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Hi Suomalainen. Well, currently private health care is covered for both myself and the family as part of my employment package. I'm a Brit, but also own property in France. If and when I do pull the plug on employment, we would almost certainly be in France or the UK, where acceptable healthcare is ...

2017 End of Year Review Time for another 6-monthly journal update. The good news first: I hit my financial target for the year. My net worth is now north of 400k EUR which equates to well over two decades of spending at current rates. My third-born arrived safely into the world in September, and I'...

May 2017 Update Thought I would update this journal after a long absence. It's been an eventful time since my last entry... FIRE is now mostly on autopilot: the rough plan is to grow my net worth (investments and cash only, I do not count our paid-off house and other depreciating assets) by 100k EU...

September update Time flies when you've two kids under five plus a busy job I've come to realise! Four months have flown by since my last entry. The good news is that my net worth - excluding home equity - has now nudged north of EUR 300k. I'm still a tightwad when it comes to spending - although I...

Nicely done Hank. Do keep us updated on life on the other side, where I hope to join you one day in the not-to-distant future!

May Update Savings: €181,820.53 Investments: €90,589.09 Net worth (excluding my fully owned house): €272,409.62 Well another month has rushed on by. More refunded business travel plus no non-food, non-essential purchases and cycling everywhere means I've banked most of my salary for this month. Whi...

Hi Henk,

Thanks for the supportive comments in my journal. Yours was one of the journals I enjoyed reading even before I took the step of recording my own journey. Best wishes for this last month as a salary man!

Pucheou

April Update Savings account: EUR 175,487.20 Investments: EUR 90,233.84 Total: EUR 265,721.04 *I have some cash in current accounts to meet my expenses for c.3 months, so I am not counting this. A good month financially. I finally got some overdue bonuses paid, accounting for the big jump in saving...

Hey George, thanks for dropping by. My wife and I had this exact same conversation on renting the other day. The farmhouse is mostly sitting empty apart from when family or friends come to stay. We actually pay someone to maintain the garden when we're not there, which is not very frugal and in keep...

Buzzing around in a camper van sounds like a good way to retire to me! Just wanted to drop by as we've started journals on the same day. All the best with your journey to FI/retirement. I personally was sleep-walking through life on a financial level until around 2 years ago, so just being aware of ...

Hey FBeyer, Thanks for the warm welcome! It definitely wasn't my intention to gloat about my salary - I guess it's just necessary to provide these details to paint the complete financial picture of where I'm at. It's true that I'm in the top few percentile of earners when compared to per capita inco...

I've been a regular visitor to the ERE boards for the past couple of years. Now I feel compelled to start a journal, principally for my own sanity. I've definitely made some wrong turns over the years and have zero sage advice to give to the financially smart and savvy people on here! I’m in my late...