Here, we focus on how to cut your expenses dramatically over time. With lower expenses, you are able to funnel more money towards savings. And in the end this lower expense lifestyle will allow you more freedom. Check out these posts to save more and spend less.
Christmas is just around the corner which means it’s time to set up your Christmas Budget. We know how easy it can be to spend more than you have but with a budget in place you will be able to get gifts they love with money you have. In all honesty, Nate and I both […]
This month’s money challenge is focused on changing your spending habits. Since October is the calm before the storm in regards to the holiday season, we thought it would be a good chance to implement a No Spend Challenge. Why We Do Monthly Challenges Humans are competitive by nature, especially us. We like to play […]
Hi all! We are officially back from our week-long vacation/work trip and wanted to get our DC vacation budget out ASAP. But first, we needed sleep. Lots of sleep. This conference just sucked the life out of us. Especially when we were up until 3:30 am and need to get back to a conference session […]
Hello TTF Community! Today we wanted to shed some light on the credit card industry. Specifically, how credit cards make money off of consumers like you and how you can take precautions to avoid paying into their wealth. But first, we have a confession to make. It is something we have had a very easy […]
As you may know, I am officially working from home. After lots of planning and calculating, we are ready to hit the ground running. Even though the actual day we decided to put in my notice was somewhat unplanned, we had actually planned for the possibility of me leaving wage-paying work. We had planned to […]
Every month we review our expenses and we separate everything into Fixed Expenses and Variable Expenses. You can take a look at our post on tracking expenses to see more about the specifics! Today we here to reveiw what our monthly fixed expenses look like. These are the items we have to pay every month […]
TTF Family!! Today, we continue on the beaten path of my Early Money Mistakes, focusing on my car buying mistakes. There are more mistakes? you ask. Yes, there are more and honestly, the more that I write about these mistakes the more that come to mind. So raise your glass and cheers to me learning […]
Alright TTF family. After an extended delay, I am back to talk about me falling on my face some more. Isn’t it funny how we say we never want anybody to fall on their face, but at the same time, we don’t always look away when it happens? So here is me falling on my […]
Mr. TTF’s birthday was just a few weeks ago and we decided to spend it with family, away from work, at the Happiest Place on Earth. I feel like that might be trademarked because, well, it’s Disney. But we got a sweet little taste of FI, as we do with any trip to Disneyland. So […]
Admittedly, this is a tough one to write about. I wish the title was simply “Money Mistake.” If you didn’t catch the difference, the current title is plural and not so singular (I wish). The current title also indicates “early” money mistakes which will means there were also more current mistakes. The truth is, to […]
Just Dig-It! We have told you what FI is and what that looks like for us. Hopefully, you can see what that looks like for your future now, too. Now, don’t get us wrong, we are nowhere near our end goal. BUT, we definitely are closer than we were a year ago. And we want […]
