• Financial Updates

    October 2021 Financial Update

    Yet another month has come and gone and the Trick-or-Treaters have thankfully returned home. The weather here in Minnesota has been unseasonably warm (low 60s at the time of writing!). I don’t think you’ll hear many complaints about global warming in this part of the country over the next several…

  • Investing

    How do I calculate my FI number?

    By this point, I’ve been yammering on about our net worth and expenses for about 9 months, exposing our financial secrets each month in excruciating detail. And at some point in each financial update post, I typically comment on how we’re x% of our goal to financial independence. Which is…

  • Financial Updates

    September 2021 Financial Update

    There’s no sugarcoating it, this month was ugly on the financial side of things for the FIby35 household. No major catastrophes at least, just some poor market performance coupled with a little bit of overspending the budget. Check out the details below in our September 2021 financial update! In our…

  • Financial Updates

    August 2021 Financial Update

    I swear, the last days of summer go faster and faster every year – and it’s not just that the sun starts setting earlier. August was such a whirlwind month that I was too busy (and in some cases, too hung over…) to write much at all. Weddings, birthday parties,…

  • Financial Updates

    July 2021 Financial Update

    Something BIG happened in our household in July. In the midst of a drought, long work days, sleepless nights full of thunderstorms and fireworks (our dog is not a fan), we managed to break through another major milestone: the FIby35 household joined the Two Comma Club. That’s right – the…