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"Cheesy Goulash:
Our Tasty Path to Barista FIRE"
A Dutch-Hungarian Couple’s Recipe for Semi-Retired Life
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CheesyGoulash – The First Blog Year on Our FIRE Journey
The First Blog Year on Our FIRE Journey When we started CheesyGoulash at the beginning of 2025 (on a whim), it was still an experiment: writing an update every month or quarter about our Barista FIRE journey, sharing numbers, and at the same time telling personal stories about work, travel, sustainable choices, and investing. Now, about 10 months later, the posts mainly help us stay consistently focused on our goals. This year, for us, was not just about our finances, but lat
Jan 53 min read
Week 3: Why We Plan to Save—and Still Don’t: A Deeper Look at the Behavioral Life-Cycle Hypothesis
A familiar struggle John is 36, married with Angela. He works in Finance, makes a decent salary, and has read quite share of personal...
Sep 5, 20256 min read
Week 2: Turning Invisible Money Habits into Powerful Levers - Mental Accounting
A Story That Feels Familiar It’s the end of June. Lotte gets a €1,200 tax refund. She’s been meaning to knock down a lingering €900...
Aug 29, 202515 min read
Mental Accounting Studio – Tool for the Deep Dive Series
In the Deep Dive Series: Behavioral Money , we explore the psychology behind financial behavior. The blog on Mental Accounting this...
Aug 27, 20252 min read
Week 1: The pain of losing - Prospect Theory & Loss Aversion (Deep dive)
Why losses hurt more than gains—and how to design smarter money habits. 🔎 Content Overview Introduction: The Pain of Losing Historical...
Aug 22, 202516 min read
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