How It’s Possible to Retire in Five Years or Less: The Power of Your Savings Rate

Whenever someone finds out that I worked only three years full time after graduating from physical therapy school, and that I'm very close to financial independence at 29 years old, the natural question that follows is, "How is that possible?" The answer to that question lies in the magic of my savings rate. My Savings … Continue reading How It’s Possible to Retire in Five Years or Less: The Power of Your Savings Rate

Around-The-World Trip Update and Expenses: Chiang Rai, Thailand

If you haven’t read any of the prior expense reports from our trip, check them out below: Scotland Ireland Morocco London Berlin Munich Chiang Mai Luang Prabang Vientiane We spent 7 days and 7 nights in Vientiane, Laos, arriving on the evening of September 27th from Vientiane, Laos and leaving on the afternoon of October … Continue reading Around-The-World Trip Update and Expenses: Chiang Rai, Thailand

HealthyWage Review: Payout and Conclusion

Sign-up using this referral link to get an extra $40 added to your potential winnings if you decide to make a bet with HealthyWage as well! I've been so busy lately trip planning and traveling that it wasn't until a few days ago that I remembered that I never wrote a final post about my … Continue reading HealthyWage Review: Payout and Conclusion

Around-The-World Trip Update and Expenses: Vientiane, Laos

If you haven’t read any of the prior expense reports from our trip, check them out below: Scotland Ireland Morocco London Berlin Munich Chiang Mai Luang Prabang We spent 4 days and 4 nights in Vientiane, Laos, arriving on the evening of September 23rd from Luang Prabang, Laos and leaving on the afternoon of September … Continue reading Around-The-World Trip Update and Expenses: Vientiane, Laos

Progress to Financial Independence- September 2018

September Update If you haven't been keeping up with our trip to this point, check out the international travel section and read about what we've been up to for the past 11 weeks as well as all of my expenses from each place we've traveled so far. It's very hard for us to believe... but October … Continue reading Progress to Financial Independence- September 2018

Around-The-World Trip Update and Expenses: Luang Prabang, Laos

If you haven’t read any of the prior expense reports from our trip, check them out below: Scotland Ireland Morocco London Berlin Munich Chiang Mai We spent 7 days and 7 nights in Luang Prabang, Laos, arriving on the evening of September 16th from Chiang Mai, Thailand and leaving on the afternoon of September 23rd. … Continue reading Around-The-World Trip Update and Expenses: Luang Prabang, Laos

Around-The-World Trip Update and Expenses: Chiang Mai, Thailand

If you haven’t read any of the prior expense reports from our trip, check them out below: Scotland Ireland Morocco London Berlin Munich We spent 30 days and 29 nights in Thailand. We arrived in Bangkok on the morning of August 18th after an all night flight from Munich. We decided to spend one night … Continue reading Around-The-World Trip Update and Expenses: Chiang Mai, Thailand

Progress to Financial Independence- August 2018

August was our first full month of being out of the country. We finished up in Europe during the month and spent the second half of the month hanging out in Chiang Mai, Thailand. In contrast to the action packed first month of the trip in Europe and Morocco, we decided to take a slower … Continue reading Progress to Financial Independence- August 2018

What’s in MY Wallet? – September 2018 Credit Card Lineup

I've written several posts about credit card rewards in the past, so if you're new to credit card points/miles/sign-up bonuses, check out some of these posts before reading further here. Credit Cards: Friend or Foe? The Basics of Credit Card Sign-up Bonuses The Three Best Cards to Get Started with Credit Card Rewards I get … Continue reading What’s in MY Wallet? – September 2018 Credit Card Lineup

Around-The-World Trip Update and Expenses: Munich

If you haven’t read any of the prior expense reports from our trip, check them out below: Scotland Ireland Morocco London Berlin We spent 4 days and 4 nights in Munich, Germany, arriving on the evening of August 13th and leaving on the evening of August 17th. We took our first long-distance train on this trip from … Continue reading Around-The-World Trip Update and Expenses: Munich