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I am happy to say I would be FI if I kept my spending at my 2014 levels. :) Lifestyle inflation has followed me through the last 10 years but I’ve been able to still live below my means. It was the simple ‘VTSAX and chill’ method, nothing special. I’m probably 7 years out with my current spending ...

March To Do List: How did I do?

- Cancel Climbing Gym Membership Done

- Read ERE again and take notes Done

- Get rid of one drawer of 'stuff' Sort of

- Inline skate at least 3 times a week Nope

- Volunteer 2 times in March Only once

- Attend 2 events in March Check


Goals for April ...

March 2014 Review

Total Expenses: $996 (YAY! under $1000, hopefully this will be a new trend and not a fluke)

Breakdown:

Rent : $450
Food : $292 (Still too high but I have been more active in monitoring this number during the month)
Gas : $44 ( I still have 1/3 of a tank left)
Projects: $12 ...

Yeah, this little town is where I plan on going to grad school.

I actually lived in a small village in the east coast, Chantaburi province. Chiang Mai would be perfect city to stay for a bit but apparently the air quality gets really bad during certain seasons because the surrounding areas burn ...

Sept 2013 - February 2014

Rent (includes utilities and internet): $450, $450, $450, $450, $450, $450
Food (included groceries, eating out,& alcohol) : $338, $372, $277, $289, $338, $346
Gas : $104, $120, $133, $153, $105, $124
Other: $392, $410, $429, $377, $163, $448

Total: $1284, $1352 ...

Hello everyone!

I have decided to finally start a journal.

A little background:

- I am 26 yo and planning on starting grad school in September
- I have traveled extensively throughout Central America, Peru, Bolivia, and Thailand
- I lived in Thailand for 2 years, excellent medical in BKK ...

Peace corps volunteer. I feel like I'm already retired, going back into the 'real' world is going to be hard. I actually found ERE because I was looking for info on how to deal with retirement. All the free time with no set schedule. That was driving me crazy in the beginning.

<t>>My plan is to start the professional 'career' (I really dislike that word) I'm qualified in and work there for 2-3 years, aiming to save up about 10 years of expenditure. During that time I'm going to try out small, low maintenance businesses which I could potentially live off. If they work out ...

<r>>short term: time or money. The law of compounding interest suggests that longer hours now will pay off more in the long term<br/>
That’s why I was deciding to go back to Cali and start working sooner rather than later. Before I found ERE, I was going to take the long way home (tran-siberian to ...

<t>Hello everyone, <br/>
I'm 24 and currently living in rural Thailand. I've traveled through-out Central (6 months) and South America (2 months), lived in other countries (Thailand, 18 months, Costa Rica,3 months), rode motorcycles, took the train across America. <br/>
I think I've come to the ...

What type of business were you looking into starting? Catering, personal chef, teaching, working in a restaurant, writing a book, starting blog?
How much money do you want to make from this business?