This post is part of a 30 days series called the 30 steps program to financial independence. You can check the list of other posts here. If you have followed your progress towards financial independence, you have seen your passive income grow little by little, to reach $5 a month, $10 a month, and so on…. Read more
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Step 27: Make a plan with deadlines
This post is part of a 30 days series called the 30 steps program to financial independence. You can check the list of other posts here. I like goals. They keep me going and motivate me. I don’t always reach my goal, I fail, get up and try again, or give up for another goal. Money… Read more
Step 21: Picture your dream life, is it like before?
Picture your dream life, is it like before? This post is part of a 30 days series called the 30 steps program to financial independence. You can check the list of other posts here. Now that you have being thinking about financial independence for a while, and looked into things like bartering, saving, living simply, take… Read more
Step 10: Minimize your wants
This post is part of a 30 days series called the 30 steps program to financial independence. You can check the list of other posts here. Minimize your wants If you want to reach financial independence quickly, it is necessary to save as much money as you can. While you can brown bag it to work… Read more
Step 7: Invest
This post is part of a 30 days series called the 30 steps program to financial independence. You can check the list of other posts here. Step 7: Invest The goal of financial independence is to have sufficient income generated by investment periodically, so you don’t have to go back to that dreaded office… Read more
Step 6: Find sources of passive income
This post is part of a 30 days series called the 30 steps program to financial independence. You can check the list of other posts here. So yesterday we were talking about having several sources of income. You can take freelancing job, register on Elance or sell your craft on Etsy, the thing is, you are… Read more
Step 3: Figure out how much you will need
Step 3: Figure out how much you will need This third step to financial independence is one of the most important, because if you don’t know how much you will need then you don’t know when you can actually stop working and enjoy your lifestyle and independence. One of my cousins works in finance. He… Read more
Step 2: Start Small
Yesterday we saw that saving is the first step towards financial independence. You have to save money, quite a considerable amount of it, in order to be someday financially independent. And just like a diet, you need to start small. You can’t start by saying ”I will save $2,500 every month” if you make $3,000…. Read more
Coming up: 30 ways to reach Financial Independence
I am starting a series in August, that I hope you will like. I will describe 30 ways to reach financial independence, one per day. We will talk about the basics, like saving money, starting a fund for your future financially independent life, and run a few numbers to see how much you need to… Read more
Who people want you to be… and who you REALLY want to be
One thing I hate in life is when people say “I’m not sure you should do that”, or “that looks difficult/complicated/impossible… if I were you I wouldn’t”. Most of us never question their routine or challenge life. You study, you graduate, you work for 40 years, so you can pay your debt and rack up… Read more