Get In The Ring?

FISH | Financial Independence and Seeking Happiness
 

CoNTeNDeR: "Who is next in the ring?"
 

PLAN.AHEAD: "The future my son he is unforgiving, surprising and always your shadow"
 
CoNTeNDeR: "A venerable adversary what do I need to learn if I am going to face him?"
 
PLAN.AHEAD: "CoNTeNDeRwe constantly need to learn. THE FUTURE is there he is real and he is constantly changing. Are you ready to getinthering my lad?"
 
CoNTeNDeR: "I am only on this planet once and I intend to make the most of it lets get on with it"

Welcome! Lets get straight to the chase this blog is all about gaining financial independence as quickly as possible while seeking happiness along the way.

THE.FuTuRe "I'm one step ahead of you boy, look left, look right, around every corner I am ready to strike. Go home boy to your job, your routine accept your fate."

Why the FISH Blog?  

Our Tribe have been on quite a ride for the last 15 years.

We have taken some hard knocks from THE.PaST, picked ourselves up from the canvass and are  expecting surprises from THE.FuTuRe.

All the time we have grown a little older and hopefully a little wiser :0) Learning bit by bit how to set ourselves up for life.

We are in better shape for THE.FuTuRe after a dramatic change in lifestyle over the past seven years saving like mad to gain financial independence.

This change has caused us to addressed the challenges of a growing family, education, finance and work. We have changed from short term consumer thinking to long term goals of the pursuit of financial independence and happiness.

Old habits have died hard (reckless spending, hedonism, just living the now) and replaces by new ones where we can clearly see THE.FuTuRe and are taking him on on our terms.

This blog is a collection of articles and tools that we found useful in planning for Finacial Independence and Seeking Happiness. 

Here are a few backgroun articles from the site:

Who Am I
Family Financial Independence in 7 Years! Almost FI this is how we got there
30 Rules of Very Early Retirement
10 Career Skills for Early Retirement
Stuck Generation - Generational cycles and the impact on the next generation

How do you become Independent?

Gaining financial independence and working out what you want requires alot of research, thinking, learning and doing. Some of the key sources of information are linked from this site. 

Skills need to be honed in finance, health, work, education, environment. Unfortunately it is is easy to get overloaded by information and sidetracked by marketing.

This blog is primarily about providing the information in one place. Discuss how to create a personal financial independence plan and how to put it into action. It further considers future trends and why become financially free and seek happiness in the first place.

"It's all about money, not freedom, ya'll, okay? Nothing to do with fuckin' freedom. If you think you're free, try going somewhere without fucking money, okay?" American: The Bill Hicks Story

FISH Blog Goals

1. Poke some fun at conventional wisdom
2. Share useful information
3. Investigate topics such as finance, health and education and their impact on happiness
4. Provide a set of simple planning tools for you to hopefully view \ use \ get some ideas >>>>
5. Have some fun

A bit more information on the Blog

• Work out how to be financially independent and understand WHAT is happening in this world and how to GROW wealth regardless of world events

a.     Real World Education – what are we NOT taught in school about finance

b.     Getting the right job and the benefits of multiple income streams

c.     Compound interest - One of the wonders of the world and its impact on growing your   savings and investments.

d.     Investigation of different investments and how to evaluate their worth

• Applying Simple Business skills (project planning, negotiation, influencing etc.) to plan for financial independence
  

   "Children are smarter than any of us. Know how I know that? I don't know one child with a full time job and children." - Bill Hicks

• How to get a continuous balanced real world education for life 
  
• What is Self-sufficiency and resilience what can be useful whilst not being extreme and living in a hut in the woods. 
• What can constitute a good life?

 
Please feel free to have a look around perhaps start with the All Posts page which has summaries and descriptions of the sites articles

"I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose." - George Carlin  

FISH Tools

THE.CoNTeNDeR has developed a Financial Independence and Seeking Happiness  Tool Kit. Hopefully the tool will be a valuable addition to the financial freedom and life hacking / planning community.

The tool covers financial freedom, health, education and general life. It is really a continuous self education planning tool interspersed with investment choice and management.

"Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit." - George Carlin
 

A CoNTeNDeR after all?

Whilst our Tribe has made some blunders on our road to Financial Independence that is part and parcel of the joys of learning from mistakes. On top of that life has a habit of throwing up the unexpected. Don't worry they are all covered in this blog.
 
These blunders were a gift to us that helped us learn some skills that are benefiting us to this day. Does THE.CoNTeNDeR have a chance against THE.FuTuRe after his scrapes with THE.PaST? They will all be documented here on this blog.

Peace and prosperity and I hope to see you soon,

  

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