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!
Category: Finance
FIRE often involves mathematical analysis of your personal finances and holistic strategic approaches to your financial goals. Our Finance articles address this.
This category includes content about financial topics. This may relate to personal finance, investing, financial independence, and early retirement.
Join us as we share our engagement story, blending our love for each other with our path to financial independence, retire early (FIRE).
FIRE is the art of mitigating risk and amping advantages in your financial life to free yourself from drudgery. How do the benefits of getting married play into it?
Despite a $3,600 estimate, I walked away with 3 root canals for nearly half as much from the same provider. Avoid these dental pitfalls and learn how I did it.
Our biggest financial mistake of the year didn’t arrive until late December but once the dust settles, it’ll likely have cost us some $15K+! Avoid our failure!
Wealth vs income—what’s more important for your success? Once you have ”enough” in your pursuit of FIRE, what are the trade offs of losing your high income?
Thinking of taking social security at 62? You might be surprised by what the math behind drawing social security early and investing the benefit looks like!
With low interest rates, you’re wondering if it’s worth the closing costs to refinance today—even for as little as a 1% rate reduction. Here’s how to decide!
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?
Will inflation wreak havoc with your early retirement plans? Does the 4% rule account for it? And how do you determine how much money to withdraw yearly?