During the phase of my life where I was wooing my wife to marry me, several of my friends were already in the family-building phase. When your first child comes along there’s an incredible sense of excitement, anticipation, and discovery. I saw it in their lives firsthand, and now that I have a couple […]
Imagine The Freedom Of Owning A House With No Mortgage
If you hang out at this site for any length of time, you’ll find that I write quite a bit about housing, mortgages, and lifestyles. I believe that we can very easily set ourselves up for financial failure simply by setting unrealistic expectations, and then using debt to fund those expectations. Mortgages, for most […]
Smaller House, Larger Life!
In the summer of 2010 I finally came to my senses. My first child was a year old. My wife, daughter and I lived in a good-sized suburban home in a nice neighborhood, about 15 minutes from downtown where my office is (even in rush hour traffic). Our house was fairly “nice” since we’d […]
Build A Better Budget Part 2 – Creating Categories
This is the second post in a series about how to build a better budget. You can check out the other posts here: Build A Better Budget Part 1 – The Mindset Build A Better Budget Part 2 – Creating Categories Build A Better Budget Part 3 – Tracking Methods Build A Better Budget Part […]
July In Review – Income/Expense and Net Worth
I know it’s a few days late but here’s a quick review of our July numbers, as they relate to our FI Journey. July’s income was great! My company paid out quarterly profit-sharing bonuses which were fairly large for us, so that really helped us attack the mortgage this month (see below). July’s expenses […]