It's hard to believe it has been over a year since the beginning of our journey to financial independence. In that time we have paid down $31,096.56 in debt, averaging $2,591.38 per month. This is a huge achievement for us, and at times it hasn't been easy mentally to stay the course. There have been unexpected expenses … Continue reading July Update – One Year On
June Update
Greetings all! Can you believe it is the end of the financial year? How exciting! I look forward to those lovely tax offsets and a slightly nicer return than last year. That return sure as heck won't be used how the government intends for us, being funnelled straight into our debt commitments. As mentioned last … Continue reading June Update
May Update
Another month down on our path to FIRE! It is crazy to think that it has already been 10 months since we started tracking our financial position, and during that time I am happy to say we have paid off $27,194.73 at an average of $2,719.47 per month. This is a great achievement that we are very proud of. … Continue reading May Update
April Update
Greetings all! Quite a late post yet again. We moved house over the last couple of weeks and I haven't had time to update the blog. This month looks terrible on paper due to the move but we are loving our new place and are much happier! After the move our trusty washing machine of … Continue reading April Update
March Update
Ahoy! Apologies for the late post, work has been full on. Since February I've travelled 9000 kms for work and have had little time, so this one will be a short update on how we are tracking this month and some quick thoughts. Now lets look at the numbers: Forecast Mar Consolidation Loan $ 8,711.50 … Continue reading March Update
February Update
Welcome to the February update! Another slow month as we are still holding some cash as we adjust to receiving one of our salaries monthly. I spent a bit of time reworking our spreadsheets this month, tidying them up, while also incorporating some feedback from Reddit that I should invert our line graphs so that … Continue reading February Update
January Update
Welcome to the January update. It's hard to believe we are already one month through 2019. This update will be short and sweet as there isn't a whole lot of progress to report as we continue to stockpile some cash. I found out that my new employer does their pay run once a month on … Continue reading January Update
