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.

Living in the French-speaking Swiss countryside has many advantages, but also some disadvantages including flies and mosquitoes... This year, we decided to take measures and install (ourselves) mosquito nets - which allowed us to save large chunks of money.

Three years ago, I started the #BSRI to track bloggers' savings rate and get inspired by the ones that manage to reach crazy figures every month. It's now time to review the 2017 final index!

Two years ago, I started the #BSRI to track bloggers' savings rate and get inspired by the ones that manage to reach crazy figures every month. It's now time to review the 2016 final index!

If you struggle with your savings rate, you may have wrongly defined your variable. I feel stupid that it took me more than two years to realize it myself. Better later than never!

Last year I started the BSRI to track blogger's savings rate and get inspired by the ones that manage to reach crazy figures every month. It's now time to review the 2015 final index!

Vacations really do not help in keeping up with a regular publishing pace! Back from Canada, it's time to check what savings rate we manage to achieve in July.

Didn't I tell you that 2015 was going to be a damn great year? We were so busy at the MP household with our recent home purchase that we didn't even have the time to celebrate the awesome June month!

Lot of things happen at work and at home currently. It's hard to keep up the pace of writing these days but better later than never as one says! Here we go with our May savings rate!