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Portugal With Friends & Family! (Feb. 2025 Update)

Looks like FIRE is in full swing! February brought us under $200 of income to cover nearly $8K in expenses—mostly while traveling in Portugal with friends and family!

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The Everglades to The Algarve—& USAID (Jan. 2025 Update)

Virginia’s winter chased us out to Florida, we kicked off a month long trip to Portugal, and we donate to a nonprofit left in a lurch by the USAID changes.

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A $12K Island Escape on $1K (Dec 2024 Update)

We break down our huge $32K budget, show how we took a $12K winter escape on less than $1K, and donate to a top emergency housing charity.

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Freely Thankful (Nov 2024 Update)

A quiet, Virginia November with some of our favorite “Nothing” expenses and one little hot tip to earn extra credit card rewards.

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Oktoberfest-Free Europe on $28/Day (Oct 2024 Update)

Join our adventure to Germany & Belgium on just $28/day/person! How? Staying with family/friends, rewards points, and some other hacks!

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New Hobbies and Bretzels (Sep 2024 Update)

Chris’s new “hobby” has taken over more than just his time…and we get ready for bretzels, lederhosen, and beer as we celebrate his grandfather’s 90th!

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A Reflective Month of “Zazen”? (Aug 2024 Update)

With a month packed full of events and friends, our “break” in August wasn’t the meditative state we hoped for, but the goal remains!

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A Honeymoon Adventure to Waterland (July 2024 Update)

A big cash back win carried us through July as we adventured through “Waterland” and toured Copenhagen!

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A Blueprint for a Meaningful, Financially Independent Wedding

We built a blueprint for our wedding with lessons from our path to FIRE. Here’s all our numbers and original plan—from goals to reality and lessons learned!

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Montana Glacier Adventures (June 2024 Update)

Time to recover from our May wedding? Maybe at some point!—instead, we were off to Montana for a little Glacier adventure in June!