[Post 187] How I Saved $380K By Age 29 To Retire Early | Fired Up

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Super-saver Tanner Firl, 29, has saved close to $380,000 for retirement. He is part of the FIRE — financial independence, retire early — movement and has achieved his savings almost entirely through frugality. He estimates he is in the top 0.1% of most frugal people.

[Post 186] Bringing In $267K A Year With My Art Side Hustle | CNBC Make It

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Domonique Brown is a marketing manager by day, and an artist by night. She founded her company DomoINK in 2020 and has collaborated with brands such as Target, Disney and Bath and Body Works. Her side hustle brings in up to $267,000 each year and her day job $87,000 + bonus. She sells her art on everything from socks to laptop cases to sneakers.

[Post 185] Young bus drivers in Singapore on their seemingly "uncle" job | CNA

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They sometimes get called "Uncle" but they're 30 years old or younger. Bus drivers as young as 21 years old tell CNA why they chose this career and how it has evolved over time. 

[Post 184] Quitting Jobs & Moving Abroad: How We Retired Early

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To many Americans, the idea of retiring early and moving abroad holds undeniable appeal. After all, who hasn’t sat at their desk and dreamt of strolling the streets of a new city or feeling Caribbean sand beneath their toes?

Here’s a look at three people who have made that dream a reality, and the financial strategies that helped them on their way to financial independence.

[Post 183] How I Retired Early With $3 Million At 36 In San Diego | Fired Up

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Jeremy Schneider, 41, lives in San Diego and achieved FIRE — financial independence, retire early — at 36. In 2015, he sold his Internet company RentLinx for just over $5 million. In 2017, he retired from corporate work with about $3 million. Schneider traveled and played video games in that first year of early retirement. Then in 2019, he started Personal Finance Club, which teaches people learn to save and invest money. Since launching, the company has made nearly $1 million in sales. 

[Post 182] The Japanese man who gets paid to 'do nothing' – BBC REEL

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Shoji Morimoto provides a very unusual rental service to his clients in Tokyo, hiring himself out in order to, quite literally, do nothing.By the way,this was adapted to a Japanese Drama last year

[Post 181] Tech Companies Are Cutting Jobs. Should You Be Worried? | Money Mind

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Tech companies around the world are slashing jobs as fears of recession grow. Is boom turning to gloom, and what does it mean for the rest of the economy?