Mr. FightToFIRE

Apartment progress: 50%; rough construction finally finished!

An update was long overdue, but until mid-August not much had really changed as they were still busy with rough construction. Because they continued working during the yearly Belgian construction leave, the construction company finished rough construction on the heavily delayed schedule.

My monthly Savings Rate report: September 2021

September Savings Rate

My September reached an extreme expense level. And it’s all due to one thing: plane tickets. I recently wrote about why we decided to buy plane tickets at arguably the most expensive period to fly, especially international. Because of this major purchase, my expenses skyrocketed and made me go negative for the first time since I started blogging. But, it’s not the only thing that pushed me over the edge.

Kinepolis Monumental In A Changing Industry: Why It’s (still) A Buy

One of the earliest individual stock purchases on my fight towards FIRE was Kinepolis (EBR: KIN). It’s one of many satellites in the core-satellite strategy I have built over the years, and after all the hype AMC received this year, I wrote this post to clarify why I held on to them for so long and will remain to do so.

Outdated content

Dear reader, please be aware that this post was originally written in 2021. Any information from that time is in 2026 outdated. Be aware when reading this post that most of not all of this does not apply to the company in 2026.

Balancing want vs need: a practical case with plane tickets

One of the main ways to reach Financial Independence is to distinguish between what you need and what you want clearly. All amazing in theory, but there is a massive gap between this theory and reality, as my recent experience will demonstrate.

Quarterly Portfolio Report - growing stack of coins

Quarterly Portfolio Report – Q2 2021

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Total portfolio worth (Savings & Effects)

Even though we are almost at the end of Q3, I still want to take the time to cover Q2 of 2021 if only to keep continuity.

With the pandemic in the West almost behind us, Q2 turned out to be pretty good investment-wise. I made nice gains even though I didn’t make any deposits to my investment accounts.