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This is awesome guys. Thanks for the advise. I did some courses with Justin Guitar, but I think I needed more structured when practicing by myself. I spent some time these last 2 days and took some notes of technics I want to learn to prioritize that. Essentially, I am trying to strategize my time s...

@WRC Hey, thanks for stopping by! I think I miss structure the most to be able to have some sort of natural progress. I know the chords, I am able to change between them quickly but struggle with the strumming. I feel like scales and barred chords are years away from my current ability man, haha. I ...

Time for the monthly update. Financials: - Investments are 979K. Hopefully we achieve the 1MM before summer. - NW 1.246MM - Increase of $39,600 - Bought $1,000 of Crypto Lifestyle: - Not much going on this month. It went by pretty fast working and doing chores - Work is becoming more intense. Starti...

@nicolino

Yeap! I think I will def taste some good local beers. I am also very excited to hit the mountains, see some green, trees and be more in my nature!

Time for our monthly update. Financials: The stock market has helped us to achieve a couple of milestones: - Our investments are close to 945K and cruising to the 1MM - Our NW is currently a bit above 1.2MM - I got a decent bonus. $13,000 - Everything seems to go a bit better than as planned, as usu...

@thefox

The French Basque Country is a hidden gem man. Love how stylish, classic and chic is. It is also the pioneer in European surfing!

@2B1S

Hey, thanks!

No more moving the goal date. This is it, mostly because mini needs to start mandatory school and that is going to be in the Basque Country. Only 17 more months to go…or maybe 14

@WRC

Thank you! These next 17 months’ savings are mostly for extra comfort and peace of mind. I think our finances are pretty solid and we will be able to have a good life where we can dedicate our time to our interests and work will not be mandatory. At least not work as we know it today

Alright gang, time for our monthly update. Financials: Everything goes as planned so far. We had a NW increase of 17.7K, we are allocating all Chica's salary to pay for the condo purchase. We would like to complete the payment by the end of the year. Life: This is where life gets interesting: - Work...

@Nicolino In my opinion 300K USD can get you a pretty nice condo. Something like 1100sq ft with elevator and centrally located with all the services at walking distance. I am happy with the upgrade, we got a much bigger condo than what you usually can get for that money and with a huge storage room....

Hi there, I am planning in working on some capacity for the first years, so the withdrawal strategy still needs to be defined. Chica and I also played with the idea of opening an English Academy. We like the idea of passing a business to our daughter. If we don't work at all or there is no income st...

Congrats on the purchase of the lake condo! those views are impressive.

Alright, we are back from the Basque Country right on time for a an update! Dec 2023: - Net Worth went up $41,140 - We had a good trip in the Basque Country. It was great to reconnect and see family and friends. - We only have 18 more months to go! woohooo! - Big update: while we were in the Basque ...

Time for an update Team. The last couple of weeks have been a bit busy in the Frugalchicos world. We learnt our lease wasn't going to be extended, so we had to find a new apartment and where able to negotiate leaving our old place on 12/1 without being penalized. We found a place down the street tha...

Very nice pics of your trips. I’m also jealous of your van set up. I would love to have a van one day for surfing trips. Although I couldn’t excuse the cost of it 😃 I also like your sewing projects. Did you learn as you went? I would like to modify/fix my clothes one day. My mom does it all the time...

@jacob Is that the Star Wars first order? - to be honest, I have never watched a Star Wars movie lol. A lot to catch up when retired! Haha Edited my previous post following Chica’s suggestion to make sure I mention we traveled with points haha. She does an amazing job with the CCs. She should probab...

Time for an update, team. Busy month in October. We went to Disney World (traveled with points and packed sandwiches and snacks), celebrated Halloween and got busy selling guitars and some clothes. Disney World was a fun and got it crossed off the list. I am happy with the experience we had but I do...

@sky - thanks for your kind words. Appreciate it. Also, cool sail boat and garden. Love your set up. @guitarplayer - I actually never calculated it in that way. It is quite impressive to be honest! I am proud of us :) - we really did our homework @2B1S - Thanks for the reminder buddy. It is har to r...

Oh Sunday Scaries....they are real. I have not felt like this in a while. Some thinking out load and venting below: Work is increasingly becoming more and more mentally exhausting. I average 7-10 calls a day on top of the duties I am expected to do and managing 6 managers. Half of the calls are high...

Hey there, Long due and finally started to read your journal since the beginning. A lot of your early thoughts and feelings hit home and felt very identified with your desires. Especially your comments on page 7 “Well, So It Looks Like Maybe I'm Too Late”. I have the exact strong desires of freedom ...