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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
This edition marks a full year’s worth of this series! I hope you have found some new favourite bloggers and creators over that time.
I’ve been excited to see several new FIRE writers pop up recently in the Australian scene, so stay tuned to see them featured here soon.
PS. Thanks to everyone who reached out recently – so eager to make sure they hadn’t missed an enews! I took a two-week break to celebrate this series’ one-year anniversary. 🙂 If you ever need a fix in the meantime, check out the archives.
Australian Links
Folks Need Heroes – But You Shouldn’t Follow Them – Aussie HIFIRE
“Maybe sometimes you can just do exactly the same as someone else. Sometimes you may be able to use different ideas from different people. Or it could be that you need to come up with something brand new. The important thing though is to come up with a plan that works for you rather than just copying what someone else is doing!”
How to Create a Personal Uniform + Simplify Your Style – Simply + Fiercely
“First and foremost, it makes your life easier because you have fewer decisions to make… You’re sticking with what works, and it’s empowering… When you have a personal uniform, you know exactly what you like, so you stop buying clothes you don’t wear. You’re focused and less distracted by trends. Instead, you have your own style, and it shows.”
Financial Independence & Climate Change Investing – The Not-so-strange Bedfellows – Two to FIRE
“To win any game in life or on the field, there are two things you need: A good offence & an even better defence. By being more mindful about our spending and investing habits and planning our retirement carefully, we can mitigate the climate change risk considerably.”
Australia FIRE Survey Results 2020 – Aussie Firebug
“The results below are both extremely fascinating and interesting. What I hope that this annual survey can achieve is to give a little bit more help to would-be Firebugs who are trying to start their journey but don’t have a measuring stick.”
International Links
Won’t You be Bored? Why Creatives Thrive in Financial Independence – MinaFI (USA)
“I have a theory on why people think they’ll be bored if they retire. It all comes down to a somewhat dark realization that I made about myself when I was still working: Work is their hobby… Imagine for a second if that same energy was able to be transferred into some other passion?”
9 Questions to Ask Before You Retire Early – Money Ning (USA)
“Am I going to drive my spouse insane being at home all day?… Have I thought of a good retirement story to tell others whenever the topic comes up?… Are the finances really, I mean really, good to go?”
How to Satisfy Your Wanderlust When You Can’t Travel – Phroogal (USA)
“A big part of the thrill of traveling is the experience of stepping out of our ordinary lives and discovering something new… If all else fails, leave your smartphone behind and just start walking. Throw out the map, chuck the google reviews, and forget the explorer subreddits — and suddenly there’s an adventure on all sides.”
How to live for free: FOREVER! – Alan Donegan (UK)
“Over your working lifetime how much money have you earnt? From the fruits of your labour how much of that money have you kept? What are you left with at the end?”
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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