The reason behind sharing this personal story is to decode my relationship with money, this post also puts out into public the story of family’s struggles over the years. As mentioned in About Me, I am from India, my parents continue to live in India. Born into a relatively wealthy family, my father opted out…
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Book Review: Playing with FIRE
Playing with FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early) is a book by Scott Rieckens. I picked this up over the weekend after looking at the trailer of the documentary of the same name. The book (and the documentary) takes us on the 1st year FIRE journey with Scott and Taylor. It covers their journey from living…

How rich or poor are you in Germany?
Yesterday I visited a the website of Der Speigel, this news website has an active finance section, and it has come up with a Survey which allows you to check how rich or poor does your income make you in Germany. This is based on an annual survey conducted since 1984, with over 14000 households…

You can be a Millionaire if you Save, invest and repeat!
Over the last few months I have actively enjoyed reading various blogs, websites, listening to podcasts and participating in forums on the topic of FIRE. Nobody can really teach you to be a millionaire, without really knowing your personal situation and struggle. However, you can still take first steps towards it by Save, Invest and…

GetFI – The Manifesto
I have been following blogs, books and podcasts on the FIRE movement, some of them are simply brilliant but yet most are often relevant if you are from the US. I believe German content or other European content might also exist out there but with my crap language skills its all but a lost cause.…