We’re convinced that when people share their money stories and dive into the emotional side of personal finance that’s a good thing. And that’s why we started our Talking Money series, to make room for others to share their stories. We’re all...
“We haven’t seen a post from you in a while and are hoping all is well.” Willie’s Great Adventure We’ve gotten a lot of messages like this one above from our personal finance friends recently so it’s time for a quick update. Luckily (for the blog...
As folks who wanted to retire early a big emphasis of our plan was reducing expenses so our money would last longer. While we prepared to retire we crunched our budget every which way to Sunday. We found ways to cut our spending on food, housing, gifts...
We’re convinced that when people share their money stories and dive into the emotional side of personal finance that’s a good thing. And that’s why we started our Talking Money series, to make room for others to share their stories. We’re all...
We’re convinced that when people share their money stories and dive into the emotional side of personal finance that’s a good thing. And that’s why we started our Talking Money series, to make room for others to share their stories. We’re all...
As September was wrapping up I realized the anniversary of when I quit my last job had just slid by again. Since I don’t celebrate that day every year I had to check some notes to remind myself of exactly when that was. My last day as an employee was S...
Last December we gathered in Arizona with family to celebrate the holidays and swapped names for a simple gift exchange. That worked great for me and Ali since we aren’t into buying mountains of presents to stick under a tree. We picked one person to b...
We’re convinced that when people share their money stories and dive into the emotional side of personal finance that’s a good thing. And that’s why we started our Talking Money series, to make room for others to share their stories. We’re all...
August was a big month for Congress and Biden when it comes to passing significant bills. The one we were watching closely was finally signed into law as the Inflation Reduction Act, also known as the “IRA,” which is a little confusing since that acron...
We’re convinced that when people share their money stories and dive into the emotional side of personal finance that’s a good thing. And that’s why we started our Talking Money series, to make room for others to share their stories. We’re all uni...
It’s just us this time! We’re convinced that when people share their money stories and dive into the emotional side of personal finance that’s a good thing. And that’s why we started our Talking Money series. Now that some of ou...
We got an exciting message from some FIRE friends who moved from the USA to Portugal this year. Their message came out of the blue in WhatsApp asking if we’d be open to pet and house sitting in Lisbon! Alison and I read that first message and the...
Wow this post is an emotional one for us! Here goes… We’re always intrigued and excited when we hear from someone new for the first time. We wonder how they found us and what made them want to reach out to us, but mostly we’re curious to know wha...
No matter how unique we are, we can always learn something new about money and about life from other people. And listening to other people tell their money stories helps to support them in reaching their personal finance goals. We’ve gotten so much out...
On January 5 of this year we found an RV dealership with a new 2022 Basecamp 16x on the lot. Basecamp trailers are not easy to find these days, new or used, so we were thrilled to find this one after only a few weeks of searching. We picked up our new ...
And another question, is all this I-bond enthusiasm FOMO or mo money? We’ve all been hearing lots about inflation-linked savings bonds (I-bonds) lately. And lots of you have been asking us if we’ve jumped on the current I-bond train ourselves. Before w...
Yep that’s right, we bought a new Airstream trailer this year. Buying a new travel trailer was a big purchase and an even bigger lifestyle change for us. After almost 18 years together our only “camping” experiences before this year were staying in cab...
A Guest Post for Teen Financial Freedom. Please check out the blog and podcast from Teen Financial Freedom. We are blatantly encouraging our personal finance community to follow this team of young people because we want to support their efforts. They’r...
Wow, time really does fly by! It’s been a minute since I finished Part 4 in this allocation strategies series, focused on efficient fund placement. But I have a surprise for you! Since we’ve reached Part 5 of this series it’s time for me to...
We love talking about money with other people! No matter how unique we are, we can always learn something new about money and about life from other people. And listening to other people tell their money stories helps to support them in reaching their p...