Will I be comfortable withdrawing from principal in Early Retirement?

Hi RIP friends, FIRE math is easy, isn’t it? You work for a decade or two (or half), save a shit-ton of money, at least 50% of you income, accumulate accumulate accumulate, experience the good feeling of watching your bank account go up up up, invest invest invest to make

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Why I don’t like US Tipping rules

Hi RIP friends, I’m in US, visiting Hooliland this week. The weather is awesome even though it’s January. Spending free time biking among pelicans and squirrels is simply amazing. Among the (many) things I don’t like about US, there’s this one that I really, really hate: tips. In US, you tip

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On John Bogle and index investing

Hi RIP friends, a quick one today. Few days ago, on January 16th 2019, John Clifton “Jack” Bogle died at age 89. John Bogle was the founder of Vanguard, the largest mutual funds and ETFs company in the world, and he was considered the father of index investing. Vanguard, and

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December 2018 Monthly update

Hi RIP voyeurs, welcome to my last monthly update of 2018, which will include a yearly update too. Before that: a month ago I announced a temporary break / slow down from blogging. The rationale behind my decision was “I don’t want to half-ass everything“. I tried to detach from blogging to

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