After teasing it in several monthly financial updates since last fall, it’s finally time to recap our once-in-a-lifetime travel hack of Europe from last fall. In total, we spent 90 days with a significant chunk of the cost covered by points and miles. But first, we had to actually get…
I can’t believe we’re already a month into the new year! Statistically, most of those new year’s resolutions you made have already gone by the wayside, though hopefully the financial ones are still intact. Is our brand new budget already toasted after just one month? Read on for the January…
Just a quick post today to celebrate the second blog birthday of FIby35. I had been considering starting a blog for several months before finally publishing my very first post on January 18, 2021. Some stats from the past year: Of the 16 posts, these were the 5 most popular…
As a true spreadsheet psychopath, our 2023 budget has been in the works for weeks months now, eagerly anticipating the turning of the calendar to January. In last year’s budget post, I hoped that 2022 would finally be the year we stick our budget. Lo and behold, we came pretty…
It’s time to tally up the damage. If you remember back to 2021’s spending recap, we obliterated that year’s budget of $57,000 by over $16,000(!). This year we established a total annual budget of $55,000. So how did our 2022 spending compare to that goal? You’re about to find out…