While our financial life followed its course with a common account and expenses split at the pro-rata of our salaries, we always had to manage unexpected invoices... So we decided to create a real budget with YNAB.

In this article, I continue the introspection of my childhood from the age of 8 to 13. The goal: to analyze how it has impacted who I am decades later.

After our first years of living together, I started earning my first salaries. We therefore reviewed our way of managing our expenses to move to a pro rata of our earnings. And we also opened our first joint account.

The end of November is synonymous with health insurance switch in Switzerland. This year, I accompanied David to figure out whether he could save some cash by choosing frugal premiums for 2019.

There is an old saying that states that it's important to know where you come from in order to know where you go. So I thought it was important to do an introspection session about my education in order to pass on the best to my children.

I went back to the time when we met with Mrs MP, to see how far we've come. First appointments and first gifts, but completely separate financial life. Then settling together, with the first discussions, discords, and compromises concerning money.

It's pretty easy to have a budget and to pursue your own dreams like financial independence when you're alone. But when you get (or are) into a relationship, it gets a little more complicated. We've come a long way with Mrs. MP on this topic. Let me tell you how I got her on a common budget and on the dream of financial independence.

For a newspaper interview, I was asked how many Swiss people have the same goal of financial independence as I do. I found myself a little bit stupid as I didn't have any answers... so I thought it would be best to ask you directly.

Would you like to know how you can save more than 70%? Me too! So I asked Oliver from Frugalisten.de to answer a few questions so that we could all be inspired.

Finally, I'm back after a long absence of three months spent translating the whole blog in French, but also enjoying the summer with local and frugal tourism. And while we were at it, we also reached an important milestone in our journey towards financial independence.