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Animal Shelters in Virginia (Sep. 2020 Update)

We review animal shelters in VA for our monthly donation, detail last month’s budget, and award a charitable grant to a children’s education non-profit!

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Children’s Education Charities (Aug. 2020 Update)

We review children’s education charities for our October donation, report our August budget, and award a charitable grant to a university!

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Reader’s Choice Donor-Advised Fund Launch and Blog Update

Furthering our mission to give back, we’ve launched a donor-advised fund (DAF), funded with FIRE, where our readers choose the grant recipients.

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Net Worth Revealed! (Jul. 2020 Update)

Our dividends tumbled but an Accountable Plan rescued our savings rate! We’ve revealed our net worth details for a little financial voyeurism.

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Credits & Dividends Yield 78% Savings Rate (Jun. 2020 Update)

Our second monthly balance sheet update: with dividends added our savings rate ballooned. See the details for a little financial voyeurism!

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Playing with FIRE: Documentary on Retire Early

Personal finance and retirement are pretty dry topics, but can they be made exciting when on the big screen? Watch as a couple put FIRE to a test.

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First Month Writing on TicTocLife Blog Report

With one month under our belts writing about FIRE, what’ve we thought about the experience so far? We’ve also shared TicTocLife’s blog stats!

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First Pre-Retirement Month: 65% Savings Rate (May. 2020 Update)

See how our first month of transitioning into retirement went as we reveal our entire budget: income, spending, etc. Despite reduced income, we saved 65%!

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Here’s How We Spent $40,885 (2019 Annual Spend)

Our 2019 budget reveals how we live luxuriously, with a mortgage! A deep analysis of how we—two 35-year-olds in an MCOL city—spent $40,885 in a year.

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Meet Jenni

Meet Jenni, who started elementary school dreaming to be an anesthesiologist only to find herself as a debt-ridden pharmacy graduate decades later. It’s the story of a new American Dream.