Welcome to the Money Flamingo blog!
Money Flamingo is an Australian Financial Independence blog with a twist.
We’ve come up with our own approach to Financial Independence – Flamingo FI – which allows us to leave the rat race years earlier than we could if we followed the “traditional” path to FI.
This blog chronicles the final 1000 days of our journey to freedom.
We hope you’ll join us for the ride!
Project 1000: March 2020 – 331 Days to Freedom
Things have gotten interesting the last couple of weeks, haven’t they? The coronavirus is spreading across the globe and people are stockpiling toilet paper. When I turn on the news,…
Project 1000: February 2020 – 359 Days to Freedom
January was another solid month for us. Our Flamingo FI nest egg grew from 74.7% to 78.3% of its target size! I can really see how our nest egg is picking up speed now that we have a decent amount of investments…
Project 1000: January 2020 – 387 Days to Freedom
Welcome to the January 2020 Project 1000 update! Did we get closer to reaching Flamingo FI over the last month?
Exposed – The Money Flamingo Household’s 2019 (and 2018!) spending!
We don’t usually share our numbers. However, we’ve decided to make an exception for our annual expenses. In today’s post we share the Money Flamingo household’s 2018 and 2019 spending breakdown.
Project 1000: December 2019 – 415 Days to Freedom
Welcome to our December 2019 update. We finally crossed the 70% mark! Flamingo FI is getting closer!
Coasting to FI: Semi-Retirement Interview
Today I haves something special for you: An interview with a reader who was able to semi-retire in his 30s. Like many, he started off with a plan to retire early. But the closer he got to Financial Independence, his desire to stop working altogether disappeared. Instead, he decided to semi-retire and “coasted” his way to FI.