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Month: October 2014

Suited and Booted

Suited and Booted

Last week I spent a majority of the time cleaning out my desk place and returning the mountains of equipment into it’s correct place. Despite my frugal and minimalist aiming lifestyle at home.. I’m the complete opposite at work: All around my desk were piles of electronic equipment, half built laptops and discarded components. I have a terrible habit at work of trying to do too much at once and letting things pile up around me. Not anymore: It’s time…

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How I enjoy being frugal and why you should too

How I enjoy being frugal and why you should too

I think it’s fair to say that for a majority of us this journey towards financial independence is going to be a long one. Even the gods of early retirement such as MMM still had to dedicate many years of their life towards the final goal. Unless you’re unlucky enough to win the lottery, taking a look over the percentage savings table will show many of us are working our way through at least a decade of income generation in…

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Does perception affect your financial reality?

Does perception affect your financial reality?

Perception of others and their situations or lifestyles can have a huge impact in how we ourselves feel and act. The recent exposure of Facebook’s secret mood manipulation experiment demonstrated just how easy it is to become affected by the experiences of others. Unfortunately this can also have an affect on our personal finances and financial futures. There are however a number of things to bear in mind which you can use to help avoid letting perception affect your financial…

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October Challenges

October Challenges

It’s October! Which means the nights are getting darker and it’s getting a hell of alot colder each morning on the ride into work. Last month I made a huge decision when I quit my job and so now have just 7 working days left at my current place. It’s going to be very sad to leave after 5 years, however I know the time was right and I’m excited about the new challenges and opportunities the new place will…

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I just quit my job

I just quit my job

Big news from the life of EarlyRetirementGuy this week is that I’ve quit my job! No, this wasn’t some heat of the moment walkout during a particularly bad performance review, but a much thought out and pre-planned action as a result of the discussions around my post last month and future career aspirations. It took me a long time to come to this decision, and was one of the hardest I’ve had to make in a long time. Several lifestyle…

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