What Would You Do If You Got Given €1 Million?

Hi RIP friends, I’m finding new fancy bloggy ways to procrastinate writing about important stuff! This time it’s a thought experiment being run in the UK FIRE community this month, where bloggers are invited to participate. The thought experiment is the following: “What Would You Do If You Got Given £1

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First Failure as Unofficial Financial Coach

Hi friends, I know, I have other things to write about. I’m working on them, stay tuned! Time is a malevolent dictator these days. Working full time, parenting, theater acting, handling grandparents visiting, lifelong learning (it’s philosophy time!), and meeting so many people for one reason or another, thanks to

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Reader Case Study: Mr ATM – Working in Switzerland, want to Retire Abroad in 10 years

Hi RIP friends, Welcome to post Number 100! Yes, this is the 100th retireinprogress post in slightly more than 2 years! I originally planned to post twice per week, but ended up below once per week on average (but 3x average post length according to “351 SEO tips”). I wish

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Ultra Quick Short Mid October 2018 Financial Update

Good morning! Yeah, after two negative weeks I went to sleep with this: Yeah, cmon… It’s a shitty month but at least I’m still… And then I woke up today with this one: Millionaire no more! It already includes expected October salary and other forms of income, so we’re essentially

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September 2018 Financial Update

Hi RIP voyeurs, Welcome to my regular monthly update. I’ll try to make this one short, these days I don’t have time to even catch my breath. Work time, sleep time, travel time, lifelong learning time, family time, theater time, friends time, sport time, blog time, new amazing project time… There are

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European Early Retirement Guide – a Call to Action

Hi friends, Today I have an unusual post for you. This post is a call to action for you to join me in a project that has been sitting in the back of my mind for almost a couple of years. I think time has come for a public kick

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