Comments on: How to Make Financial Mistakes and Still Achieve Financial Freedom https://thehappyphilosopher.com/how-to-make-financial-mistakes-and-still-achieve-financial-freedom/ A Guide to Freedom and Happiness Fri, 29 Jun 2018 06:02:14 +0000 hourly 1 By: How to Make Mistakes and Still Achieve Financial Independence (plus an intro to Mason Finance) » The Stacking Benjamins Network https://thehappyphilosopher.com/how-to-make-financial-mistakes-and-still-achieve-financial-freedom/#comment-10814 Fri, 29 Jun 2018 06:02:14 +0000 http://thehappyphilosopher.com/?p=1956#comment-10814 […] How to Make Financial Mistakes and Still Achieve Financial FreedomĀ (The Happy Philosopher) […]

]]> By: TheHappyPhilosopher https://thehappyphilosopher.com/how-to-make-financial-mistakes-and-still-achieve-financial-freedom/#comment-10798 Sun, 24 Jun 2018 04:23:37 +0000 http://thehappyphilosopher.com/?p=1956#comment-10798 In reply to katecampion.

First year of training is really tough. Living a frugal life early allows for flexibility like part time work in the future. Thanks for the comment.

]]> By: katecampion https://thehappyphilosopher.com/how-to-make-financial-mistakes-and-still-achieve-financial-freedom/#comment-10796 Sat, 23 Jun 2018 08:17:58 +0000 http://thehappyphilosopher.com/?p=1956#comment-10796 My son has just graduated from med school and is in his first year and finding it tough. He made the comment maybe he would have been better being a teacher like myself. Yet in his first year he’s earning more than a teacher at the top of the scale here in New Zealand. Better to have the higher paying career and be able to go part time if you have to, I think, like you mention here. I’ll share this post with him šŸ™‚

]]> By: The 7 Personal Finance Articles We Loved This Week https://thehappyphilosopher.com/how-to-make-financial-mistakes-and-still-achieve-financial-freedom/#comment-10793 Thu, 21 Jun 2018 18:29:03 +0000 http://thehappyphilosopher.com/?p=1956#comment-10793 […] How to Make Financial Mistakes and Still Achieve Financial FreedomĀ – The Happy […]

]]> By: TheHappyPhilosopher https://thehappyphilosopher.com/how-to-make-financial-mistakes-and-still-achieve-financial-freedom/#comment-10788 Mon, 18 Jun 2018 19:36:05 +0000 http://thehappyphilosopher.com/?p=1956#comment-10788 In reply to Gasem.

Haha, yeah it could have been much worse.

]]> By: TheHappyPhilosopher https://thehappyphilosopher.com/how-to-make-financial-mistakes-and-still-achieve-financial-freedom/#comment-10787 Mon, 18 Jun 2018 19:32:22 +0000 http://thehappyphilosopher.com/?p=1956#comment-10787 In reply to Greenbacks Magnet.

I’m often amazed at just how much people spend on cars. So much freedom squandered.

]]> By: TheHappyPhilosopher https://thehappyphilosopher.com/how-to-make-financial-mistakes-and-still-achieve-financial-freedom/#comment-10786 Mon, 18 Jun 2018 19:31:19 +0000 http://thehappyphilosopher.com/?p=1956#comment-10786 In reply to Millennial Doctor.

Minimalism and buying nothing has been an interesting journey. I wouldn’t say it has moved the needle much on finances though as non-consumable material items are not a big percentage of our spending anyways.

]]> By: Gasem https://thehappyphilosopher.com/how-to-make-financial-mistakes-and-still-achieve-financial-freedom/#comment-10707 Mon, 28 May 2018 05:16:03 +0000 http://thehappyphilosopher.com/?p=1956#comment-10707 So lemme get this straight you spent 100K on cars and drove about 30 car years? $3333/yr? And your problem is? We all get here how we get here. I was already retired 2 months before I even discovered FIRE blogs existed. Thank God!

]]> By: Greenbacks Magnet https://thehappyphilosopher.com/how-to-make-financial-mistakes-and-still-achieve-financial-freedom/#comment-10703 Mon, 21 May 2018 21:46:05 +0000 http://thehappyphilosopher.com/?p=1956#comment-10703 Very nice post. I really liked it. I actually have only owned 2 cars in my life. I’m not a big car person. And if you ever read my posts you will see why. You could spend a couple hundred grand in a lifetime on cars! No thank you. I only wanted to get from point A to B. I recently did a snapshot of my last cat payment and it showing my zero balance. That was in 2009. I would say that is one of the best financial decisions I ever made, which was to pay it off and not get another car note. I would rather pay cash. I have also held onto cars for a long time same as you. I have had mien for 15 years and counting.
Thank for sharing,
Miriam

]]> By: Millennial Doctor https://thehappyphilosopher.com/how-to-make-financial-mistakes-and-still-achieve-financial-freedom/#comment-10695 Thu, 17 May 2018 02:39:22 +0000 http://thehappyphilosopher.com/?p=1956#comment-10695 I’m over here obsessing over how to get myself to financial independence and freedom faster, not allowing any room for error and double guessing every decision when I should have just read this post instead, before going further into my rabbit hole!

Thankfully I haven’t made many financial “mistakes” other than cutting back at work, but I do feel that sense of discouragement and guilt when I read other blogs on crowdfunding real estate or investing my HSA the right way.

By the way, I’m inspired by your Buy Nothing experiment as I’m currently dabbling with minimalism.. maybe that’s the way I’m going to combat physician lifestyle creep and retire in my 40s!

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