This is our journey to financial independence. You’ll find regular progress updates and a sneak peak at our finances (such as, monthly expense reports).
Have you recently stumbled upon the FIRE movement? Contemplating if this path could be for you? If so, you may be wondering how much money you really need to retire early. In this post, I’ll show you how to determine your Financial Independence (“FI”) number, as well as share ours. Additionally, as promised in Part…
We loosened the purse strings a little bit after our frugal & healthy month challenge in August, and indulged in a couple date nights out as well as a 4 day/3 night road trip to Moab, UT to celebrate our 5th anniversary. It wasn’t the big vacation to Maui we had been planning pre-pandemic, but…
This month we embarked on a frugal & healthy month challenge to to establish better spending, eating and exercise habits. Is it a good idea to just dive into a complete life overhaul like this? Probably not. But I’m a recovering overachiever, and my husband is always up for a challenge, so we went for…
Ever have a conversation with someone that ended up foreshadowing a life changing event? I have. It was during a meeting with my boss just before starting maternity leave. To be clear, the event was not the birth of our beautiful healthy daughter, as you might expect. This is why I really quit my high…
This month we’re taking the plunge and divulging our monthly expenses, so feel free to peruse and judge if you’d like. Our transition to mindful frugality is a work in progress and there are still plenty of areas for us to cut back without feeling a sense of deprivation. But I’m hoping that we can…
Hi! I’m Mrs. RichFrugalLife, the voice behind this blog. I recently retired from my corporate accounting job after 15 (stressful) years to help my family achieve the balance needed to live a better life. My husband and I are in our 30’s and have an energetic preschooler who keeps life interesting. We discovered the modern…