Money Mountain Goat
A Financial Independence Retire Early (FIRE) Blog to Set You Free From the Rat Race
Latest Posts
The FruDay Challenge – Save an additional $6,000 over the next year
Take the #FrudayChallenge by making these simple, conscious adjustments to your spending habits to save a small fortune over the next year!... Read More
Types of FIRE – lean, fat, coast and barista!
If you are reading around the subject of FI more generally, you may come across a few variances which the MMG thought it would be interesting to explain all in... Read More
Savings Rate – rocket fuel for your early retirement goals
The rate at which you are able to save your money (your Savings Rate) will determine how long it will take you to reach the traditional calculation of Financial Independence... Read More
Net Worth Tracking – hiding from your financial reality is not ok
Before you can really start your journey to Financial Independence, you need to know the lay of the land. If you don't know where you are today, it's impossible to... Read More
No one is perfect – lessons learned from a HUGE overspend
August was a big mistake for the MMG, it was so bad, it will forever be known as the 'August of disaster' (or AoD for short). The MMG overspent by... Read More
Start Here – your Financial Independence journey
This blog is all about finding purpose in your life outside of your "9-5" job, its about living life to the fullest whilst also taking charge of it to really... Read More
Emergency Fund 101 – what you need to know
When you're living your 'best life' spending everything you earn, or even worse, spending more than you earn, it doesn't take much for the wheels to come off. The emergency... Read More