I Quit My Job: Why I’m Taking the Leap to Entrepreneurship Now
I’m excited to publicly announce that I’ve decided to quit my part-time job and take the leap to “full-time” entrepreneurship. I was originally planning to wait until the summer of 2021 to quit. In this post, I share why I decided to take the leap to entrepreneurship now.
How to Find Balance in Your Life on the Path to FI
I’m excited to share a Slow FI interview from Michelle (who writes the blog FIRE and Wide). Michelle took a Slow FI path to reach financial independence and now realizes that she could have transitioned even earlier.
Plan Ahead to Make Travel More Affordable (and Enjoyable)
In order for travel to be affordable, we need to plan ahead. The biggest three travel costs – accommodation, transportation, and food – are the biggest three expenses. If we plan ahead, we can cut those costs significantly. Surprisingly, planning ahead can even make a trip more enjoyable.
4 Ways to Focus on the Journey While Designing Your Ideal Life
Getting ourselves into a better financial position is important. It’s equally important to focus on improving our current circumstances while we do it. It could take a few months or years to get us into a financial position to transition. We can actively focus on improving our current circumstances while designing lives we love.
Easing Into Early Retirement with Part-Time Work
For people pursuing financial freedom, reaching full FI can be such a temptation (even for myself at moments). This is why I’m always interested in hearing the stories of people who are choosing to downshift along the way to FI. I’m so excited to share Court’s story. Court and her family were less than 1 year from reaching full FI when she decided to downshift and take a part-time job.
What We Learned in our Second Year of Pursuing FI
There are so many things that we’ve learned in our second year of pursuing financial independence! One reason I love blogging is that it’s a great way to chronicle my own journey and mindset shifts. Writing also helps to solidify those mindset shifts for myself.
Our Plan to Financial Independence
Our plan to reach FI is not to deprive ourselves to build up a nest egg so that we can relax later. And to be clear, our journey to financial independence is not about early retirement. We are not looking to not work or sit on a beach for 50-60 years. Instead, this journey is about lifestyle design, freedom, flexibility and security. We plan to take very intentional actions so that we can adjust our lifestyle along the way. Here’s a detailed look at what our plan currently looks like.
Passion Hustle: the Fusion of Side Hustles and Passion Projects
My goal is to leverage my passion hustles to build our ideal lifestyle over time. Ultimately, I want to get to a place where when we actually hit our FI number, we don’t need to change anything. We will already be living our ideal life.
Financial Independence Is More Than a Number
Chris has a very unique story. According to the numbers, he actually achieved FI (25x his annual expenses) in 2015. However, financial independence wasn’t yet part of his vocabulary, and he didn’t realize what was possible. As you’ll see in this Slow FI interview, Chris refers to a moment when he “claimed his financial independence.” This was when he realized that he could start making decisions differently.
