Let the adventures begin! What happened this last month? Several of our numbers are complete! We had one go backwards because our expenses this month caused our annual expenses to go up slightly. That being said, we’re in a state where the next 23 months are adding buffer to what we’ve worked so hard to…
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FIRE Progress Report – July 2026
Two Years Remaining What happened this last month? As we hit our two years left in the countdown, a lot has happened this month. Our expenses dropped considerably due to the fact that our last 2 vehicle purchases have finally fallen off our 12 months of rolling expenses. We don’t purchase vehicles often, it just…
FIRE Progress Report – June 2026
Summer Vacation What happened this last month? This month we took a weeklong family vacation to Disneyland. We had visited California between Christmas and New Years last year and thought about going to Disneyland for a day, but realized that a day’s worth of tickets would cost almost as much as a week’s worth of…
FIRE Progress Report – May 2026
Goal Number Updates What happened this last month? You’ll notice that some of the numbers that said they were completed no longer do. That’s because I updated our goal number to be 50% higher than what it was before. We should be able to meet this number sometime this year hopefully. It also more closely…
FIRE Month Savings Progress Report for March 2023
Another rollercoaster month What happened this last month? After a down month, this one is mostly up. This year has definitely been a rollercoaster when it comes to tracking our numbers. On the bright side, our investments are the highest number they’ve ever been. Of course, compared to the last time they’ve been this high,…
FIRE Month Savings Progress Report for April 2022
Better late than never What happened this last month? The markets were down a lot in April, which negatively affected a lot of our numbers, except for the “number of times our annual expenses we’ll have when we reach our goal number”. That’s mainly due to the fact that our expenses from doing the kitchen…
FIRE Month Savings Progress Report for March 2022
Beware the Ides of March… or not What happened this last month? Overall, March was a great month. The markets have improved from where they were the month prior and we continue to put away a significant amount of money each month. Last year, we had decided to go to Universal Studios Orlando, which bumped…
FIRE Month Savings Progress Report for January 2022
Happy New Year! What happened this last month? The markets were down quite a bit at the end of January. That creates a great opportunity to buy and have significant future growth. Unfortunately, it also means that almost every one of our numbers was down for the month, with the exception of our average amount…
FIRE Progress Report for March 2021
For Spring Break month, our investment related number are up, but our expense related number are down (because our expenses went up for the month). I think that primarily has to do with the fact that we spent more this March than last March. We planned last minute to go to Universal Orlando for Spring…
FIRE Progress Report through July 2020
FIRE Progress Report through July 2020 (Vacation or Birthday Edition) What Happened and What Is Happening Before the pandemic, we had a vacation planned to Myrtle Beach. Not exactly the best place to go at the moment, but we figured we could easily turn around and come home if we didn’t feel like we could…