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How to Recover From Personal Budget Setbacks

Posted by RomanSeptember 13, 2016Life, Money, Workbudget, saving

Budget setback? Don’t worry.

The following is a guest post from my friend Ethan. Given the retirement crisis, learning how to handle setbacks in personal budgets is relevant to many. I hope you find it useful.

Effective budgeting typically lies at the core of a successful, long-term financial strategy. Whether it is a relatively informal register of income and expenses, or a detailed, categorical log of household cash flow, keeping track of your money increases financial security.

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Get Mental

Posted by RomanSeptember 10, 20162Life, Money, Relationships, WorkMental fitness, relationships

Fitness, that is! In the professional world, we spend a lot of effort trying to look good. This ‘looking good’ can happen by dressing, demeanor, dialogue or documentation (the last one is also part of how you are judged). All of this looking good business can leave you tired and chasing the wrong habits. There are coping mechanisms to retain your sanity and stay mentally fit.

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Your Job. Your Attitude. Your Independence!

Posted by RomanAugust 15, 20164Life, Workattitude, career, early retirement, financial independence

Boss: Aren’t we supposed to have a meeting now? Where is everyone?
Secretary: Didn’t you read the mails? They have all quit and are blogging about ER.

It’s no surprise your job feels like a prison after reading many personal finance blogs. It has become a rite of passage for many early retirement (ER) bloggers to declare their freedom from the ‘chains’ of corporate life. After all, being free from what 99% of the world’s salaried class are doing every day certainly gives an early retiree the bragging rights. At times, the financially independent ER bloggers seem like the real 1% as we remain part of the 99%.

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Work Abroad Before You Retire

Posted by RomanAugust 11, 201612Life, Money, Work

If you are well aware of the retirement crisis in the first world or worried about your own retirement, then you have come to the right place. In an earlier post, we saw how a simple decision to rent, while giving you the opportunity to be globally mobile, can help accelerate your journey towards financial independence. Once you learn to move and thrive in your new role for work in a new place, you will not worry about doing the same in retirement to enjoy a higher quality of life.

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Entrepreneurship Hype – It Will Cost You

Posted by RomanAugust 1, 20163Life, Money, Work

The idea is nice, but the odds don’t make it real.

One of the common themes among self-improvement seminars, self-help gurus and life coach experts is this idea that you are limiting yourself by working in a job and that you must own your own business. The clarion call for entrepreneurship is tempting indeed. One well-known blogger has built a thriving business telling others to create their own business and not to be the ‘slave’ by working in a job. Personal development is critical for everyone, but do you have to start a business to develop yourself?

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Buy or Rent? Consider Career Cost

Posted by RomanJuly 29, 20167Money, Travel, Work

When it comes to a home, most people look at buy vs. rent decision in isolation. Mainstream finance magazines contribute to this thinking by presenting the numbers of buy vs. rent decision as if those direct costs are the only ones that matter. Some bloggers take this discussion forward (but barely) by including the opportunity cost of investing the down payment or other exclusive house-related costs in an S&P 500 index fund. This is still incomplete. Few people consider the bigger opportunity cost of home ownership while working in a corporate career.

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A Bad Day At Work

Posted by RomanJuly 20, 20167Work

It was nearly 6 PM on Friday and I was getting into my car at the office parking lot. I was looking forward to the weekend after a tiring week juggling tasks, teams, new projects and business plans. My son’s school athletics championship was the main event for our weekend. He had qualified for the decathlon finals after several preliminary rounds. The happy thoughts of spending my day watching my son on the field, and then taking my family out for a nice dinner and ice cream were on my mind when suddenly, my cell phone rang. Sh**, it’s my boss.

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The Ten Factors

Posted by RomanJuly 19, 20165Life, Money, Work

There are 10 factors in my life journey that I see as integral to a meaningful and successful life, and net worth is only one part of it. Each of these factors directly or indirectly contribute to my financial and well-being goals. I hope to share my experience (both pains and pleasures) and learn from your comments on each of these areas. Here we go:
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