Retired in 2013 at age 33. Life is Good.
Over the course of a month, we buy an astronomical amount of food. It takes a lot of food to provide 450 meals per month for our family of five. I wanted to show what we put in our grocery cart in a typical month to produce those 450 meals.
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I consider myself frugal in most ways, but not really “cheap”. Sometimes I approach that thinly drawn line between frugal and cheap and dip my toe over the line to the dark side of cheapdom. Last week an editor from Business Insider contacted me and asked me to highlight a few specific items where it makes sense to be downright cheap.
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March proved to be another great month for our early retirement finances. Our investment portfolio went up slightly. I had a fair amount of income from this blog and other online writing. Spending in March
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February was a really happy month for our finances. Spending remained low and our investments went way up. As long as our investments keep up with inflation after we take out living expenses, we will
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Traveling is pretty awesome. You get to see new vistas, taste new dishes, and experience new cultures. The biggest problem with traveling the world is that it can cost a lot of money. But it
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A Lot of Things Broke January was a very busy month because things fell apart. A lot. Before we could get our new oven installed, our microwave emitted it’s last electromagnetic rays and then died
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Wow. Four months into early retirement! December was another very busy month in the Root of Good household. It’s usually a month filled with family, friends, and festivities. This December proved no different. Our house
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Panic washes over me. The realization that I’m broke, penniless and destitute sinks in. How will I provide for myself? My family? Where will I live? I wake up in a cold sweat, heart pounding,
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A few years ago we decided to escape from the daily grind. Escape far away. We managed to accumulate hundreds of thousands of frequent flyer miles and hotel points by signing up for credit cards
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Taxes. It is our duty as patriotic Americans to keep our individual taxes as low as possible. I want to show you just how patriotic I am. Over the years our income has grown steadily.
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