independent, and in the event that we won’t have earned income, here’s a challenge: a money challenge earning passive income for basic needs. Earning Passive Income for Basic Needs If you’re frugal and plan to retire early…

  • What to do When I Retire Early

    What to Do When I Retire Early?

    People are scared of retiring. Why? Because they think that they're going to get bored and lose their sense of being. They're so used to being waken up by an alarm clock and having a purpose: taking a shower, eating, going to work for 9+ hours, going back home, decompressing, eating, chores, sleep and doing it all over again. The cyclical nature of our working lives becomes a habit, which becomes harder to break. I think that's why people have a hard time going back to their routine of working when they go back from vacation: their entire cycle has been broken. But what if you break it for good? What…