In our latest update; we break down our huge $32K budget, show how we took a $12K winter escape on less than $1K, and donate to a top emergency housing charity. Check out how we spent it all, what we did to cut 92% off our island getaway, and vote! ⬇️ tictoclife.com/monthly-balanc…

It's the last day to vote in our "kindness" charity donation! Learn about 3 deserving charities and cast your vote below to direct our monthly giving: - Little Saint Nick Foundation - Bikes for Tykes - starlightUS Vote ⤵️ tictoclife.com/monthly-balanc…

Last day for our monthly charity vote! 🗳️ ⤵️ Orgs for emergency housing: - CARITAS - Los Angeles Mission, Inc - ShelterBox USA Learn more about each and vote for who we contribute to here: tictoclife.com/monthly-balanc…

Coming to you from Tavira in The Algarve 🇵🇹… Virginia’s winter chased us out to Florida, we kicked off a month long trip to Portugal, and we donate to a nonprofit left in a lurch by the USAID changes—our latest monthly FIRE update: tictoclife.com/monthly-balanc…

💳 Credit Card Deal 💳 We just added two Barclay’s Hawaiian Airlines cards to our wallet. Each will earn 70K miles and require about $1,000 in spend between them with a pair of $99 annual fees. We’ll transfer the 140K miles to Alaska Airlines. Great for AA (American) flights!✈️

We’re helping fill the gap left by USAID this month—come vote for a charity for us to support! 💰 - ReSurge International - AVAC - CARE (care.org) ‼️ Today is the last day! 🗳️ tictoclife.com/monthly-balanc…

📢Last day for charity vote!🗳️ This month's donation is for a disease prevention nonprofit— -GAIA Vaccine -IAVI -Partners In Health —learn about each & vote here: tictoclife.com/monthly-balanc…

How do market volatility, international travel, and targeted giving impact financial independence progress? Our March review breaks it down—plus, help us decide on our next charitable gift. Details here 👉 tictoclife.com/monthly-balanc…

Despite a very red monthly FIRE budget, April turned out pretty great as we closed out our trip with a visit to Prague with Easter festivals kicking off. And, this month, we're donating to an investigative journalism supporting nonprofit. Vote for which ⤵️ tictoclife.com/monthly-balanc…

We just published our June 2025 FIRE update! This month’s balance sheet includes: 📊 Real numbers 🌍 Life updates 🎁 Our monthly charity pick Our FIRE life and tips for financial freedom over the last month: 👉 tictoclife.com/monthly-balanc…

An astronomical celebration, Independence Day, and a trip to Europe rounded out our July! Mostly financed by some stock sales, see how our FIRE budget shaped up in our latest monthly update: tictoclife.com/monthly-balanc… Plus, we donate in support of Ukraine—come vote how!

We made our largest investment sale ever to fuel FIRE, took a week through Vienna & Brno, and opened a poll for our next charity (hand-made cards this round). Want to see how it all balanced in August? ➡️Read it here: tictoclife.com/monthly-balanc…

A month at home brought calm…and costly surprises. With HVAC and gutter headaches, September tested our FIRE flexibility. Plus, this month’s donation theme: clean water. See the full breakdown: tictoclife.com/monthly-balanc…

For #GivingTuesday2025 we're donating to a Children's Charity; come vote for which one on our latest monthly FIRE update... which had us falling into apple orchards, racing at a proper race track (!), and some social experiments in trick or treating. 🗳️⤵️ tictoclife.com/monthly-balanc…

➡️There's still a few days left to vote in our Children's Charities roundup for our monthly donation; come vote and learn about each! - Little Hands Virginia - Casa Valentina, Inc - Children's Defense Fund 🗳️Vote here until 12/31: tictoclife.com/monthly-balanc…

Last month may have opened with a yawn—but by the end, the holiday season was in full swing with joyous gatherings! We break down our super low $2,780 budget and prep a healthcare donation. Plus, we plan for an escape to Puerto Vallarta next month. Read: tictoclife.com/monthly-balanc…

Our latest FIRE monthly update— December sadly came with the loss of Chris's grandfather—so, off to Phoenix for us plus a trip to Mexico, Christmas festivities, and $28K in dividends. 📖Budget, a monthly donation and more: tictoclife.com/monthly-balanc…

After reaching financial independence, we chose to try to become parents. But it was infertility that taught us what FIRE really has to offer. Plus, we have a little announcement... tictoclife.com/fire-path-to-p…

In January we discovered our gas stove has cost about $3K in utility fees since we moved in, started on our baby buying spree, and got lucky with a huge capital gain! More in our monthly FIRE update⤵️ tictoclife.com/monthly-balanc…

Last month included some home improvement fun— We cut our heat pump project cost by nearly 90%, got an induction stove for 66% off—and had lots of fun with a hammer! Our ongoing baby project took over much of February. See our budget and tricks! tictoclife.com/monthly-balanc…