life – Page 3 – amber tree leaves

Taking risk

27 April 2017

We all have a different view on what risk is. Given the same input, we come to a different conclusion. That is what makes discussing investing so beautiful.

A few post ago, I wrote about the fact that FI is not longer my main interest. I came to the conclusion that FI is only a means to an end. And there are many more means to the final end of happiness and joyful life.

2 cars is frugal

20 April 2017

Frugal people have no car, or they have 1. We have 2. How the hell can that help us on the road to FI?

The pitfalls of being a saver

17 April 2017

When you take a binary view on money habits in life, you can either be a saver or a spender. In reality, we are something in between. It is often thought that being a saver is the better of the two. I disagree…!

Focus… please!

10 April 2017

Focus is good. You can direct all your energy and attention to the one thing that matters. Everything else is secondary. Could that be bad?

Let’s get together

6 March 2017

One of the ideas behind this blog is to reach out to the community and meet the different people out there. This leads to interesting discussions that in turn can make your own approach, plan and system better.

What the financial planner says…

23 February 2017

Towards the end of 2016, I went to see one of the financial planners/upscale banks in Belgium. A first get-to-know meeting is free. Worst case, you loose an hour. Best case, you pick up some ideas.

Fascinating how kids learn

16 February 2017

This weekend, something just blew my mind. It is amazing how kids evolve and discover new items. As there is a connection link with finance, I thought to share it with you.