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  • Phases of Life & Bonus Strategy

    Hey there FIRE flowers! The topics I am going to write about today are: One exciting piece of news for the new year: two weeks ago we adopted a 5 year-old grey boy cat – named Moe! 🙂 He has been adapting so well to our routines. It’s great to be a mama! And the required pet-tax: Bonus Savings Strategy: March is Bonus Season for my company! Since many corporate companies operate on a similar schedule, now seems like a good time to review how I try to make the most of my bonus. Here is my multi-part, highly complex,…

  • 2022 Year-End Wrap Up

    Happy New Year FIRE Flowers! We are closing out our first year together! Gosh – I’m so excited! My last post of the year (or technically, I suppose the very first post of the year ha) will always be a year-end wrap up. The topics we will cover are: This year has been wild – between our travel adventures and the rough market landscape – it felt like it went by in a flash. Our travels were very healing after two years of work from home confinement due to COVID. As most of you are probably aware, the fed as…

  • FIRE & Marriage

    Hello again my FIRE flowers! The topics I am going to write about in today’s update are: Tales of Salem Our big travel adventure has come to a close. We have safely returned to Minnesota! Our mission was accomplished: we made the most of our time exploring and discovering new places, and we’ve healed our souls a bit from the effects of the pandemic. I feel re-aligned on my life intentions and ready to absorb some new Minnesota memories! Here is the second little scrapbook that I made to share with you for our last couple stops of the trip:…

  • 9 Years Until FIRE

    Welcome back again 🙂 It’s hard to believe we are already half way through this year. It feels like I am holding my breath waiting for each economic shoe to drop. The topics I am going to write about today are: Pre-FIRE Lifestyle Travel Updates 2022 Goal Progress Pre-FIRE Lifestyle A couple of years ago, I attended a MeetUp for people in my area that were pursuing Financial Independence. We did an activity where we built a chart of all of the hobbies and interests that we planned on exploring once we FIRE’d. My board was an interconnected web of…

  • Introductions and Updates

    My first official post! Here are the topics I’m planning to cover today so that we can get caught up and comfortable with each other: Why FIRE? Getting Started The Historical Numbers Q1 2022 Update & Goals Why FIRE? I have always been an extremely goal-oriented person. And from pre-school through to college it was easy to set goals: stack up the A’s. After college I struggled with finding direction. I realized that when it came to my career, the only way to move up was to…..wait. I had to collect YEARS of experience to get a promotion. Do you…