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F.I.O.R. – Financial Independence Optional Retirement

F.I.O.R. – Financial Independence Optional Retirement

Since my husband and I discovered the F.I.R.E. community, two years ago, we’ve been spreading the word about it like kids on a playground. There was something about the idea of saving money at an alarming rate to retire decades ahead of schedule that got us really excited. But as our journey has progressed, we realized […]

The Looming Retirement Crisis And Steps You Can Take To Avoid It

The Looming Retirement Crisis And Steps You Can Take To Avoid It

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read our disclosure for more info. Let’s assume you’re a little late to the retirement savings party and are starting to feel left out, or worse, like you’ll never be able to catch up and save enough to fund a retirement that isn’t predicated on eating cat food. […]

5 Reasons Ditching FIRE For FIOR Might Be Your Best Financial Move

5 Reasons Ditching FIRE For FIOR Might Be Your Best Financial Move

I first coined the term, FIOR, in a post I wrote back in November 2017. If you’re not familiar with it, it stands for Financial Independence/Optional Retirement. I first introduced FIOR to the personal finance community when I started questioning my original FIRE goal. Specifically, I was questioning whether or not retiring early was the […]

5 Ways Frugality Can Lead To A Happy Life

5 Ways Frugality Can Lead To A Happy Life

The F-word is something that’s tossed about like crazy in the personal finance space. Some people love living a frugal lifestyle and claim it’s a sure-fire path to saving gobs of money, while others prefer to live it up and just earn more. Most of us, however, fall somewhere in the middle. I make it […]

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