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  • A tale of Student Loans

    Hello FIRE flowers! I’m excited to be back to writing you again today! The topics I am going to write about today are:  The Tale of my Spouse’s Student Loan Payoff Travel Updates! 2023 Goal Check-in The Tale of my Spouse’s Student Loan Payoff: Disclaimer: This is going to be like one of those true crime podcasts where you [hopefully] get fully engulfed in the story, and then at the end it was never solved and you leave without full resolution. Admittedly, I wrote this filled with a misplaced hope that the supreme court would wrap this tale up in…

  • Phases of Life & Bonus Strategy

    Hey there FIRE flowers! The topics I am going to write about today are: Bonus Savings Strategy Phases of Life 2023 Goal Setting 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…

  • 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: Annual Expense, Income, and Net Worth Review 2022 Goal Results 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.…

  • FIRE & Marriage

    Hello again my FIRE flowers! The topics I am going to write about in today’s update are: Tales of Salem Marriage and FIRE Q3 2022 Update & Goals 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…

  • 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…