Tag: financial freedom

Progress to Financial Independence- April 2019

Another Month Already?! The end of April means that we're almost done working for the year (yes, you read that right, for the year) and will be heading to Europe soon to spend 15 weeks traveling and exploring! April has been a busy month with working full time at busy outpatient clinics, growing the Travel … Continue reading Progress to Financial Independence- April 2019

Progress to Financial Independence- March 2019

More Exploring! In March we had several busy weekends with more adventures. We are still living in Fredericksburg, VA for our current Travel PT contract, so we've been exploring this area but also took some fun weekend trips. The first week in March, we had the opportunity to travel to the Dominican Republic with a … Continue reading Progress to Financial Independence- March 2019

Guest Post: “Travel PT: The Path to Financial Freedom” (Featured on Covalent Careers/New Grad Physical Therapy)

I was recently featured on the website Covalent Careers, which is the parent company of NewGradPhysicalTherapy.com. I wrote an article titled Travel PT: The Path to Financial Freedom. This is a topic I've written about before, highlighting how Travel PT has allowed me to save a significant amount of money, achieve financial freedom early in my … Continue reading Guest Post: “Travel PT: The Path to Financial Freedom” (Featured on Covalent Careers/New Grad Physical Therapy)

Progress to Financial Independence- February 2019

Back to Work I'm pretty late getting this update out unfortunately. We've been pretty busy lately with some adjustments in our plans. At the end of February we found a couple of really good travel jobs! High paying outpatient jobs are always our main priority, and we found that this time close to Northern Virginia. … Continue reading Progress to Financial Independence- February 2019

Over $20,000 Ahead After 3.5 Years of Income Based Student Loan Payments

It has been almost 3 years now since I wrote my first article about my plan to seek student loan forgiveness using an income based payment plan instead of paying down my debt aggressively. About a year after that, I wrote an article about how I made a mistake in which income based repayment plan … Continue reading Over $20,000 Ahead After 3.5 Years of Income Based Student Loan Payments

Buying Discounted AirBnB Gift Cards

A few months ago, I wrote about how Whitney and I went about saving money on our accommodation expenses while traveling internationally. The tips I mentioned in that article were vital for me keeping my average expenses below $37/day while traveling on our trip around the world. We'll also be utilizing those same techniques on our … Continue reading Buying Discounted AirBnB Gift Cards

Going From Broke Grad Student to Semi-Retired in 3 Years

I've now been writing articles on this blog for almost 3 years (it'll be 3 years in April!). In that period, my life has changed drastically, so I think the time has come to update my original "about me" post so that you guys learn a little more about my journey to where I am … Continue reading Going From Broke Grad Student to Semi-Retired in 3 Years

2018 Average Monthly Blog Income and My Hourly Blog Earnings

Changes Since Last Update It has now been about 7 months since I first published an article detailing my monthly income from blogging. That article was requested by several of you guys and was well received. Since I love to write and talk about finances, I want to be as transparent as possible with you … Continue reading 2018 Average Monthly Blog Income and My Hourly Blog Earnings

Progress to Financial Independence- January 2019

The Market Recovery What a turnaround! The domestic equity market almost completely recovered in January from the drastic drop in December. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't relieved by the recovery, especially since Whitney and I haven't worked for over 6 months now! I even came out ahead from the drop due to … Continue reading Progress to Financial Independence- January 2019