Welcome to Rich Frugal Life’s January 2023 financial results. Before we get into the numbers, here’s a little bit about what we did this month. Getting a taste of that big spender lifestyle This month we got a brief taste of how big spenders live with courtside tickets to an NBA game and all-inclusive access…
Welcome to interview #6 in the FIRE With Kids interview series! Meet Finn and Fiona, a 37 year-old couple, living in a major city in Israel with their two young children and dog. The Fionist family is balancing frugality with intentional spending on an average income, with plans to semi-retire by their 50’s. They’re also blogging…
Welcome to the third annual “year in review” for the Rich Frugal Life blog! In this post, I’m sharing our 2022 financial results, with all the details of our expenses for the year, passive income, savings rate, changes in net worth, and our current investment portfolio allocation. Since there’s a lot to cover here, I’m…
Welcome to Rich Frugal Life’s December 2022 financial results. Before we get into the numbers, here’s a little bit about what we were up to this month. Note: Photo credit goes to my 6-year old, who was really excited for me to put one of her photos on the blog. Winter is the season when…
Did you make a resolution to start working out this year? If so, you’re not alone. Many people use the new year as a fresh opportunity to make healthy changes in their lives. Exercise is one of the best ways to improve health and longevity, so really any time of year is a great time…
Last year, I got a little bit crazy with my annual goal setting, setting an ambitious list of 40 goals for 2022! Did I achieve them all? Of course not! However, having these goals in mind during the year motivated me to try a little bit harder and get a little bit better each day. …
Budgets seem to have a bad reputation, but I think they’re just misunderstood. When used properly, a budget can help you reach your financial goals and give you the freedom to spend lavishly on the things you value (guilt-free). I actually love budgeting and I know that our 2023 budget will help us achieve these…
Welcome to Rich Frugal Life’s November 2022 financial results! Before we get into the numbers, here’s a little bit about what we did this month. The holiday season is here! I used to dread this time of year when I was working in public accounting, because it meant that “busy season” and 80 hour work-weeks…
Welcome to interview #5 in the FIRE With Kids interview series! Meet Stef, a 33-year-old accountant, who lives in Ontario, Canada with her husband and two kids. Stef recently achieved “Coast FIRE” and has decided to slow things down after giving birth to her second child so she could spend more time with family and dip…
This Giving Tuesday, we’re doing our charitable giving through a donor-advised fund, to give more money… for less. Last year, we set an intention to use the time and money freedom afforded to us by our FIRE lifestyle to give back more to our community. We’ll do this by volunteering, being more generous with friends…
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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