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Downshifting - Are you mad ??**!!
Downshifting - Are you mad ??**!!

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Downshifting One Year On
Downshifting One Year On

Enjoying Downshifting - Walking on thin ice in the park and life? THE.PAST : "CONTENDER why are you boxing so infrequently and why ...

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Frugality+Budgeting+Investing+Planning+ Hard Work=Financial Independence
Frugality+Budgeting+Investing+Planning+ Hard Work=Financial Independence

Nice shiny stuff - usually very expensive.... Exposing the ways of the financially Independent Wealthy SPEND.A.LOT: "I'm off ...

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Facinating Real World People
Facinating Real World People

THE.FUTURE : "So you think you have what it takes to survive what I have in store for you?   THE.CONTENDER : "You are so full ...

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Infographic | Achieve Very Early Financial Independence - Part I
Infographic | Achieve Very Early Financial Independence - Part I

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THE FUTURE
THE FUTURE

One Vision of THE.FUTURE ( Eden Project Cornwall UK ) THE.FUTURE "Contender I'm out to get ya! Yeh I'm watching you, I...

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THE PRESENT
THE PRESENT

January in London? - So Pretty under Snow THE.PRESENT: "Come on Contender have some fun, get yourself one of those gadgets, go on ...

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THE PAST
THE PAST

La Romieu Gers France THE.PAST: "Well you did not see that coming did ya man!" THE.CONTENDER : "We planned enough of it...

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Some of the best FI / ERE Posts of 2012?
Some of the best FI / ERE Posts of 2012?

Hi fight fans, nearly the end of the year already! Where did it all go. Who were the winners in the game of life?   THE FUTURE is still ...

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Get Real
Get Real

Real Stuff (munkee.com)   PLAN.AHEAD: "Where have you been CONTENDER we need to get on with your training?"   THE.CONTENDER: ...

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Welcome to FISH !
You have come here looking for answers. How to get out of debt? How to save and invest? How to retire early and how you want to live in retirement.

Well this is the right place for you as out tribe has been through all of these steps. We no longer work for a corporate employer and have saved enough to retire early. How we did this is shared here on this site for you.

Our little tribe found out these secrets to financial independence in our late 20’s. Since then we have taken early retirement, in our late 30's, in just 7 years. We now live in the South West of France with our two young children.

Along the way I decided to share everything I learnt. My articles and tips on aggressive saving and compound investing are there to help you meet your financial goals fast. I discuss ways to help you decide what you want by building a life plan. This helps to work out how to get where you want to be whilst avoiding the pitfalls along the way.

My expertise was built up working in blue chip corporate jobs, extensive reading and putting it into practice. I have condensed this knowledge into simple strategies to help you meet your goals and not those of the bank or the place you work.

There are free planning tools on this site that help you make a life plan. A plan for your future. The tools calculate how to reach your financial goals in a timeline that suits you. The tools help set out your life goals, make them happen and how to exceed them.

There are tips on how to simplifying your life to remove day to day headaches. These include ways to pay off debt fast buy eliminating wasteful spending habits. How to reduce your monthly bills through choices that actually improve your health and wellbeing. Identifying things you don’t need that sap your time and wallet.

There are little sustainability projects to reduce your dependence on shops and utilities whilst saving money to spend on things you want.

All of these little steps will show you how save 50%+ of your salary so you can meet your goal whatever it is. This huge saving rate can be compounded for very early retirement. I am sure you will find something here for you.

Darren Lee (A.K.A the Contender as in my blog)

 
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