Hi RIP friends, At Hooli I have this weekly 1:1 conversation with my manager to discuss ongoing issues and career plans – as I guess it is pretty normal in every workplace. These conversations are not technical at all but more oriented toward helping your manager to help you grow. It’s
Read moreMonth: October 2016
Market timing and US election
Good Evening RIP friends, Did you sell all your stock funds? You know that doomsday is coming, don’t you? What are you waiting for?? Let me explain it clear: If Ronald Drumpf wins, the market is going to crash because he’s insane and none will invest in US. If Hilarious Clinton
Read moreIt didn’t work but it was fun, i.e. facebooks sucks
Hi RIP friends, Here’s a sad story about me and facebook: my account has been blocked. No, not the Retire In Progress Page that is still up and running. My individual pseudonym account has been blocked. Let me show you my facebook setup. Before blogging, life was easy. I only had my wonderful personal
Read moreEleven Gems on the Net #3
Hi readers, Welcome back to another episode of Eleven Gems on the Net (EGN, for friends), where i share few interesting links I’ve found on the web. More information about the series can be found in the first post. It’s been quite a long time since last episode, but I have been
Read moreFirst Italian FI Blogger meeting!
Hi RIPpers, I’ve been recently invited to a Northern European FI Bloggers meetup that took place in a small town across the Netherlands-Belgium border. I sadly had to decline since I’m traveling slightly too much these days. It’s not been an easy decision, I strongly wanted to meet with other FI bloggers,
Read more10 Questions and a Pizza Place with… myself!
No, I can’t believe I’m doing this, I should seriously contact a doctor… Anyway, here’s the thing: I loved so much the 10 questions series on the 1500 days to freedom blog. Since I started blogging I have this TODO item of “answer 1500’s 10 questions and try to get featured on
Read moreMy Credit Score
Hi RIP friends, Today I’m going to show you my credit score! Are you ready? Well, not an actual numeric value like the ones that are popular in the US. Why? Because we in Europe (at least in Italy and Switzerland) don’t have this fancy number attached to our identity.
Read moreAppian Way and a taste of FI Life: Freedom doesn’t imply Happiness
Hi RIP friends, I’ve spent a week with one of my best friends on a small and humble trip along the Appian Way, from Formia to Rome and I tasted once more what life could be when FI is reached. The trip has been intense, like any hiking trip is,
Read moreSeptember 2016 Financial Update – “Shame on us” edition
Hi RIP voyeurs 🙂 September 2016 is gone. Still nice weather in Switzerland, I guess it’s the hottest September ever seen. As end-of-month routine I’m here showing my numbers, with slightly less proud compared to last month, where we saved more than 80% of our income. Disclaimer: I’m keeping my FU Number at
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