Hello Mustachians. I like financial freedom, badassity, and I've once sported a pretty wild mustache, so I feel right at home.
I'm currently working on a personal challenge with another mustachian to turbo drive a lot of aspects of our life. She's pretty amazing and already has the edge on me in several respects.. she introduced me to this forum as well.
But I'm going to throw down a few gauntlets so that I can be the target of encouragement and acclaim at success or of teasing / public shaming at failure.
Financial:
I'm already saving into a pension plan & company stock with every paycheque (company matching funds! woo), but my target is to live off my 1st paycheque each month.. with the 2nd paycheque dedicated totally to debt reduction (credit cards, student loans) and savings/investment.
My pension is totally locked in, so if I want to start generating more income I need to top up on RRSPs, fill up my TFSA, and start leading a more frugal lifestyle. The 50% goal should help. Mostly I want the debt gone gone gone. I'll probably be getting a promotion next month which should help.
Freelance:
I'm working on Ramit Sethi's Earn 1K program and starting to brainstorm on some ideas for freelance income on top of my full time job. I'm having a bit of difficulty coming up with something that would be the exact right fit, but really working on beta testing some freelance ideas over the coming months will be a useful one. Of course the more income I make, the easier the financial portion above is and the closer I am to location independence which is my ultimate goal.
Fitness:
The other thing that's important for me to work on is my fitness. I've got a good constitution (I've walked 800 km across Spain, etc), but I'm not in great shape. My goal is to make my ideal weight (83 kg, around 15% body fat) by the time Burning Man comes around which is in the last week of August.
To make this goal I'm planning on signing up for Systema classes (Russian fighting style they teach the Spetsnaz special forces in Russian), biking, signing up for the Spartan Race to motivate me, and doing weight training with Russian kettlebells.
Three gauntlets.. let's do this 2013!