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FIRE Budget 2021: Our Life of Financial Freedom on $51,378

Post author By Chris
Post date January 13, 2023
3 Comments on FIRE Budget 2021: Our Life of Financial Freedom on $51,378

Our FIRE Budget reflects our steps out of home-bound darkness that the pandemic wrought.

Our FIRE budget details how we lived an adventure-filled life in 2021 on about $51K/year as two 37-year-olds. Steal our tricks to reach FIRE!

Tags annual review, Budget Updates, expenses, Financial Independence

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Deciding When to Trade 4 Hours to Save $200 Traveling

Post author By Jenni
Post date May 30, 2021
6 Comments on Deciding When to Trade 4 Hours to Save $200 Traveling

Sure, traveling involves making some money decisions like "is it cheaper to fly or drive?". But don't forget what you're really getting out there for!

Traveling can be expensive so why not try to save money where you can? Would you be willing to trade more driving to save $200 instead of flying closer?

Tags expenses, Story, Tactics

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FIRE Budget In-Depth: Unusual Ways We Spent $40,862 in 2020

Post author By Chris
Post date January 24, 2021
16 Comments on FIRE Budget In-Depth: Unusual Ways We Spent $40,862 in 2020

2020 may not have been the year we expected within our FIRE budget, but that doesn't mean we didn't make the best of it! [Photo: Pacific Park early in 2020 before the world shutdown.]

Our FIRE budget reveals how we live a luxurious lifestyle on about $41K/year as two 36-year-olds in an MCOL city on a coast! Steal our tricks to reach FIRE!