We arrived in Costa Rica where we were immediately welcomed by tall mountains and greenery. Our first Pura Vida sign (and sloth) greeted us within 2 minutes of de-boarding and I was beyond excited! Our plan was to spend about 6 days exploring the Guanacaste region towards the west side of the country. Customs There …
If you haven’t read Part 1 of our Colorado 12 Day Camping Trip Blog go check it out! We visited Denver, Mt. Evans, Gardens of the Gods, and other awesome places. Part 2 will be here waiting for you ;)! Day 6: Buena Vista -> Twin Lakes We arrived early at Whitestar Campground. After setting …
For my 27th birthday, we decided to go camping in Colorado. We watched so many videos about Colorado and its natural beauty that we decided to go check it out during the July 4th holiday weekend which happens to line up with my birthday-Go July babies!! Since we both work full-time jobs, we only had …
It is all about Freedom When I first discovered the Financial Independence movement, freedom was what made it so appealing. I love stories of people that by becoming financially independent, have attained the freedom to make different choices. The freedom to live the life that they want. Before learning about Financial Independence, one of our …
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In this blog post, I’ll share what I’ve learned so far about investing in retirement accounts. Though I heard the word investing several times throughout my life, I never thought that at some point I would become an investor. I thought investing was what rich people did with all the money they couldn’t spend. Through …
I had never been too interested in self-development or habit formation until I found the Financial Independence community. I’ve found that once I started feeling like I was in control of my finances I was able to focus more on other things. For example, trying out new hobbies and side hustles that will keep me …
I started researching financial independence around October 2019. I was trying to learn more about money and how to invest smartly. Thankfully the ChooseFI podcast recommended the Simple Path to Wealth by JL Collins. He writes at JLCollinsnh and is the author of the famous Stock Series, later turned into a book The Simple Path …
For years one of my New Years’ resolutions was to take fitness seriously. I was a volleyball player for many years and though I considered myself an athlete I fit was not an acronym would describe myself with. Over the years I always had practices and tournaments that kept me playing which helped to maintain …
I was desperate. We only had 4 nights in Jamaica and I had been itching to get there since we bought the flights. Luckily, we used points to buy our flights and hotel. We had a lot of flexibility, which we desperately needed after the trip got delayed due to a TORNADO! I’ll talk about …
FIRE stands for Financial Independence Retire Early. The FIRE movement advocates for achieving a position of financial strength where we no longer depend on a paycheck to pay for basic needs. Since we’ll spend time creating additional income streams outside of a W-2, we can then decide to stop working. Now, remember that you don’t …
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