Zach
Savings Update: April 2019, Summer Paid for
Remember how last month I went over my savings target for the year and wondered what my money would go towards in the 5 upcoming months...
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Zach
- May 4, 2019
- 4 min
Don't Be a Slave To The Good Life! Discipline = Freedom
Five old Georgian men, nails yellow, wracking coughs, appeal to their driver buddy to stop the minibus they're on in order to take hourly...
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Zach
- Apr 26, 2019
- 5 min
Net Worth Wowza!
For the first time, I've really felt the elation (and had the numbers to back it up), that my money is actually working for me. And not...
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Zach
- Apr 22, 2019
- 3 min
The 4% rule: how to know you are financially ready to retire
One of the most common questions people first learning about financial independence ask is: "When do I know I have enough money to...
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Zach
- Apr 22, 2019
- 5 min
$7550 in Side Hustles in 2018, DEFINITELY worth it!
Do you want thousands of extra dirhams (or dollars) a year for doing things you love? What would you do with an extra 27,000 dirhams...
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Zach
- Apr 11, 2019
- 4 min
5 Reasons We Are Bad At Managing Money - And 5 Solutions
“Money, I don’t know where it goes! On payday I have money, then, far too quickly, it’s just… GONE! I feel trapped in this endless cycle...
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Zach
- Apr 4, 2019
- 6 min
Thinner, Calmer, Stronger, Richer
It started, as most great things do, with all-you-can-eat Chinese Hot Pot. A friend ordered fresh tofu to put in the pot, and as it was...
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Zach
- Apr 2, 2019
- 3 min
No Booze March: The End
March has come and gone. I set out to test myself, pit myself against the quiet of my own sobriety, and see how it felt to be a...
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Zach
- Apr 2, 2019
- 1 min
Savings Update March 2019: We Did It!
September, 2018 started a new Savings Journey. I set out to save $25,000 (91750 AED) in 12 months. I got lucky with side hustles and a...
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Zach
- Mar 17, 2019
- 4 min
Are You Ready To Be Fired?
People lose their jobs and income. It happens. It could happen to you. In my own wonderful country, our government was shut down for...
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Zach
- Mar 2, 2019
- 4 min
Marie Kondo Tidies Up Finances As Well
These days, it seems like half my Facebook feed is about Marie Kondo and her Netflix show, where she helps people tidy up their houses by...
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Zach
- Mar 1, 2019
- 3 min
Savings Update February 2019: Legal Trouble, a Flight, and 69%.
The 2018-2019 school year continues to be great for savings. February was no different, coming in at a 69% savings rate, about $3,700. ...
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Zach
- Feb 26, 2019
- 2 min
No Booze March: A New Experiment
March can be a lethal month, just ask Julius Caesar, who did not properly beware its Ides. Death has been on my mind a lot, since the...
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Zach
- Feb 24, 2019
- 5 min
Fundrise: Real Estate Experiment #2
I ran into a psychological block in my investing this past year. When I checked my quarterly net-worth progress there were several...
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Zach
- Feb 22, 2019
- 1 min
Happiest Teacher Radio: Side Hustles!
Thanks so much to Dubai Eye 103.8 for having me back on the radio on February 6. Highlights of this episode: How to start a side hustle....
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Zach
- Feb 12, 2019
- 4 min
Happy 1st Birthday to The Happiest Teacher
If you want your life to go in a new direction, you have to change what you do. This is not my original idea, it's been said by many...
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Zach
- Feb 10, 2019
- 3 min
Money and Happiness Need a Divorce
Divorce is one of the best inventions than humanity has ever created. Sometimes, couples are just toxic. They bicker or they constantly...
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Zach
- Feb 3, 2019
- 1 min
Savings Update January 2019: HIGHEST Savings rate EVER!
January was strange savings month. I actively tried to spend more, I bought two concert tickets and tried to go out to eat and be more...
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Zach
- Jan 29, 2019
- 4 min
Keep your Resolutions in 2019 with this Simple Plan
This is the time for resolutions, plans, and, for the vast majority of us, having those dreams fade away as we get swept along in the...
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Zach
- Jan 29, 2019
- 2 min
Net Worth Tracking, 1 year in.
2018 was the first year I tracked my net worth. I did it right around when it crossed $100,000 for the first time, January 27, 2018, and...
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