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      <title>Navigating PPF Extension</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>subramanian@planyourmoney.in (Subramanian Venkateswaran)</author>
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      <title>Navigating the rising costs of engineering education</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>subramanian@planyourmoney.in (Subramanian Venkateswaran)</author>
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      <title>Ideal Client</title>
      <link>https://www.planyourmoney.in/posts/financial-planning/ideal-client/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>subramanian@planyourmoney.in (Subramanian Venkateswaran)</author>
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      <title>1 year of Personal Finance</title>
      <link>https://www.planyourmoney.in/posts/mfd/my-start/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>subramanian@planyourmoney.in (Subramanian Venkateswaran)</author>
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      <title>Journey towards financial independence</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>subramanian@planyourmoney.in (Subramanian Venkateswaran)</author>
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      <description>&lt;figure&gt;&lt;img&#xD;&#xA;    class=&#34;my-0 rounded-md&#34;&#xD;&#xA;    loading=&#34;lazy&#34;&#xD;&#xA;    decoding=&#34;async&#34;&#xD;&#xA;    fetchpriority=&#34;auto&#34;&#xD;&#xA;    alt=&#34;image&#34;&#xD;&#xA;    width=&#34;5415&#34;&#xD;&#xA;    height=&#34;2078&#34;&#xD;&#xA;    src=&#34;https://www.planyourmoney.in/posts/casestudies/financial-independence/featured_hu_28d2851168dcb845.png&#34;&#xD;&#xA;    srcset=&#34;https://www.planyourmoney.in/posts/casestudies/financial-independence/featured_hu_28d2851168dcb845.png 800w, https://www.planyourmoney.in/posts/casestudies/financial-independence/featured_hu_cd460700c58c4f93.png 1280w&#34;&#xD;&#xA;    sizes=&#34;(min-width: 768px) 50vw, 65vw&#34;&#xD;&#xA;    data-zoom-src=&#34;https://www.planyourmoney.in/posts/casestudies/financial-independence/featured.png&#34;&gt;&lt;/figure&gt;&#xD;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;I have been recently reading this book called &lt;a href=&#34;https://amzn.to/3qY3K6i&#34;  target=&#34;_blank&#34; rel=&#34;noreferrer&#34;&gt;Power of Habit&lt;/a&gt; which gives great insights on human psyche. Habits have a profound say in our day-to-day lives :&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Case Study - Growing Annuity with mutual funds</title>
      <link>https://www.planyourmoney.in/posts/casestudies/annuity/</link>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>subramanian@planyourmoney.in (Subramanian Venkateswaran)</author>
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      <title>Early Retirement</title>
      <link>https://www.planyourmoney.in/posts/knowledge-articles/retirement/</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2020 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
      <author>subramanian@planyourmoney.in (Subramanian Venkateswaran)</author>
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