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Category: Updates

Reports of our expenses, earnings, and net worth. You’ll find the evolution of our savings rate, what went well, what didn’t well, month by month. The goal is to share everything, with 100% transparency. You will also find some information about our travels. Follow my path to Financial Independence.

June 2019 – Holidays, Taxes and Insurances!

Find out why we only saved 15% of our income in June 2019 and why spent almost 8000 CHF in one month (it has to do with taxes! and midlde of the year)

May 2019 – Finally a cheaper month!

Find out how we saved about 58% of our income in May 2019! We kept out expenses very low and invested all our savings for future returns!

April 2019 – More French and More Ski

April 2019 was a simple month for us with special expenses for French courses and more ski. The blog is seeing a nice traffic boost!

March 2019 – Bonus and French Courses

Find out what happened to our finances in March 2019! We got a large bonus but we spent a lot of money this month for French courses and for Food.

Health Plan for 2019 – Retire Healthy And Early

In 2019, we would like to work on improving our health, making sure we can retire early and healthy! Find out what we plan to do.

February 2019 – China, dowry and ski

In February 2019, we spent some time in China to visit our family and then spent some time in Switzerland skiing.

January 2019 – Off to a good start!

January 2019 started the year really well with a good stock market recovery and some nice savings rate.

How Much We Spent in 2018 – Detailed Expenses Report

Find out exactly how much we spent in 2018, in detail, in each of our budget category.

My 2019 Goals – More Ambitious and Original

For 2019, I have tried to set myself more ambitious and original goals, after goals that were too easy in 2018.

2018 Goals Review – Too Easy!

Here, I review our 2018 goals. In the end, the goals were too easy and did not require much effort to be reached. We will need better goals.

December 2018 – It went by so fast!

In December, we had some good savings rate. The year has went so fast, it's crazy.

A Weekend in Brussels, Belgium – Beautiful Monuments and Good Beer

Weekend in Belgium? Discover the best monuments, chocolate, and beer in Brussels with our travel guide for a memorable short trip.