It wasn't too long ago that I wrote about starting a new job because my old one went through a 'restructure' back in 2016 and essentially screwed over the team I was apart of. You can read about that here. Long story short, I took a $12k pay cut back in 2017 to get...

Oh baby! BIG bump this month after we sold Investment Property 1. The huge influx of cash actually hid a terrible month for every other asset we hold. The reason it was such a big jump this month is because CBA valued my property at $416K which was almost $100K less...

A new player has joined the game! Our very first LIC (Listed Investment Company) made its way into the fold in September after we officially transition our portfolio to Strategy 3. This is the dividend focussed portfolio that will mainly consist of Aussie shares...

Three big things to cover for August. First off, we have a brand new edition to the portfolio! I have essentially replaced our VAS ETF with the BetahShares A200. The only major difference between the two products in terms of what they are invested in is the A200 is...

Big month for the net worth in July. We had a few things add up which explains the big jump which I'll cover in the Net Worth Update below but it was a great month.   I went on a business trip to a major city in July which required me to catch the train each morning....

And so ends another financial year. Which leads us to the most exciting part... It always amazes me when I hear people say they haven't done their tax return yet month after July or even worse when they haven't done one for years! You're leaving money on the table....

A solid month of savings with a little help from the assets sees the net worth soar to new heights in May. Averagish (not a word I know) month expense wise with us spending a touch over $4K. The hidden costs of certain activities added up last month. A pet peeve of...

Finally feel like we're making progress again this month. The ETFs are doing great, Super is up, killer month for savings and we booked a holiday. That a domi (made up word used to describe good things) if I've ever seen one! We are actually paying for flight and...

March was a month of highs and lows. Mostly highs. I was asked by the ABC to come on to their national radio program to chat about my journey towards FIRE which was pretty cool. They had a financial planner, audio snippets from someone who was in their mid 30s current...

What a month February turned out to be! The market had a big dip at the start of Feb which I included in my net worth update from last month because I didn't get around to writing it until the 7th of Feb. Now, what separates an astute investor from a novice? An astute...