I'm married with an almost 3 year old son and a newborn daughter. We live near St. Louis and I'm a CPA. Any other young families out there?
While I'll probably not retire early, I think the topics discussed here are important for anybody to pursue. As much as I'd like to give up my house (and the mortgage) and move into something cheaper - I'm not sure I could bring myself to do it. Convincing the wife would be even harder. My goal is to be able to either cut back my hours or freelance/work from home in a few years.
We were already debt free and emergency funded when I started reading PF blogs. Now I'm starting to ask "is this it?", "can I do this for another 30 years until my mortgage is paid?". I'm pursuing a couple things on the side to challenge myself and see if it could potentially boost or replace my income. First, I like to build furniture. Second, I'm trying to figure out how do to some sort of fee only financial planning/coaching - basically using my CPA and personal finance knowledge to help others establish a financial plan.
Nice to meet you all. I look forward to the discussions here.
Hello from Missouri
Hi Kevin. NAPFA is the national association for fee-only planners. Typing "NAPFA" into any search engine will take you right there. And are you aware of The Nazrudin Project? Nazrudin is a group of planners who explore behavioral finance. There are a lot of coaches involved in Nazrudin. There's a Nazrudin page on Facebook, and you can get some information there. Paula