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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
Congrats to all the winners of Plutus Awards this week! These celebrate the best financial content creators and were announced during FinConX‘s virtual conference. I squealed when friends took out some of the trophies, including A Purple Life for Best FIRE Content, The Fioneers’s Slow FI interviews for Best Content Series, and Twenty Free’s Find Your Freedom for Best New Personal Finance Podcast.
Check out my guest appearances on these award-winning sites. (That means I’m like 1/25th of an award winner, right? 😉 )
- Traveling 6 Months A Year in Semi-Retirement with Michelle from Frugality and Freedom – Find Your Freedom podcast
- Coast to Financial Independence through Semi-Retirement – The Fioneers’ Slow FI series
PS. I’m six months into my virtual assistant and freelancer career, launched after doing the free 5 Day VA Challenge by charismatic Hannah of Digital Nomad Kit. She’s offering this free mini-course again next week from 23 Nov. I got my first client within a month using these tips; highly recommend if you’re considering a new side hustle or career switch.
Australian Links
Why has ESG investing shone in 2020? – Financial Autonomy
“ESG shone in 2020 because it had high exposure to the sectors that did especially well in COVID. But rather than view these results as a flash in pan, instead use it as bringing an opportunity to light that hadn’t previously been on your radar, because the long term numbers suggest that even beyond a COVID impacted world, ESG investing stacks up.”
Ten Financial Mistakes to Avoid – Aussie Doc Freedom
“The outcome of some financial decisions is not known often for many years. Without certainty, investing is a game of playing the odds and minimizing risk. You cannot invest without taking some risk. No one is going to make it through life without making some errors of judgement. The aim of the game is to reduce the risk of large or repeated financial mistakes.”
The Paradox Of Choice: Why Too Many Options Makes You Unhappy – Captain FI
“Simplifying your life is wonderful, words cannot describe just how good it feels when you remove the weight of unnecessary expectations and responsibilities from your shoulders. Everything becomes easier, you have more time, you feel more energetic and its easier to ‘get on top’ of everything.”
Abundance Meditation (podcast) – Joyful Frugalista
An 18-minute guided meditation by Serina to channel more abundance into your life.
Australian Events
Adelaide: FI/RE Meetup Adelaide
Hosted by yours truly, Frugality and Freedom with Keepin’ It Frugal.
Sat 7 Nov 2pm ACDT, Adelaide CBD
Brisbane: Choose FI Brisbane Meet Up – Choose FI Brisbane
Sat 21 Nov 3.30pm, Southbank
International Links
The Circle of Control Is a Myth (Choose to Wield Influence!) – TicTocLife (USA)
“The problems you care about fall within a circle of concern, some of which you can influence. But is there also a circle of control in your life?”
100+ Services You Can Provide as a Virtual Assistant – Digital Nomad Kit (UK/Nomadic)
This was eye-opening! “If you excel at something (almost anything, really), you can probably make a living as a virtual assistant. Likewise, if you’re a business owner with some quirky business needs and unsure of how to get the help you need – there’s probably a VA out there who can help.” See also the Beginner’s Guide to Becoming a VA.
Unlimited: Playing Catch and Release with Limiting Beliefs – Sense with Cents (USA)
“Do you ever stop to think about why you expect things to be so hard? I grew up hearing that “Hard work pays off”… (But) The connotation of “hard work” may have done as much damage as it has good. While I believe that any “job worth doing is worth doing well,” I’m not sure that “hard” has to come into play. Over many years of psychological conditioning, it seems that it has set me up to having some limiting beliefs that are not serving me well.”
How To Build Your Financial Freedom Lifestyle Goals – Beyond Pennies (USA)
“Deciding on your financial freedom lifestyle goals is one of the most exciting aspects of any financial freedom strategy. You get to re-design your life based on your interests and passions. Having a strategy to reach your goals will help get you to the finish line much faster than aimlessly saving funds without a defined plan.”
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Yours in pursuit of FI,
Michelle @ Frugality and Freedom
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