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  • I Negotiated a $15k Raise!!

    FIRE Flowers! Welcome back!! Today’s post will focus on the numerator of the FIRE accumulation equation: Income In my 2024 year end wrap up post I mentioned that I had negotiated a raise for myself and was awarded it at the very tail end of the year. Now that I’ve been cashing those thiccc new checks for a couple of months, I decided it is relevant to our FIRE journey and thus deserving of its own post! The Backstory Throughout my employment history, I’ve always applied to jobs slightly above my skillset. Which puts me in weak negotiating positions. So…

  • Coffee Calculations

    Happy April to all my FIRE Flower blossoms 🙂 Spring is in the air, and I can smell it already! I have been in a fantastic mood because of it lately. I can officially declare our transition to Baltimore complete (with the exception of the sale of our condo). We are fully unpacked, we have new routines, and we have really settled into life. Included in that is getting back to writing quality FIRE posts so let’s goooo! Today I am going to talk about: COFFEE I have an affinity for coffee. I wouldn’t consider myself to be a cannot-live-without-it…

  • 2024 Year End Wrap Up

    I AM WRITING TO YOU FROM BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. Yippeeeeeee! We’ve done it! We packed up a uhaul, drove across half of the country, and moved into an apartment in Baltimore. Our unit is great, the neighborhood has been exceeding expectations, and the work transition has been smooth! As usual for my end of year review, I plan to cover each of the following: Expenses Income Net Worth Expenses This year, after five years of marriage, my partner and I combined our accounts. In the past, we each contributed a specific amount from each paycheck into our joint account that would…

  • Prioritizing Our Priorities

    For any perspective FIRE flowers out there, drop everything and move this book from your TBR list to Currently Reading: Your Money or Your Life by Vicki Robin. This was one of the first books I read that introduced me to the concept of Financial Independence. It is my opinion that this is not a frugal FIRE book; one of the key takeaways I garnered from this phenomenal read was the concept of spending money on your priorities. My partner and I had noticed over the course of our study of other peoples’ FIRE journeys that the frugality of most…

  • Mid-year Yammering

    This post may be underwhelming. I am a bundle of excited/anxious/nervous energy and I am not going to say anything of real quality in this post haha please don’t unsubscribe. But feel free to skim over this one and come back on a later date. Items I will cover: Condo update Portfolio milestone Two travels: Baltimore & Ohio Condo Update Our condo has not sold yet. We have had two showings, but none fell in love. Shoot! This is where my haywire energies are stemming from. Once we have an offer with a close date listed, we can start making…