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Reader Case: Lawyer in Pain
- Reader Case: Single Mom in Debt - October 12, 2020
- Reader Case: Choosing Between Health and FIRE - September 25, 2020
- Let’s Go Exploring! Singapore: Futuristic Foodie Paradise - September 18, 2020
Today’s reader case comes from a pair of professionals that are high earning, but not high-happiness. Let’s dive into their story! Hello Kristy/Bryce Apology in advance for the long email. I am a huge fan of your book and was really inspired by your candid stories. I have been hearing about FIRE movement 5 years ago but I never felt it would be possible for us to achieve until I read your book, especially the FI journey you detailed at the back of your book. A little bit about us. My husband and I are both in our mid-30s. I […]
Reader Case: Real Estate Regret
- What is a K Shaped Recovery? - October 19, 2020
- The Fate of Obamacare: 2020 Edition - October 5, 2020
- Why is the Stock Market Up While Employment Is Down? - September 28, 2020
Today’s case study came with an irresistible subject line, and before you all start accusing me of making that headline up for the clicks, it was the reader who came up with it, so shaddup. CASE STUDY – Real Estate Regret ————————– Hello FIRECracker and Wanderer, I binge read your entire blog! I am also an East Asian female who used to work in IT. And it’s really great reading about you guys! Finally I feel represented in the FIRE space! I’ve been pursuing Financial Independence since 2015, but I only started reading your blog 1 month ago, since I […]
How Has Covid-19 Affected Your FIRE Journey? Part 5
- Reader Case: Single Mom in Debt - October 12, 2020
- Reader Case: Choosing Between Health and FIRE - September 25, 2020
- Let’s Go Exploring! Singapore: Futuristic Foodie Paradise - September 18, 2020
Does FIRE still work in a bear market? To find out, I’m interviewing people on different parts of their FIRE journey in our community. Today, I want to introduce you to Julien and Kiersten from the “Rich and Regular” blog . Julien works in digital and brand marketing while Kiersten was in partnership marketing and business development before leaving to become an entrepreneur. For those of you who’ve seen the Playing with FIRE documentary, you’ll recognize them talking about how much consumerism hurts people. And they would know, having dug themselves out of $200K of debt to work towards financial […]
Reader Case: Grounded in Vancouver and Dreaming of FIRE
- What is a K Shaped Recovery? - October 19, 2020
- The Fate of Obamacare: 2020 Edition - October 5, 2020
- Why is the Stock Market Up While Employment Is Down? - September 28, 2020
Lately FIRECracker’s developed the bad habit of scrolling through our old travel photos (and by “old”, I mean from like 3 months ago). “Hey, cut it out!” I’d say whenever I caught her doing it. “You’re just going to make yourself feel bad.” And then she would look up at me, her lip quivering and a single tear rolling down her cheek. “I want my smokey chicken.” Well, it looks like we’re not the only one feeling this way. Hello FIRECracker and Wanderer, Greetings from here in lockdown Vancouver. Everyone says it’s so nice here, but when you’re stuck inside […]
HOW HAS COVID-19 AFFECTED YOUR FIRE JOURNEY? PART 4
- Reader Case: Single Mom in Debt - October 12, 2020
- Reader Case: Choosing Between Health and FIRE - September 25, 2020
- Let’s Go Exploring! Singapore: Futuristic Foodie Paradise - September 18, 2020
Hello and welcome back to our FIRE series! In my quest to find out whether FIRE still works in a bear market, I’m interviewing people on different parts of the FIRE journey in our community. Today, I want to introduce you to Mr. and Mrs Chaos, a couple with 4 kids, whom we met at the Greece, Chautauqua. Trying to get to FI is already hard enough, but to do it with 4 kids?! Yikes! Mrs. Chaos is what we refer to in the FIRE community as a “drag along spouse”. Mr. Chaos having just discovered FIRE in early 2018, […]
