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Blazing a Trail Towards Financial Independence

Blazing a Trail Towards Financial Independence

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Net Worth Update 39: Cabin Fever

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Every winter, I always go in excited for the first “real” snowfall of the year. It’s new, it’s different, it carries with it a bit of excitement… and it’s almost immediately enough to get me wishing for spring and warmer weather. That was February this year. Bitter cold temperatures rivaling any seen in the past 30 years and lingering snowfall canceled classes harkening back to March 2020. And we were the fortunate ones. But even while the world was freezing around us we tried to heat up our journey towards FI.

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Net Worth Update 34: I Don’t Know What to Say

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Fall has arrived. The heat is gone, the leaves are changing, and college football is actually here. September brought a whirlwind of activity and there seems to be no letup anytime soon. Did our rental home sale finally go through? Read on to find out.

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Net Worth Update 33: Here We Go Again

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I was just getting settled into my summer grove. And… it’s gone. Just like that August is in the rear view mirror and the school year has started. This month was a wild ride and quite frankly, I am happy to have it behind us.

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Heartland on FIRE 2020 Mid-Year Spending Update

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The saga that is 2020 has reached the mid-point. In a year where nothing is what we thought it would be at the start of the year, we take a look back to autopsy the first half. So let’s crack this corpse open and see what’s inside.

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