Well its been roughly a month since this here blog said hello to the world. I’ve promised to provide updates on our journey to FI along the way. You can always check the latest and greatest info on the Track Our Progress page Anyways, without further adieu, here is how we did in December: [Read more…] about Progress Update 1
How we “Settled” for Paying Down More Than $56,000 in Debt in 1 Year

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Buy a Car to Get Closer to Financial Independence?

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Our 2018 Savings and Investment Plan
2018 is just around the corner. If you recall, 2017 was dedicated to immolating our last remaining student loan. With that goal quickly approaching the Heartland on Fire household is turning our sites to aggressively increasing our savings and investments for the upcoming year. So, if you want to see the game plan and hold us accountable at the year’s end keep on reading. [Read more…] about Our 2018 Savings and Investment Plan
Student Loan Arson

Student loans…they come standard issue with the American Dream, right? Well after paying off my student loans and truck a few years ago we were still diligently and stupidly only paying the monthly balance on my wife’s loan. The sum was so seemingly large we were resigned to “It will always be there.” What were we thinking?! After paying for our 2016 kitchen remodel and my wife’s car loan with cash in savings we were finally feeling the itch that maybe we could make this loan go away. [Read more…] about Student Loan Arson