Horses are not an investment What happened this last month? I think the only certainty in the markets right now is uncertainty. On the bright side, that uncertainty has driven markets higher right now. From an income perspective, this month was a bonus and stock vesting month, so the amount we were able to invest…
Tag: FIRE
FIRE Progress Report – April 2025
Life, death, and TAXES! What happened this last month? Our investments recovered a small bit this past month, but we’ve also been making contributions the entire month as well to offset losses. From an expenses standpoint, there weren’t too many extreme ones. We paid the rest of the amount needed for our vacation in June….
FIRE Progress Report – March 2025
(Tariff) Rollercoaster of a month What happened this last month? We have went from record months to below our goal number this month. It’s not a huge setback considering that we’re still savings and all saving that we’re doing will hopefully one day be worth more than it is today. The stock market has been…
FIRE Progress Report – February 2025
A month of many expenses What happened this last month? On the income side of things, we had a pretty good month because of it being a company stock and bonus month. Because of that, we used this as a good month to pay for some things we had been waiting to buy. First, we…
FIRE Progress Report – January 2025
New Year, New Goals! What happened this last month? This month welcomes in a new year. We saw our expenses drop this month quite a bit from the previous year. Last year we had several one time expenses, the largest being paying off orthodontics. This year, we really only had some smaller unplanned for expenses…
FIRE Progress Report – December 2024
Christmas and Trucks! What happened this last month? Looking at the numbers, this month doesn’t look very good. However, that’s mostly due to the fact that large purchases skew our annual expenses considerably. Over the next few months, we should see numbers go back to normal a bit more. That being said, we purchased a…
FIRE Progress Report – November 2024
Milestones reached! What happened this last month? We finally did it! We’ve reached a major milestone in our journey. We’ve finally saved the goal amount that we had set back in July of 2018, and later revised up in May of 2023. We reached the goal 44 months earlier than we had anticipated. A lot…
FIRE Progress Report – October 2024
Run of the mill month What happened this last month? Nothing too crazy this month to speak of. As for income – work and the side business has continued going well this month. We’ve been diverting some of our income that would normally be invested to saving for a vehicle. That does slow down how…
FIRE Progress Report – September 2024
Steady as she goes What happened this last month? Things have been going pretty well as you can see from the numbers below. We’ve reached a point where we need to control expenses and continue to save regularly and things should continue on their current trajectory. Even though we’re very close to reaching our FI…
FIRE Progress Report – August 2024
Highest balance to date, but lower expenses What happened this last month? Our expenses this last fell within range of what we would want on any given month. That’s partially due to the fact that we were unable to attend a Family Camp we had been planning on going to due to illness. They were…