August 2019 Progress Update
BY Ms. Vine
Monday September 16, 2019 0 Comments Blog, Personal Finance, Progress Update, Uncategorized
The weeks and months fly by so quickly. Having 56 months to go before we are ready to pull the plug on our careers sounds like a lot. But then, each month when we reach the last day I think “Already? Another month is over?” Our spending had a planned spike in August with our... Read More
Why we’ve decided to pay off our mortgage early
BY Ms. Vine
Monday September 9, 2019 0 Comments Blog, Personal Finance, Uncategorized
I mentioned in prior articles that we decided to pay off our mortgage early. When we first embarked on our financial independence journey, we didn’t plan to do this. And in fact, we have not yet started making extra principal payments to accomplish this goal. I’ll get to why in a bit. But first, here... Read More
July 2019 Progress Update
BY Ms. Vine
Monday September 2, 2019 0 Comments Blog, Personal Finance, Progress Update, Uncategorized
This month has been full of summer fun. To free up the weekends, we’re working extra hard Monday through Friday. It’s tiring. We’re worn out. Our budget is also a bit busted from all of that summer fun, too.  This exhaustion has us thinking about whether we’re making the right choices. We are balancing a... Read More
Our Endless Summer Project: A year of chasing beaches
BY Ms. Vine
Monday August 26, 2019 0 Comments Blog, Travel, Uncategorized
Now that it’s summer, we’re all about the beach. Both of us grew up near some of the most amazing beaches in the USA. We stumbled upon this article one winter day. We both thought how amazing it would be to spend a year chasing an endless summer at the best beaches all over the... Read More
Why treating weekends like vacations has not cured our Sunday Scaries
BY Ms. Vine
Monday August 19, 2019 0 Comments Blog, Lifestyle, Travel, Uncategorized
This summer, inspired by an article on Manrepeller, we decided to treat our weekends like vacations.  https://www.manrepeller.com/2019/05/curing-sunday-scaries.html At least for the summer. Or rather, like staycations. Instead of using the weekend as a time to catch up on all of the work (both paid and unpaid) that’s not getting done, we’ll simply enjoy the time.... Read More
101 tasks in 1001 days: Progress check-in
BY Ms. Vine
Monday August 12, 2019 0 Comments Blog, Lifestyle, Uncategorized
In September of 2017, I started working on a list of 101 tasks to complete in 1001 days. I’m over halfway through the allotted time, with less than one year to go. At this point, I have thought about my list and how the tasks are progressing.  The 101 in 1001 Project As a brief... Read More
June 2019 Progress Update
BY Ms. Vine
Monday July 22, 2019 0 Comments Blog, Personal Finance, Progress Update
As of June 2019, we are 57 months from our projected early retirement. June turned out to be as busy as May, but for different reasons. One of our nephews somewhat unexpectedly came up for a week and stayed through the following weekend.  Having a teenager in the house definitely changes up our routine and... Read More
Viva Las Vegas! With cost review
BY Ms. Vine
Monday July 15, 2019 One Comment Blog, Travel, Uncategorized
The decision tree for a Las Vegas vacation can be so intimidating! The possibilities are almost limitless, so we get that it can be hard to decide what to do. But, the silver lining is that Vegas has something for everyone, even if you’re not a gambler (we aren’t). This article is one part trip... Read More