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Hi, we’re The Fioneers! Our friends call us by our first names, Jess and Corey. We’re in our mid-30s and a DINK (dual-income; no kids) couple living in Boston, Massachusetts (a high-cost-of-living area).

We started our blog together in September of 2018 to chronicle our journey to financial independence.

Since then, we’ve made many intentional choices to design our lives along our journey to financial independence.

  • We both spent the majority of our careers working in mission-driven nonprofit organizations. Our jobs provided some meaning and purpose, but the trade-off was generating a lower income than a job in the private sector.
  • In 2018, I (Jess) experienced severe burnout which led to anxiety and other mental health issues. This led me to take a 6-month career break to focus on my mental health.
  • In 2019, I went back to work part-time. This provided me with plenty of time to focus on my mental health. When my mental health improved, we realized we had reached Coast FI, so I decided not to increase my hours.
  • In 2020, I launched my business with the very first cohort of Design a Life You Love, my signature group coaching program. And, I freaking loved it!
  • In 2021, I “took the leap” to entrepreneurship!
  • In 2022, we bought and built out a campervan to support our goal of living a location-independent lifestyle.

The best part? We’re not even 50% of the way to our financial independence target. We’re using the financial freedom we gain along the way to design a life we don’t want to retire from.

We also love all types of adventure, whether it’s exploring a new country, learning a new language, or exploring the great outdoors. We have a goal to travel to 100 countries and all 50 states together before we get too old to travel.

Simply put, we like to dream big.

About the Fioneers

We started the Fioneers as a way to track our journey to financial independence. If there’s anything we have learned so far, Financial independence has many definitions.

We choose to think of financial independence as:

the point at which our assets produce enough sustainable income to cover our living expenses.

This is not just about the money, but more importantly about the freedom that comes with it.

The name “The Fioneers” comes from a combination of Financial Independence (FI) + Pioneers.

We think the name fits well with our deep-rooted love of adventure. It’s also a constant reminder to enjoy the journey.

Our Motto

Our motto at the Fioneers is:

The journey should be remarkable as the destination.

This means that while we are focused on reaching financial independence, we are enjoying the journey along the way. We don’t want to throw away the next ~5-10 years of our lives just to reach financial independence earlier.

Instead, we want to discover our passions and create a life we don’t want to retire from.

Slow FI

We coined the term “Slow FI” as a way to describe our approach to achieving financial independence. If you don’t read anything else on our site, our Slow FI Manifesto is one to read.

This is a big part of our message. And as such, we’ve also created our (award-winning) Slow FI Interview Series to share compelling stories of others who have made intentional decisions to design their lives along the path to FI.

What to Expect on The Fioneers

We publish a new article on the blog every other Monday morning. We write about a few core topics, including:

  1. Designing a Life You Truly Love
  2. Achieving Financial Freedom
  3. Our Adventures and Vanlife
  4. Interviews with people who are designing their lives along their journey to FI

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