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FIRE Budget 2022: Our Life of Financial Freedom on $57,439

Post author By Chris
Post date December 31, 2023
4 Comments on FIRE Budget 2022: Our Life of Financial Freedom on $57,439

Our FIRE budget details how we lived an adventure-filled life in 2022 on about $57K/year as two 38-year-olds. Steal our tricks to reach FIRE!

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Annual Spend Summary 2021: $51,378 and Where It Went

Post author By Chris
Post date January 13, 2023
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Our FIRE Budget reflects our steps out of home-bound darkness that the pandemic wrought.

Our annual spending review details how we lived an adventure-filled life in 2021 on about $51K/year as two 37-year-olds. Steal our tricks to reach FIRE!

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Deciding When to Trade 4 Hours to Save $200 Traveling

Post author By Jenni
Post date May 30, 2021
6 Comments on Deciding When to Trade 4 Hours to Save $200 Traveling

Sure, traveling involves making some money decisions like "is it cheaper to fly or drive?". But don't forget what you're really getting out there for!

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?

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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!