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Progress Update 4: Backsliding, Caveats & Crazy Graphs

April 6, 2018 by Mr. Heartland on FIRE

So, it’s April now.  Just like that a quarter of the year gone.  Dayum! It is still freezing cold here with snows still expected, so it sure doesn’t feel like April.  If this weather won’t change soon, I’ll be mowing the grass in the snow.  But enough about the weather… Let’s review the interesting month of March that was.

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Filed Under: FI Progress Tagged With: Apathy Ends, buying a new car, Edward Jones, financial indpendence, Life Insurance, Net Worth, stock market performance, Vanguard

Want Results? Try Common Courtesy!

March 30, 2018 by Mr. Heartland on FIRE

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Filed Under: Lifestyle Improvement

The Great Financial Migration – Part 1

March 23, 2018 by Mr. Heartland on FIRE

The big news around the Heartland on FIRE household this week is we’ve taken the plunge and decided to move all of our investment funds from Edward Jones over to Vanguard.

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Filed Under: FI Progress, Retirement Tagged With: active vs passive fund management, benjamin graham, Edward Jones, Edward Jones Vs. Vanguard, financial advisor, financial advisor feess, index funds, j.l. collins, john bogle, Vanguard

The New Car Purchase: Dissecting the Decision

March 16, 2018 by Mr. Heartland on FIRE

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Filed Under: Smart Spending Tagged With: Car Buying, car safety, Honda Accord, new vs used car

Making Dough to Save Dough

March 10, 2018 by Mr. Heartland on FIRE

A key to living a great life and reaching Financial Independence (FI) is to find the activities that truly make you happy and make them priorities.  The purpose of this article to to focus on one activity that I am passionate about:

Making Pizza

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Filed Under: Cost Cutting, DIY, Lifestyle Improvement, Savings, Smart Spending Tagged With: Financial Independence, homemade pizza dough, lifestyle optimization, make your own pizza, pizza base recipe, pizza crust recipe

Progress Update 3

March 2, 2018 by Mr. Heartland on FIRE

A whole lot of action to get…. nowhere really

Happy March everyone! With a new month dawning, I want take a look back at February and update you all on our portfolio value and net worth.

You can always check the latest and greatest info on the Track Our Progress page.

So, how ’bout that February? [Read more…] about Progress Update 3

Filed Under: FI Progress, Retirement, Savings Tagged With: financial indpendence, Net Worth, retirement planning, stock market

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