Category: Finance

$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?”” →

The Month Of The Southwest USA: October 2021 Recap

by A Purple Life, posted in Early Retirement, Early Retirement Updates, Film, Finance, Fitness, Food, Hobbies, Keto, Musings, Net Worth Update, Spending, Travel

Ok, seriously – where did 2021 go? 2022 is 2 months away and I still feel like I’m mentally in 2020. Life is weird 🙂 . Luckily not all of October was a strange time loop though. We finally got to do something that’s been on my retirement bucket list: Travel around the Southwest to see pretty things! So let’s see what I got up to in October:

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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?” →