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Hey all, another year has passed. Here is an update on our journey. December Income: https://s3.amazonaws.com/surviving_economic_collapse/Screen+Shot+2023-12-22+at+9.15.52+PM.png December Expenses: https://s3.amazonaws.com/surviving_economic_collapse/Screen+Shot+2023-12-22+at+9.16.11+PM.png Monthly ...

@ertyu Thanks for the ideas Ertyu. I do think what I'm trying to figure out might be a series of deep seated issues that requires talking through with someone. @Smashter, thanks for the reply. Yes it's a confusing and frustrating state to be in. @Western Red Cedar, thanks for the advice, I'm going t...

Hey all, another year has come and gone. Here is an update on our journey. December Income: https://s3.amazonaws.com/surviving_economic_collapse/Screen+Shot+2022-12-26+at+6.00.38+PM.png December was the last of 3 hectic months starting in October, when my Mother-in-law unexpectedly passed away. It w...

I can't believe that another year has gone by! Here is an update on our journey. November was a fantastic month in terms of income and investment appreciation. Like most months now, our investment growth has outpaced our income. November Income: https://s3.amazonaws.com/surviving_economic_collapse/i...

Andy Dufresne thanks so much for your well considered reply! I really need to think through some of these items, especially your advice in regards to health and a transition plan towards the exit date!

I can't believe another year has gone by. Here is an update on our journey, November was a fantastic month in terms of income and investment appreciation. November Income: https://s3.amazonaws.com/surviving_economic_collapse/Screen+Shot+2020-11-27+at+4.25.14+PM.png For this month (and most of this y...

Another year has passed and it's time for an update. November was a good month in terms of wealth production. We saw massive gains in existing financial investments. http://s3.amazonaws.com/surviving_economic_collapse/income-11-19.png Expenses this month were also on the higher side due to quarterly...

@classical_Liberal I agree that 8 weeks might not be enough to find out. I'm planning a longer sabbatical at some point, perhaps around 3-4 months. I'm not sure if a LEANFIRE scenario will motivate me to apply myself since I seem to be very minimalist by nature. I think I would be pretty content wit...

Hi all, I can't believe it's been almost a year since my last post. I want to give some updates on several momentous events that have happened in the last 12 months. I'm also looking for some advice from folks who have FIRED already. Our family has a new member Our second child was born in April of ...

Hello, I’m 38/W/M who’s been working at this ERE thing for a long time. It’s hard to find people who think/live the same way. I feel like this journey would be so much better with a partner. I’m educated, healthy, good looking and in good shape. A great catch by most standards. All I’m looking for ...

Hi all, I can't believe it's been 9 months since the last update. Here are my household's income/expense stats for the month of November: Income: https://s3.amazonaws.com/surviving_economic_collapse/income-1117.png Expenses: https://s3.amazonaws.com/surviving_economic_collapse/expenses-1117.png Summ...

Wow I can't believe it's been 3 months since my last update. It's hard to remember to update this journal because things have been going pretty much on auto-pilot at my household. So here are the stats for February: https://s3.amazonaws.com/surviving_economic_collapse/income_0217.png https://s3.amaz...

@Fiddle, I really envy your lifestyle. It's so free man!!!!

It's been 2.5 years since my last post, and there has been significant changes during this time. To summarize: 1. I am definitely no longer a debt slave. 2. My son is no longer a baby, he's a hyper-active little boy 3. We have acquired a 2nd house to live in, our first house is back to being a renta...

@George the original one I feel that's the only way to go too. I have been trying to expand my software side business, but it's rough going mainly because I have so little free time left. @cimorene12 The $1000 dollars of public transportation was because I had to take the train to NYC several times ...

@JrdnRabbit, welcome! I was in a situation similar to you not so many years ago. Here is my $0.02: 1. Your core spending level for a household of 4 people is already pretty low. I see only marginal gains through further frugality measures here. The greatest gains that you can realize is on the incom...

Here are the numbers for June: https://payoffourschooldebt.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/income_06_2014.png https://payoffourschooldebt.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/expenses_06_14.png Monthly Savings Rate: 66.0% YTD Savings Rate: 42.8% Months Living Expenses: 90.5 months Half year retrospective: It's b...

May has come and gone, here are the numbers:






Monthly Savings Rate: 65.9%

YTD Savings Rate: 38.18%

Months Living Expenses: 110.5 months

@cimorene12, this really is a tricky situation. I have for the time being found a very effective strategy at keeping these bail outs under control. I just publicly talk about how glad I am to help out my relatives in from of them and other relatives. This has worked out really well, because: a. Nobo...

Here are the numbers for April: Income: http://payoffourschooldebt.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/income_04_2014.png Expenses: http://payoffourschooldebt.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/expenses_04_2014.png Monthly Savings Rate: 36.8% YTD Savings Rate: 31.25% Months Living Expenses: 82.5 months