financial independence

WIG Episode 8: What Might Have Been…

by emily on September 2, 2011

In today’s episode of Weird Is Great, I answer the question: could I have possibly become financially independent by my mid-30s on a teacher’s salary? Remember to check out Weird Finances: How to go from broke to financially independent in ten years. You can download the first few pages for FREE!

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There are two main ways to financial independence: saving all the money you can, and investing wisely, or learning how to make a large amount of money in a relatively short period of time (not exactly get-rich-quick, but a much faster path than the frugal way). Of course, you can always combine the two ways. [...]

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How is financial independence related to healthy living and a simple, natural life? Let me ask you a question: is it natural to be in debt? To owe someone else money? Is it natural to live most of your life working for someone else at a job you don’t particularly like? If you answered “yes”, [...]

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If you look around the Internet even briefly, you’ll find tons of blogs and websites that collectively list thousands of ways to save money. Many more shell out investmentĀ  advice. But rare is the webmaster who dares to dare to talk about developing financial independence. No, I don’t mean retiring at age seventy with a [...]

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