Category: Meta

This post category refers to content about us and our personal lives along with the site itself. You’ll find updates about the site’s development, new features, and changes around the site. We also post our monthly personal updates to this category.

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Unusual Ways We Spent $40,862 (2020 Annual Spend)

Post author By Chris
Post date January 24, 2021
16 Comments on Unusual Ways We Spent $40,862 (2020 Annual Spend)

2020 may not have been the year we expected within our FIRE budget, but that doesn't mean we didn't make the best of it! [Photo: Pacific Park early in 2020 before the world shutdown.]

Our FIRE budget reveals how we live a luxurious lifestyle on about $41K/year as two 36-year-olds in an MCOL city on a coast! Steal our tricks to reach FIRE!

Tags annual review, Budget Updates, expenses, Financial Independence

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Homelessness Prevention Programs (Dec. 2020 Update)

Post author By Jenni
Post date January 6, 2021
2 Comments on Homelessness Prevention Programs (Dec. 2020 Update)

With 2020 at a close, we review our December FIRE budget and take a look at homelessness prevention programs to donate to.

We review homelessness prevention programs for our donation, detail record high dividends in our December budget, and award a grant to Direct Relief!

Tags Budget Updates, Giving Back

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Medical Disaster Relief Organizations (and Nov. 2020 Budget)

Post author By Chris
Post date December 4, 2020
5 Comments on Medical Disaster Relief Organizations (and Nov. 2020 Budget)

Our remote family Thanksgiving 2020 meal. iPad ready for FaceTime!

We review medical disaster relief organizations for our donation, detail last month’s budget, and award a charitable grant to a world hunger relief non-profit!

Tags Budget Updates, Giving Back

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World Hunger Relief Organizations (Oct. 2020 Update)

Post author By Chris
Post date November 3, 2020
5 Comments on World Hunger Relief Organizations (Oct. 2020 Update)

Our spooky October 2020 monthly FIRE budget update! We also review world hunger relief organizations.

We review world hunger relief organizations for our donation, detail last month’s budget, and award a charitable grant to an animal welfare non-profit!

Tags Budget Updates, Giving Back

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Animal Shelters in Virginia (Sep. 2020 Update)

Post author By Chris
Post date October 9, 2020
7 Comments on Animal Shelters in Virginia (Sep. 2020 Update)

Our September 2020 Monthly FIRE Budget reveals all our spending details and sets out a donation goal for animal shelters in VA.

We review animal shelters in VA for our monthly donation, detail last month’s budget, and award a charitable grant to a children’s education non-profit!

Tags Budget Updates, Giving Back

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Children’s Education Charities (Aug. 2020 Update)

Post author By Jenni
Post date September 3, 2020
6 Comments on Children’s Education Charities (Aug. 2020 Update)

We review children's education charities in our August 2020 budget update for our next donor-advised fund grant.

We review children’s education charities for our October donation, report our August budget, and award a charitable grant to a university!

Tags Budget Updates, Giving Back

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Reader’s Choice Donor-Advised Fund Launch and Blog Update

Post author By Chris
Post date August 9, 2020
5 Comments on Reader’s Choice Donor-Advised Fund Launch and Blog Update

What can you do to make a change and give back to the community that helped you reach your goals? This month we're working on giving back directly through a donor-advised fund (DAF) and charitable giving.

Furthering our mission to give back, we’ve launched a donor-advised fund (DAF), funded with FIRE, where our readers choose the grant recipients.