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Mr. Money Mustache

Living Below your Means: What Does it REALLY Mean?

December 27, 2018 by Mr. Heartland on FIRE

We recently had a conversation with another couple. During the discussion they mentioned that they only contributed enough to their 401k accounts to get their employer match. They maintain that they do not earn enough to max out their 401k contributions. Now that sounds like a fairly typical argument; however, from past conversations we learned this couple has an annual income over $250,000 per year! How crazy is that!

Maxing out 401k contributions would amount to less than 15% of this couple’s income. This conversation really underscored the point: Most of Us Do Not Live Below Our Means

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Filed Under: FI Progress, Retirement, Savings Tagged With: Living Below your means, Mr. Money Mustache, Savings rate, Signs of living at or beyond your means, The Shockingly Simple Math Behind Early Retirement

Thank You Notes from the Heart(land)

November 22, 2018 by Mr. Heartland on FIRE

Happy Thanksgiving!!

A year ago today, this blog did not exist.  November marks the end of my first year of blogging on this site.  It’s been a hell of a journey so far and I can’t wait to see where this whole thing goes.  So, to get into the Thanksgiving spirit, I thought it would be help to write out a list of Thank You notes for those that are responsible for the existence of this blog.

***Cracks Knuckles***

***Piano Softly Plays***

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Filed Under: FI Progress, Lifestyle Improvement, Uncategorized Tagged With: 1500 Days to Freedom, A Simple Path to Wealth, Dave Ramsey, Financial Samurai, Giving thanks, j.l. collins, Mr. Money Mustache

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