Today's post is to update our budget information. It was March/April 2019 when I last wrote about our budget for living in financial independence. While much has changed in the world since then, much has also stayed the same. We still live in the same paid for house and drive paid for cars. Our only … Continue reading Budget Update – September 2020
So much has changed over the past 18 months that it is time to update this blog. What was our experience during the first 18 months of financial independence? Did we go back and get jobs? Did we get bored? How did our spending compare to my predicted model? How did the health insurance work … Continue reading Financial Freedom 18 Month Update
First Month of Freedom Today is the beginning of May 2019; one month since leaving my job as nurse faculty for a Midwestern University, where I had taught nurse practitioner students for the past 7 years. While we had been preparing for the past year to leave our jobs (Mr. Sunshine left his a year ago … Continue reading Financial Freedom One Month Update
As I sit reading yet another demanding email from my boss, I begin to wonder…. When is enough? I open our financial tracker to check our account balances, although I know the numbers by heart. The anxiety is eating me alive. Continue to work for a boss that sucks the soul from my body, despite a career that … Continue reading The Power of FU Money
