Category: Budget Check-In

$5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 6 “Searching for Bigfoot”

by A Purple Life, posted in Budget Check-In, Finance, How Did I Get Here?, Investing, Jobs, Net Worth Update, Spending

This is part of a series about my journey to early retirement. In case you missed it, here are the previous parts:

  1. $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 1 “Is This Adulting?”
  2. $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 2 “Avoiding My Problems With Exercise & Consumerism”
  3. $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 3 “Discovering FIRE…And Ignoring It”
  4. $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 4 “Catching A Unicorn”
  5. $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 5 “A Seattle Bait & Switch”

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$5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 5 “A Seattle Bait & Switch”

by A Purple Life, posted in Budget Check-In, Finance, How Did I Get Here?, Investing, Jobs, Net Worth Update, Spending

This is part of a series about my journey to early retirement. In case you missed it, here are the previous parts:

  1. $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 1 “Is This Adulting?”
  2. $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 2 “Avoiding My Problems With Exercise & Consumerism”
  3. $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 3 “Discovering FIRE…And Ignoring It”
  4. $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 4 “Catching A Unicorn”

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$5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 4 “Catching A Unicorn”

by A Purple Life, posted in Budget Check-In, Finance, How Did I Get Here?, Investing, Jobs, Net Worth Update, Spending

This is part of a series about my journey to early retirement. In case you missed it, here are the previous parts:

  1. $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 1 “Is This Adulting?”
  2. $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 2 “Avoiding My Problems With Exercise & Consumerism”
  3. $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 3 “Discovering FIRE…And Ignoring It”

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$5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 3 “Discovering FIRE…And Ignoring It”

by A Purple Life, posted in Budget Check-In, Finance, How Did I Get Here?, Investing, Jobs, Net Worth Update, Spending

This is part of a series about my journey to early retirement. In case you missed it, here are the previous parts:

  1. $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 1 “Is This Adulting?”
  2. $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 2 “Avoiding My Problems With Exercise & Consumerism”

Continue reading “$5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 3 “Discovering FIRE…And Ignoring It”” →

$5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 2 “Avoiding My Problems With Exercise & Consumerism”

by A Purple Life, posted in Budget Check-In, Finance, How Did I Get Here?, Investing, Jobs, Net Worth Update, Spending

This is part of a series about my journey to early retirement. In case you missed it, here is the previous part:
1. $5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 1 “Is This Adulting?”

Continue reading “$5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 2 “Avoiding My Problems With Exercise & Consumerism”” →

$5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 1 “Is This Adulting?”

by A Purple Life, posted in Budget Check-In, Finance, How Did I Get Here?, Investing, Jobs, Net Worth Update, Spending

When I was on my FIRE journey, I found it helpful to follow others to understand what to expect down the line. One blog series that helped me immensely was the “How We Got Here” series by Millennial Revolution. I cannot tell you how many times I’ve read it – because it’s a lot 🙂 . Seeing how their lives evolved and their net worth increased over the years, helped to inspire me and make me believe that where I was at the moment was not how my story would end. Continue reading “$5K to Retirement In 9 Years: Year 1 “Is This Adulting?”” →

1 Year Of Early Retirement: Spending, Accidental Income, What’s Changed And What’s Next?

by A Purple Life, posted in Blogging, Budget Check-In, Early Retirement, Early Retirement Updates, Finance, Fitness, Food, Investing, Keto, Net Worth Update, Spending

Well, the fastest 12 months of my life are at an end. I usually do annual recap posts in December that outline my spending, income, net worth etc, but I thought it might be fun to see what just the early retirement portion looks like instead of each calendar year. Continue reading “1 Year Of Early Retirement: Spending, Accidental Income, What’s Changed And What’s Next?” →

The Month Of Atlanta: Early Retirement Month 7 (April 2021)

by A Purple Life, posted in Budget Check-In, Early Retirement, Early Retirement Updates, Film, Finance, Fitness, Food, Hobbies, Net Worth Update

I mentioned in a recent post that I self-named April the month of optimism and I’ve maintained that thought through the end of the month. I am a pessimist at heart and 2020 challenged even my sense of what a hellscape could look like, but I’m currently feeling…hopeful 🙂 . Let’s see why:

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