To desist from possessions and security
The abolition of fear
The discovery of one´s own way
Instinctive individual action.
So this is where I am going towards. But how? Where to start? I am going to puke it all out in the first post (just to get started) and I hope to get feedback and help on how to start the path.
Currently I am middle aged father of one, married and live in an house and own a car. So I am stuck with the basic middle class trap that is quite common with today´s society. I have 13 years to go with the parenting sentence, so its quite hard to retire early Jacob style. We live in northern post-socialist utopia with good security nets and consequently very high taxes and cost of living.
Luckily I haven´t made _all_ the mistakes so things are still quite manageable (I know I deserve some eye rolling from ERE crowd and few face punches from MMM). No consumer or student debt. Lots of house debt but that is rather manageable if you take into account that I have a few shares of rentals.
I have a rather good job, working for a non-profit. This alignes with my values and coworkers are nice so can´t complain about that.
I have studied business so the money part is not that hard to learn
Now I have dozens of goals and they keep changing over time and I don´t have the natural tenacity to follow through and complete them as fast as I can think of new ones
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First priority of this journal is to make myself accountable secondly I would like to write my thoughts on the philosophical side of all this...
Current plans
1. Health first
Stop the passive and stressful lifestyle
Move 2-3 times per week
Gym, home gym, walking, jogging, playing with kid, be outside with family
Add more veggies to diet
--> Consequently lose weight and get fitter
2. Family life
Remove stress from daily normal life
More common things to do with the family
Put more time and effort to the kids hobbies
3. Side project 1
Planning in the beginning of the year with the team
Event planning
Marketing and lobbying strategies
Selling
Financial planning and follow through on accounts
4. Finances
Save a nest egg / emergency fund / war stash
Achieve 30 % savings rate
Optimizing saving and make it an easy routine
Monthly accounting of expenses
Making NW calculations
Course in investing (professional level 1)
Pay off one rental