
Financial Independence as an employee, with Alvar Damen
About this episode
In this episode, Michael talks to Alvar Damen. Alvar is a co host of the Financial Independence Europe podcast, is 26 years old and originally from The Netherlands, currently living in Scotland.
Alvar talks about how he is trying to archive FI as an employee. He talks about some travel hacks that he has and touches on how important side projects are for him. He gives some examples of various side hustles that one could start.
He also talks about his FI number and the types of investments he has and how him and his girlfriend work together on their FI journey.
Show Notes:
Mad Fientist Spreadhsheet: https://www.madfientist.com/financial-independence-spreadsheet/
MMM - Spreadsheet to rule them all: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1T6RgJnzZo1bdGHA0a5JBQqqSSEPX2xDrCT5zioWr9z8/edit
Getting in touch with Alvar at FI Europe Podcast: Website: https://financial-independence.eu/ Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/financialindependenceeurope/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/financialindependenceeurope/?ref=FIeuropetopnav Twitter: https://twitter.com/fieurope Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fieurope
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