Our soon to be home

We Bought a House

I’ve been in the process of drafting some articles on our house hunting adventures, but I am going save those for another day now as we have just gone into contract for a house. Since the site is called California FIRE I am hoping no one will be too...

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Point Lobos

Why I took a $30,000 Pay Cut in my Job

I previously wrote about my experience with FU Money (or in my case FU Power).  Again, I didn’t quite get the outcome I was hoping for, but I still had a good outcome.  Part of that outcome was a change in jobs. On the surface it looks like a...

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First Attempt at Travel Rewards

I really jumped into FIRE in September last year between our awesome trip to see the eclipse and my 2711 mile drive back to California.  When driving by yourself for 2711 miles you need something to listen to, or at least I do. After my life changing eclipse experience, I...

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Unexpected Expenses

We’re terrible at living frugally apparently, which will probably make it harder to reach financial independence.  We’ve been crammed into our tiny 1 bedroom apartment with a dog, 2 cats, and 4 birds for 5 months now.  Our expenses should be minimal and we should just be socking away...

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