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!
Tag: Story
This is an archive listing of all of our FIRE Story posts on TicTocLife. These posts contain personal history and background that unfolds as the journey of our individual lives.
You’ll learn much more about either author, Chris or Jenni, in the posts here.
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.
Why volunteer? It could become your life’s work—by lifting up a cause you believe in, you might just find the community and purpose we all crave.
If standard personal finance advice is to diversify your investments, might we apply the same reasoning to our most concentrated relationship investment?
FIRE can create a hole in the fortress of your life’s social structure that, left untouched, might be your downfall. The solution? A “social index fund”!
Is FIRE really just a way to escape the challenge and repetition of modern working life? Sure, it frees you from what you hate—but I think there’s more.
Is your pursuit of financial independence defined by “needs” or “wants”? And what’s that have to do with your chances of success and satisfaction afterward?
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?