Blazing a Trail Towards Financial Independence
With school out and multiple birthdays and other celebrations, we cut loose in June. Were we able to keep our nest egg growing, or did we raid it all in the name of good times?
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With vaccination numbers rising, change was in the air in May. I’ve been called back to work from the office for the majority of the week now and a return to the office is also in the wings for Mrs. HoF. While our feelings towards going back into work are mixed, at-best, a whole new world of opportunities is starting to open back up… which is quite exciting.
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Welcome to May! The temperatures are rising and the grass is growing. I’ve been working in the yard and shaping up the garden for this year’s crop. But the garden isn’t the only place I’ve been planting seeds…
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Well hello again! I hope you all got your fill of shamrocks and corned beef last month. With a lot of things moving and shaking, were our finances in March as green as the beer we were drinking? Also, I hold my nose and take a look at last year’s spending.
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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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It’s only been a month, but it seems 2021 told 2020 to “hold my beer”. Every day brings with it something new and weird. But as crazy as everything was outside, January was pretty ho hum around here with all the DIY projects finally wrapped up. So we turned our attention to other matters this month.
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