I Lost My Entire Mailing List. Now I’m Starting Over.

A while back, MailerLite did a major platform upgrade. They sent emails asking existing users to migrate to the new version before a certain deadline. Unfortunately, I didn’t see those emails.

So they wiped the list.

A few hundred subscribers, gone. People who had actively signed up to follow along with this blog, who wanted updates when something new went up, all of them, gone, because I didn’t click a button before the deadline. It’s the kind of thing that makes you feel terrible and then embarrassed.

I apologize to everyone who registered at one point. We will have to start again.

What the List Is

When there’s a new post on Fight to FIRE, you’ll get a short email with the link and a quick note on what it’s about. You decide if it’s worth your time. No weekly newsletters full of content you didn’t ask for, no automated sequences, no “5 tips for financial freedom” you’ve already read on seventeen other blogs.

If I write something worth flagging separately — a proper portfolio update, something shifting in Belgian personal finance that matters for FIRE-minded readers, a piece of research that changes how I think about something — you’ll hear about that too. But only when there’s actually something to say.

Frequency: roughly once or twice a month. Sometimes more if I’m on a run, sometimes there’s a gap. I’ll be honest about that like I always have been.

Why Bother Rebuilding

A few things came together.

The blog is consistent again. After a quieter stretch during the house renovation and the newborn phase, there are actual posts going up regularly:

• A robo-investing update
• The real cost of raising kids in Belgium
• A portfolio update with numbers I’ve never shared publicly
• …

It felt like the right time to give people a reliable way to follow along.

There’s also a lot happening in Belgian personal finance right now. The new capital gains tax, the consolidation in the robo advisor market, and freelance tax rules that keep shifting. If you’re building toward financial independence in Belgium, some of this stuff matters, and the mainstream press doesn’t always cover it in a way that’s useful. The list helps ensure the right updates reach the people who care about them.

And I want to know who’s reading. An email reply takes thirty seconds. If something I write raises a question, or there’s a situation I haven’t covered yet that you’re dealing with, I’d rather you tell me directly.

What It’s Not

No paid tier. Nothing on the blog goes behind a paywall.

No affiliate traps dressed up as recommendations. If I mention a product, it’s because I use it, and I’ll say so. That hasn’t changed since 2018.

The list runs through MailerLite. Unsubscribe any time with one click. Your address stays with me, full stop.

If You Were on the Old List

First: sorry. You signed up, and I lost your details through my own inattention. That’s on me.

If you want back in, the form is below. Takes ten seconds. I’ll try harder this time to click the right buttons before the deadlines.

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Already following via RSS or another method and happy with that? No need to change anything. The blog stays fully public.