While Brene applied the principle to life in general and how to acknowledge our vulnerabilities & fears and to reality check, this section also felt relevant to finance. I envision those 10 cards as different pieces of our financial puzzle. And each of those cards represents your expectations around your finances – it’s everything that’s holding your financial puzzle together.
Things are about to get interesting since Nick and I just started our biggest adventure yet…we bought a house! Specifically a 3 unit multi-family. We don’t have lessons or takeaways, since we are just at the beginning of this part of the journey, but we are so excited to call a place our home and share the experience as it comes.
While FIRE and privilege aren’t often discussed together, based on our principle of financial intimacy we want to be open and honest about where we’re coming from.
How living at home enabled me to pay off my student loans faster.
While Nick and I strive to be mindful about our spending each month, we are not saints in this department. We go out to dinner … Read more
Creative ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day on a budget.
Great relationships are built on trust, and it’s difficult to have trust without a healthy level of financial intimacy.
We’re sharing our journey together because too often financial independence is discussed as a personal journey, when no one lives their lives alone.
