Last month I realized that we hadn’t maxed out our charity budget for the year and I decided to bounce an idea of my good friend Penny. I was struggling to write with a newborn and wanted to make sure we donated enough this year, so I asked if she would write a guest post […]
Financial Independence
Why You’re Not Rich Yet (Or may never be)
The definition is different for everyone, but the theme is common in most people I interact with. They WANT to be rich or at least have all the things they associate with wealth. To be fair, I want some of those fancy ass things too, a boat and a cabin on a lake sound about right […]
Pursue the Guilt Free Spend
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 […]
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 […]
This should embarrass me, but it doesn’t
As the snow finally melts (hopefully for the last time this year) people are flooding into the neighborhood car washes to get all the excess salt taken off their beauties. I considered jumping in line with the rest of the herd last week as I was doing my monthly fill up at the gas station…..Partially […]
