Things we Bought & Borrowed for our Newborn
Once morning sickness faded and we were past critical months in our pregnancy we got excited to get our house ready for our baby....
How Do You Think About Money?
This year let's look beyond what is good or bad for our finances. Lets us try and understand the reason behind the Good and...
Cost of living 2018 In Goa Revealed
Lot of people have asked us questions about our lifestyle as well as our cost of living such as- How much it costs to...
Developing Good Habits- My battles and learnings
Resolution season is around the corner. I can see myself getting relaxed and enjoying the last few days of 2018 and dreaming big about...
Sequence Risk Impact on Early Retirement
Sequence risk of returns also known as Sequence Risk can be one of the biggest risks in Early retirement. It is primarily the order in...
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We have been writing for a year about early retirement and financial freedom. In the meantime this...
Tips For Starting A Business After Early Retirement
Most FIRE aspirants want to work in a field of deep interest to them after achieving their target corpus. Starting a Lifestyle Business based...
Why We Practise Delayed Gratification And So Should You
In the blog post Our Plan to fund Kid's College Education, we shared how we were able to start the SIP for our Kid's College three...
Our Plan to Fund Kid’s College and Recommendation
Even before our Son was born, Naren and I discussed in detail whether or not we should pay for our kid's college. We both...
Our Pregnancy Expenses in Goa, India
When we share our FIRE plans with family, friends and online, the most controversial topic of all is - What about raising kids while...
Why having kids before age 30 makes sense
Most of our readers are already parents. We are writing this more for future young readers both married & single who are delaying having...
We are parents!
Our Little Baby Boy has just arrived!
So small and precious too...
We just couldn't wait to share our happy news with you!
- Sugandha & Naren
Want to Retire Early to Travel the World?
Some of us dream of traveling the world after retiring early but are apprehensive that just banking on retirement corpus may not be enough...
Our FIRE Journey Year Zero
This September, It is 4 years since we made the big Move- or so many big moves- Started our journey towards F.I.R.E, got married,...
Our Top 10 Financial Mistakes #FacePalm
We believe mistakes are the stepping stones to wisdom. So we try not to mull over too much over our past mistakes, however we...
Featured in Mumbai Mirror for How To Retire at 40
Last Monday Mumbai Mirror did a story on Early Retirement- How to retire at 40, it featured three Indian families, we were one of...
Early Retirement Interview: Mahesh is 5 years away from claiming Early Retirement
Second in the series of Early Retirement success stories we have Mahesh an IT professional from Pune who shares his FIRE journey with us....
Safe Withdrawal Rate- How long will your money last in retirement
With lot of discipline and hard work you spent a decade or two saving up for your early retirement. Now how to be sure...
Having trouble tracking expenses? Lifetime access to Spendee Premium!
Spendee is a great mobile app to track your expenses and budget, a basic requirement for early retirement planning. I wrote a blog post...
Buying my first Apartment – Lessons learned from my Dream turned into a Nightmare
The apartment I booked in 2008 for Rs.3000/sq.ft is now going for Rs.4500/sq.ft in 2018 ten years later. A grand CAGR of 4% for...