FIRE Starter: Advice on Saving & Investing in Your 20s [Part 2]
Zach is back with Part Two of his nine actionable tips for saving, investing, and growing wealth in your 20s. If you missed Part One, take a moment to get caught up, and then come back to read Part Two. The information in this series could change the rest of your life if you follow it. […]
LateFIRE Chapter Three: The Price of Mental Illness and Addiction
Catchy title, that…nothing like mental illness and addiction to make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside, right? Yeah, well. This is not the post I was going to write. I wanted to write about pensions, Social Security, and money tied up in our home’s equity. However, my husband and I recently went to the […]
My 2019 Goals: Family, Fitness, Finance, and Fun
Small habits don’t add up, they compound. You don’t need to be twice as good to get twice the results. You just need to be slightly better. — James Clear Not too long ago I used to set a monster list of goals. Over time I realized two things during my annual reflections: 1. I […]
November 2018 – Detailed Financial Report #47 – Net Worth $895,001 | Income $35,396
The final stretch of the year is upon us. I can’t believe that it is already December. I ended up completing the Tribe of Mentors book I was in the middle of last month and that officially ties up all 2018 loose ends for me. I ended up with a ton of book recommendations as […]
Chasing FIRE Interview #2 – Max from Max Your Freedom
Today we continue our Chasing Fire interview series (click the link to see all interviews in this series). I have always enjoyed reading and listening to interviews to learn how people got to where they are, so as to learn from the successes and failures of others. Each individual’s story and path is unique, and […]
Odds & Ends In Preparation for 2019
2018 is quickly coming to an end! The weather is cooling down as we shift from summer to fall and the holidays are just around the corner. I like to get a head start on planning for the next year by starting that process at the beginning of November and finishing by Thanksgiving. I’m not […]
Control-Based vs. Allocation-Based Budgeting
To budget or not to budget, that is the question… It may not be obvious at first glance but to me all budgeting boils down to two distinct different flavors: Control-Based Budgeting Allocation-Based Budgeting I believe that there is a time and a place for both, depending on where you are in your own unique […]
FIRE Starter: Advice on Saving & Investing in Your 20s [Part 1]
Last month I shared the first of a series of interviews with you. Zach, the newest GYFG team member, was the first to be interviewed. Going forward he will be a regular writer for the GYFG blog. He is 24 years old and killing it. His wisdom belies his age and is a great example […]
4 Years of Blogging – Annual State of the Blog
I’m proud to say that this blog I started is officially four years old. Happy Birthday, GYFG! I’m pretty sure that puts my blog in the top 1% of blogs that make it past the one year mark – the percentage making it to four years must be tiny. I’ve lost count of the number of […]
