Zach
House Hacking for All!
House Hacking is taking the world by storm. I do it, and my two friends who retired in their 30's also do it as well. House Hacking is...
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Zach
- Oct 1, 2019
- 3 min
Savings Update: September 2019 - Off to a Banging Start!
I love tracking my spending. It makes me feel in control, and I can answer questions like, "How does my spending this September compare...
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Zach
- Sep 14, 2019
- 2 min
Mediterranean Braised Veggies
Some days I get food ideas that I need to make real. I've been feeling more confident with Vegan Cooking lately, and I wanted to see if...
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Zach
- Sep 7, 2019
- 3 min
Real Estate Experiment 1: UP 19.2%
Last year, I determined that I wanted to invest in Real Estate, but that buying physical real estate was not feasible due to being far...
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Zach
- Sep 1, 2019
- 3 min
$43,800 Saved in ONE YEAR, as a TEACHER
The results are in, August has ended, and the data have been parsed. Here are the key takeaways from the data. I earned $72,361 from all...
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Zach
- Aug 28, 2019
- 1 min
Lose Weight, Save Money: Batch Cooking!
Want to learn the secrets of how and why to Batch Cook? Click here!
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Zach
- Aug 28, 2019
- 3 min
How To Become A Saver, even if you weren't born one!
One of my earlier memories is when I was around 7 years old, and my parents realized I was hoarding money in my room that I had received...
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Zach
- Aug 28, 2019
- 4 min
The Happiness Quadrant
My step-mother works really hard. Like, bafflingly hard. Although she is retired, has been for well over a decade, she spends her days...
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Zach
- Aug 28, 2019
- 3 min
Don't Work for the Weekend!
Yay! It's the weekend! No more bosses, no more office politics, no more TPS reports. Just sweet sweet freedom, usually from pants. ...
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Zach
- Aug 9, 2019
- 2 min
Net Worth / Savings Update, July, 2019
So, milestones were reached, numbers went up, progress was made. Two big numbers to speak of, net worth crossed $150,000 for the first...
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Zach
- Jul 27, 2019
- 4 min
You NEED to Track Your Spending, Here's How
The one year I didn't track my spending, my net worth decreased by half. Zip. Out the Door. Gone. After that I got serious about it, I...
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Zach
- Jul 24, 2019
- 1 min
Save Money, Save The Planet
Did you know that you can save the planet just by curbing your spending? You get more money, the planet doesn't get trashed. Win-win!...
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Zach
- Jul 9, 2019
- 1 min
Lose Weight, Lose Debt
Obesity and Debt are incredibly closely related. I realized this when I looked at my fellow SimplyFI board members and noticed that they...
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Zach
- Jul 8, 2019
- 4 min
The Joneses Aren't The Problem!
If there's anything the Financial Independence movement hates more than spending $4 a day at Starbucks, it's the Jonses, and what we do...
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Zach
- Jul 1, 2019
- 3 min
Savings Update: June 2019 - Can I hit $40,000?
June was one of my top three savings months EVER! I saved nearly 16,000 AED, 69% of my income for the month, a fortuitous number if ever...
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Zach
- Jun 24, 2019
- 4 min
Saving Yourself to Death!
A couple weeks ago, I came across a social media post that stated: "If something cost 1000 AED, but is on sale for 750, and then you...
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Zach
- Jun 19, 2019
- 3 min
Track Your Spending With Pocketsmith
A few weeks ago I was contacted by the good people over at Pocketsmith (Affiliate Link). They asked me to check out their product, as...
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Zach
- Jun 1, 2019
- 2 min
Savings Update: May 2019 New Clothes Hack!
After a rather spendy April, where I only saved 11% of my salary because I paid off a lot of the summer expenses (the Alaska cruise, to...
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Zach
- May 26, 2019
- 3 min
Substituting Your Way to Health and Wealth
Every Saturday evening I find a recipe I want to cook. I go to the store to buy ingredients (or order them in, because it's Dubai, and...
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Zach
- May 11, 2019
- 1 min
Happiest Teacher Talks FIRE on Radio!
Thanks Dubai Eye 103.8 so much for having me talk FIRE, career transitions, and saving major money! If you liked this post, come join the...
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