On blogging, writing, anonymity and the future of retireinprogress

Hi dear readers, I can’t thank you enough for the tremendous support and positive feedback you’ve been giving me throughout these 2 years of blogging on retireinprogress. I’ve published 87 posts so far, it’s roughly one every 9 days since June 2016. Original plans were to publish more frequently, something

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Index Investing Economy

Hi RIP investors, if you’re following me you know I’m a big fan of ETFs and passive index investing. I’ve dedicated several posts on index investing, ETF 101 and a recent analysis on which ETF to buy. The problems solved by passive index investing for a non professional investor like

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Are we spendypants? RIP vs The Average Swiss

Hi frugal RIP friends, In the previous post about my FIWE trip report I mentioned how I felt like being the spendypants of the party. After 3-4 talks about “how we live with 500 Eur in SUPPOSED_EXPENSIVE_CITY“, or “How to travel with 100 Eur in your pocket INSTEAD OF GOING

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Financial Independence Week Europe (FIWE) 2018 Report – RIP’s trip in Romania

Hi RIP friends, Last month, in June, we’ve been traveling for 2 weeks in Italy to attended a wedding and let grandparents play with BabyRIP for a while. Being away from home for that long for the first time after BabyRIP was born has not been easy. To make things

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June 2018 Financial Update – Million Impossible

Hi RIP voyeurs, It’s been an intense month in RIP neighborhood. Travels, weddings & funerals, babyRIP demanding attention, actual work and so on. I didn’t write a single article in the whole month. It’s not how one builds readership, I know. Things are hopefully going to stabilize this summer though

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