November opened with a yawn for us—but by the end, the holiday season kicked off with joyous gatherings, and, we'll escape south in December for warmth!
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TicTocLifeFrom Financial Independence to Retire Early at 35
TicTocLifeWelcome! Thanks for joining our story as we transition from two mid-thirties career-driven folks who reached FI at 33 to retire early at 35! We’re documenting our experience leaving full-time work, sorting out our financial needs, and our mistakes. All in real-time on this blog!
If you’re unfamiliar with FIRE, you should start with Financial Independence, Retire Early.
Take a look around our blog or find a list of all the articles we’ve written.
We hope to see you around more often,
Jenni & Chris
November opened with a yawn for us—but by the end, the holiday season kicked off with joyous gatherings, and, we'll escape south in December for warmth!
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Our October had us racing between apple orchards, a proper race track (!), and some social experiments in trick or treating.
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Back home in Virginia for a wonderful lull of a month—September was our chance to relax, catchup with friends, and...fight some housing repairs!
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After making our largest investment sale yet to fund our FIRE life, we spent a week in Vienna and Brno before falling into autumn in Virginia.
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4th of July in Virginia and a summer astronomy festival in Czechia—our FIRE life continues to fill itself with adventure and travel! Our monthly update:
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High temps didn't stop us from reaching a FIRE high along with a very low budget month during a relaxing June at home. Read our monthly update!
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What's our two favorite posts we've written so far and why?
What? My favorite post is on changing from full-time to part-time work.
Why? This has been my favorite post so far because it helped me reflect on what is really happening right now in my life as I change from full-time to part-time work. Getting it all out seemed to make it real and gave me the kickstart I needed to complete the next thing on my to-do list.
What? My favorite post reflects the mission of my writing on TicTocLife, it’s on how comparison is the thief of joy.
Why? Core to why I write here is to use you to amplify the underlying values FIRE and TicTocLife represent—for you to be a positive comparison for those in your life. To lift up those around you and be a teacher. In that post, I wasn’t overstating the idea that it’s your superpower.