Today, I’m sharing our 2023 mid-year financial results. Here in the Rich Frugal Life household, we typically perform a deep dive into our finances at least twice a year. During this review, we compare our year-to-date spending to the budget, analyze our investment portfolio allocation and targets, and assess how we’re tracking towards our annual…
Welcome to Rich Frugal Life’s June 2023 financial results! Before we get into the numbers, here’s what we were up to this month. I took a whole month off! You may have noticed that I’ve been a bit quiet over here on the blog and social media lately. That’s because I inadvertently took the…
Welcome to Rich Frugal Life’s May 2023 financial results! Before we get into the numbers, here’s a brief update on our month. School’s out for summer And just like that, summer is here! With the end of May, comes the start of Arizona’s (brutal) summer heat and full-time parenting once school gets out for…
Recently, I invited the ‘Early Retirement Police’ to come for me by giving semiretirement a try… after previously proclaiming myself to be retired. It’s no secret that I’ve struggled to find purpose in early retirement. Prior to taking this job last fall, I had frequently wondered if there was some aspect of my accounting career…
Welcome to Rich Frugal Life’s April 2023 financial results! Before we get into the numbers, here’s a brief update on the month. Oops… I forgot my anniversary No, not the one that I share with my wonderful husband. I’m talking about the 3rd anniversary of my early retirement! It officially passed in March and…
Do you ever think about the real cost of the things you buy before you make a purchase? Your true cost is more than just the dollar amount on the price tag. And no, this isn’t the point where I tell you to stop buying those precious daily lattes. You do you. Besides, I already…
Welcome to Rich Frugal Life’s March 2023 financial results. Before we get into the numbers, here’s a little bit about what we did last month. Finding purpose in giving back While most discussion about charitable giving in the personal finance community revolves around giving money, giving your time can be just as impactful. Since leaving…
One of my most popular posts on the blog to date has been on how much money kids cost and whether raising kids is really as expensive as everyone says it is. Within that post, I shared a deep dive into the USDA’s most recent report on the average costs of raising a kid, and…
Welcome to Rich Frugal Life’s February 2023 financial results. Before we get into the numbers, here’s a little bit about what we were up to this month. It’s bonus time! February is when annual bonuses are paid, which makes it an exciting month for financial nerdery. I typically have a fair amount of excess cash…
Welcome to my little corner of the internet! Today’s post is short and a bit different. I’m talking about why I’m not focused on achieving rapid blog growth. While watching my blog’s traffic increase organically over the past two and a half years has been pretty exciting, I haven’t put much focus on growth. My…
Hi! I'm Mrs. RFL. We're a family of 3 trying to live a rich frugal life on our way to financial independence and early retirement ("FIRE"). I retired in early 2020, at age 38, to help our family achieve the balance we desperately needed. Even though we hadn't reached our end goal, making this change allowed us to take advantage of the financial freedom we'd already earned to begin building a happier, healthier and more meaningful life. This decision didn't slow down our journey as much as expected. We reached financial independence in January 2022! Rich Frugal Life follows our FIRE journey and shares everything we learn (or screw up) along the way.
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