Investing for FIRE Passive Investing

Investing for FIRE: Passive Investing

Passive investing can add hefty fuel to your financial freedom and FIRE goals, at least if you know what you’re doing.

If you’ve been here a while, then you might remember that FIRE means financial independence, retire early. Essentially, it means you can live on your terms by saving and investing a significant portion of your income.

While I’m still working toward my FIRE goals, I’ve used passive investing to achieve many of my financial goals over the years.

In so doing, I’ve paid off my massive student debt, grown my net worth, and considerably grown my savings. It’s been pretty worth it, at least for me.

In this article, I’m going to tell you what passive investing is and how it works. I’ll also give you a few ideas to help you get started on your own passive investing strategies.

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How to Build a Solid Savings That Supports the Medical Needs of Your Chronic Illness

Living with a chronic illness can be expensive, and it can be hard to save for your medical needs. 

Between the cost of medications, doctor’s visits, and other medical expenses, the cost of living with a chronic illness can add up quickly. If you’re not careful, you could find yourself in financial trouble.

That’s why it’s important to build a solid savings that can help cover the cost of your medical needs. 

In this article, I’ll share 15 tips you can use to fuel your saving goals to cover your medical needs and other personal living expenses.

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How to Navigate a Career with a Chronic Illness: 10 Tips for Career Success

Let’s be honest, life is tough without a chronic illness. Tack on a chronic illness and you get… chaos.

Whether you’ve been recently diagnosed, misdiagnosed, or living with a chronic illness for years, you may relate. But your dreams matter, including those that you have for your career. 

You might have well-meaning loved ones and doctors telling you that you should just let your dreams go, or that you need to change your plans for the future.

While they may have the best intentions at heart, ultimately only you can decide what is best for you, and you should never give up on your dreams.

It’s tough to struggle with a chronic illness, but sometimes your career can be the perfect distraction. It may be something you look forward to, and it may even provide fulfillment in your life.

If that sounds like you, or you think it might, then keep reading on. In this article, I’m going to provide you with 10 key tips you can use to help you navigate your career while managing a chronic illness. Use these simple tips and you’ll be well on your way to career success.

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5 Tips for Moms with Young Children: How to Achieve Financial Freedom with FIRE

Financial freedom via the FIRE movement has been gaining popularity in recent years. The idea is to save as much money as possible and invest it wisely so that you can retire early and live off of your investments. 

While achieving FIRE may seem like a daunting task for anyone, it can be especially challenging for moms with young children.

There are a few reasons why it might seem harder for moms to achieve financial freedom with FIRE. 

First, childcare can be expensive. 

Second, moms often have to take time off work to care for their children, which can lead to a loss of income. 

Third, moms may have other financial obligations, such as student loans or a mortgage, which may be more challenging to pay off when you’re focused on raising a family.

In this article, I’m going to give you 5 simple tips you can use today to help you achieve FIRE, plus a few other key tips that can help you in the long term on your journey.

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How to Become a Scientist 5 Tips to Help You Start Your Career in Science

How to Become a Scientist: 5 Tips to Help You Start Your Career in Science

Have you ever wondered how you can become a scientist?

A career in science can be quite satisfying, and there are various roles that make a significant difference in the world. It’s this very reason that I got into the field initially.

With science comes new innovations, fantastic pursuits, and novel ideas. Science industries tend to be fast-paced but generally come with massive growth potential.

In this article, I’m going to tell you how I started my own career in science, what I would do again, what I would do differently if I had to start over, and 5 tips you can use to help you become a scientist.

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