In November 2023, the financial update reveals a net worth of $1,288,197, with significant gains in investments and high expenses. The detailed breakdown includes expenses such as travel, home costs, and shopping. Despite hopes for reduced spending, the month concluded with substantial purchases, reflecting a mix of necessity and indulgence.

After last month’s move and subsequent spending free-for-all, October was a bit more under control from a life perspective. We’ve settled into apartment living about as much as can be expected after almost a year and a half on the lam. Have our finances settled down after September’s whirlwind? Read…

Another month in the books, and it was a doozy. This may go down as the worst financial month in FIby35 history: a deadly combination of unprecedented spending and poor market performance. I teased in last month’s post that September would be a spending explosion and it did not disappoint.…

Here we are, nearly in October, and I still haven’t posted our August financial update. Forgive me, we’ve been a little busy. Since our last monthly status report, I began full-time work again, we drove from Wisconsin down to Florida, moved into an apartment, and continue to accumulate more items…

July came and went in a blur of sunshine and fireworks. This was the first calendar month we spent entirely within the contiguous United States since July of last year! Even then, it still felt like we were traveling as we bounced between families in Minnesota and Wisconsin. The more…