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Continue reading →: How to read your Tofes 106You probably remember reading our guide on applying for your own tax return. (Hint: It’s an awesome guide that can get you money back from the government. If you haven’t read it yet, make sure to read it here.) To file for a tax return, you need a 106 form.…
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Your savings rate is higher than you think. Here’s how to calculate it.
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Continue reading →: Your savings rate is higher than you think. Here’s how to calculate it.We talk a lot in this blog about our savings rate and how we aim to get it over 50%, thereby saving and investing more money than we spend each month. But what exactly does that mean? Since our net salary from our day jobs isn’t the only money we…
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7 common behaviors to quit today to leave you with more money tomorrow
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Continue reading →: 7 common behaviors to quit today to leave you with more money tomorrowPhoto by Nataliya Vaitkevich Sometimes a little bit goes a long way. While this is often true for joyful things like compliments, makeup, or food coloring, it is also true for spending. And while an individual purchase might not cost that much, repeated purchases add up quickly. While not every…
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Continue reading →: Going out for dinner? Make sure to read this first.Eating out tends to cost us 5-7 times the price of creating a similar dish at home, yet we do it anyway – occasionally. There’s something special about not having to cook or cleanup, and the ambiance of a restaurant definitely adds to the experience. This is also a good…
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Continue reading →: 8 great ways to save on your next big purchaseThis is not a post about about how to lower your grocery bill. (We actually have two of those, which you can read here and here 🙂 ). This post is about big purchases and how to make them wisely and responsibly. We’re talking new appliances, new furniture, vacations, clothing…
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Continue reading →: 9 great apps that support our Fionist lifestyleIt’s pretty cool that we have the entire world at our fingertips, isn’t it? We can learn about any subject under the sun, watch TV shows from our childhood, count our steps, control smart appliances in our homes, get into fights with strangers, order junk we never knew we needed…
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Continue reading →: Grab-n-go any fruit healthy breakfast muffinsDo you ever end up tossing fruit or veggies that go bad? We do sometimes, but we haven’t thrown out bananas in years. Or apples, or carrots, or squash or a variety of other fruits or veggies. It doesn’t matter how cheap something is, if it ends up in the…
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Continue reading →: Our Fionist personal update – Sep-Dec 2023Welcome to what should have been our Q4 Fionist quarterly update, but… things got messy, so this post will actually cover four months – a trimester, if you will. In this post, we will let you know how the last part of 2023 was for us, both on our FI…
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Continue reading →: 7 Israeli consumer rights you need to know right nowWe talk a lot about employee rights in this blog. Thankfully there are plenty of laws here in Israel to protect us when things get rough at the workplace. But did you know that Israeli law protects you as a consumer as well? We’re sure you’ve purchased faulty items or…
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Continue reading →: Stop making these 8 financial mistakesWe all make mistakes. It’s part of life. But sometimes we don’t consider the extent of their consequences or how big a deal they can become in the long term. If you realize that you’ve made a mistake, no need to feel bad about it. Recognizing your error or bad…
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