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Welcome to another #AusFIWeekly with handpicked Financial Independence links and events from Australia and abroad. I’m Michelle, a mid-30s semi-retiree sharing my FI journey at FrugalityandFreedom.com
Hope you’re hanging in there, wherever you are. Without further ado, let’s dive in to this week’s links!
Australian Links
The Six Steps To Ensuring Your Financial Independence (And Early Retirement!) – That Girl On Fire
“The key is to simplify. Everything. Not just your money, but your life. Basically, figure out what brings you joy and security? Spend on that. What interests you and curates the world you want to live in? Invest in that.”
9 Ways to Make Your Journey to FIRE More Fun – FIRE Your Own Way
“When we have fun, things are easier to do. Not only that, we want to do more of them. Getting to FI doesn’t have to be a hard, tough slog. The journey can actually be something that you enjoy.”
Tuning Out to Tune In: Learning to Let Go of Constant Connection – Keepin’ It Frugal
Since making these continual little changes in our lives, we feel we’re living a fuller and even slower pace of life even with work and everything in between.
Negative Money Biases: 7 Toxic Thoughts to Dismantle – The Broke Generation
“This secrecy and judgement around money – both our own and other people’s – has left us with a major shame hangover. This has contributed to widespread money biases, that demonise money itself rather than the person who has it.”
International Links
Helping (not Enabling) Family Members Financially – Recovering Women Wealth (US)
If your loved one has fallen on unusually tough times and you are able to help, by all means, do it. However, if they repeatedly display poor patterns of fiscal irresponsibility, giving them financial help may only delay them from learning how to change. One thing I know for certain is that we (humans) must experience our own consequences, to be inspired to change.
The 5-Hour Workday – Four Pillar Freedom (US)
“It’s not exactly a secret that most white collar workers don’t actually work 8 hours per day, despite being in the office for that amount of time… I’m able to make significant progress on my businesses with a shorter workday simply because I spend my time only doing things that move the needle.”
Five Things To Be Awesome With Money – Creative Money (US)
“Once you bring these five ingredients together, you can create a personal money mission statement that encompasses how you will approach every money decision.”
Staying Focused with a Simple Method – Zen Habits (US)
“If you don’t tackle this challenge, you’ll be left feeling scattered and unfocused, overwhelmed and disconnected. If you can take it on … you can create an experience of getting meaningful things done.”
Thanks for reading! Read the archives here or get in touch if you find new favourite links to share.
Yours in pursuit of FI,
Michelle @ Frugality and Freedom
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