Dear friends, I started blogging in June 2016, driven by the desire to connect with others, document my journey to Financial Independence, get feedback on my strategy and my plans from people smarter than me, learn new stuff by forcing myself to do some research and trying to teach something,
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Retire in progress...
2019 Q4 (October-November-December) Update – Back to Work
Hi dear readers, Yes, two consecutive posts on our financial update. After this one I plan to publish another personal post (about the flat move), then it’s time to put my hands on some technical topic 🙂 NOTE: brace yourself. This is by far the longest post on this blog.
Read more2019 Q3 (July-August-September) Financial Update – Shame on us!
Hi dear readers, I know. We’re in 2020 already, and you read it right: this is Q3 (July-September) 2019 quarterly update, not Q4 (October-December). That’s how much I’m behind. Q4 2019 has been a tough quarter, where I experienced the real scarcity of time. I returned to work full time, time
Read moreInvesting-paralysis temporary resolution
Hi RIP friends, Marry Christmas and happy new year 🙂 Welcome another boring post about my investing paralysis. A couple of weeks ago I told you about my unmotivated November 2019 escape from stocks. If you missed my last post, please take your time to read it before this one,
Read moreI did something I’m not proud of…
Hi RIP friends, I knew you would have noticed. Some of you wrote me emails, some commented on random posts. One went as far as sending me a PM on facebook. It didn’t go unnoticed, that’s the beauty of transparency! What am I talking about? This: Before moving on, I know
Read moreCoaching – And the Winner is…
Hi RIP readers, This is a quick update on my 2020 Q1 coaching experiment: I’ve selected the 6 participants, and already notified them! Which means that if you didn’t receive an email along the line of “congrats, you’ve been selected!” it means… well, that you’ve not been selected. And no,
Read moreCoaching – who asked for my help?
Hi RIP friends, Two weeks ago I launched my free coaching project for early 2020, knowing that the remainder of 2019 would be ultra packed with a move (about which I’ll write soon), child care acclimation for Baby RIP (with accompanying infections and sicknesses, first of which didn’t took long
Read moreCoaching follow up: I have a problem now!
Hi RIP readers, this is a quick follow-up to my Friday’s post about a coaching experiment I’m going to run in January-March 2020. I received 30+ applications in 2 days (so far). I wasn’t expecting this! I’ve read all of them. I started replying (just acking for now) more or
Read moreI’m offering free career and financial coaching in Q1 2020!
Hi dear reader, haven’t you dreamed about being RIP’s guinea pig all the time? Today is the day your dreams become true! “RIP, what the hell are you talking about?” I’ve spent a good portion of 2019 talking with people, helping people and – more importantly – getting help from
Read moreQuick post for those who read my mashable interview today
Hi readers, Yes, I know, I’m behind schedule and you want to know how my new work experiment is going. Please be patient. Life has been dramatically intense in October: new job, family, babyRIP being sick every other day, traveling for work, meeting RIP readers live, probably (finally) changing apartment
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