Reflections on our 4th Year Pursuing FI
Sometimes, it feels like day-to-day progress is slow. I love taking time to reflect because it helps me realize how far we’ve come. There are so many things we learned and accomplished in our fourth year pursuing FI!
Learnings from an Experiment with Fun-Employment
Just over a year ago, Diania dropped the bomb that she had decided to quit her corporate job. Her intention was to experiment with a year of “fun-employment.” I’m excited to bring her back for a Slow FI interview about what she learned in her first year of “fun-employment.”
The Case for Quiet Quitting
Lately, I’ve seen people trying to demonize quiet quitting. Quit quitting simply means that you are setting boundaries and not constantly going above and beyond your role. This post will help you figure out what small, quiet quits you can make to improve your job and life without burning bridges.
Our 3-Week Maritime Canada Itinerary: What to See (AND skip)
We just took our first big trip in our newly converted campervan! We spend a lovely three weeks up in the Maritimes on the Atlantic Coast of Canada. We had a blast, and we want to share with you the best things to do and see. AND, as always, we’ll share what we’d skip if were to do it again.
10 Frugal Wedding Ideas
Our wedding day was beautiful, and we embraced a money-saving mindset and optimized almost everything. This set a strong foundation for starting our financial life together and more recently, getting on the same page regarding financial independence. For our 13th anniversary, I’d love to share our 10 frugal wedding ideas.
How a Dog Training Business Provides Location Flexibility
Laura has taken several work breaks and will be taking another in September. These works breaks along with building up multiple income streams allow her to live a location flexible lifestyle.
Best Ugly Produce Delivery Service
When we first learned about financial independence, we started to analyze our spending. One of the first things that we realized was that we spent way too much on groceries. While I was doing research into Community Support Agriculture (CSAs), I stumbled across ugly produce delivery services, and found two companies in our area to test out. Here’s what I discovered.
Our Non-Budget Campervan, Part III: The Costs
A few weeks ago, we wrote about the layout and features of our non-budget campervan. This post is all about the costs. Even though I know this was the right decision for us, it’s still a bit hard to admit how much we actually spent. But, we know it will support our ideal lifestyle for years to come.
From World-Schooling to Beekeeping: What Financial Freedom Can Enable You to Do
Andrew and his family have designed their lives over the past ten years. They started out with road-schooling. Then, Andrew took a sabbatical so they could world-school their kids. When they returned to the US, he started his beekeeping business so that he’d have flexibility to be present with his family.
