Making money. Saving money. Investing Money. Debt Destruction. Net Worth. FIRE. Student Loans. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ These topics are where I spend the bulk of my time in the Financial Independence space. The […]
FIRE isn’t JUST for bike wielding hippies
Bad news for the environment* but good news if you don’t own a bike and like the principles of Financial Independence! FIRE (Financial Independence Retire Early) does not require a plethora of middle fingers at all the things that make up the “Traditional American Life.” You can embrace modern conveniences and still achieve the ultimate financial […]
Dividends from an Emergency Fund????
Emergency Funds (once you have them) generally bore the crap out of me. You stash some money away in a “high interest” savings account or even in a brokerage account* and let it sit, hopefully forever, or until you have need to access cash quickly. They are the pace car of racing. The halftime show […]
What Are the Cons of Travel Hacking?
Over the last few months, I have started to wade into the deep waters of Travel Hacking. Still definitely an amateur, but we have opened 3 cards already this year and will be doing at least two more before the year ends. As travel hacking gains popularity in the personal finance and financial independence space […]
Are We Back on Track? Q2 – 2018 Net Worth Update
Check-In Time! This makes 10 quarters in a row since I started publishing on this site and the transformation is impressive (2.75 Time the first update). Serves an important reminder to take some time to celebrate the progress we made instead of always looking forward. Some Random updates from the AE household Anxiously awaiting baby […]
5 Things we Optimize to Make Financial Independence Possible
When I was reviewing our savings rate a few weeks ago and licking my chops about the $1k/month we recently freed up by paying off my student loans. I realized that the costs of raising kids eat up a lot of the things we were doing to speed up our Financial Independence timeline. Good thing they […]
Breaking Down Our First Year Child Costs and Experiences in 11 Charts
We have successfully survived a full year of being parents! Still waiting on the certificates, but we are no longer newbies and I am finally confident enough to call us a family pursuing FIRE. Most of you are probably here to see the first year child costs broken down, and you will, but let me […]
