Growing in the Groves

A couple of 30 somethings trying to navigate the world of family, infertility, and finances. Paid off 200k in student loans in 5 years. Now working on FIRE.

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@CrazyRxMan I can go 10 straight hours without remembering to drink water.

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@IndexandETFs Pharmacist

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Savings rate >40%
✅January
✅February

Good start to the year. We kept our same goal as last year due to a reduction in income, but maybe we can push it closer to 50%.

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I think we have a clear winner. Food.

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What was your favorite part of today?

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What was your favorite part of today?

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@GetPaidMore @brokencuffs My neighbor had an NES. I was over there often.

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@FI_Squirrel Finished this a couple weeks ago. I enjoyed it. Definitely want to go through it again to unpack everything a bit more.

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Ok give me your favorite non financial self help books.

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@FIREyourownway I just finished the book and I loved it.

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With a decrease in income this year we decided to keep our savings rate goal at 40%.

✅January: 42.5%

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Things that annoy me for no reason:

Everyone calling it “the big game” so they don’t get sued.

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My friend sent this to me the other day and I cannot stop thinking about it. Guys have you heard of this strategy?! We are all going to be rich!!

[TTI @TikTokInvestors]

A sneak peek of one of our top secret trading strategies. h/t @ryanfeller_

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@MoneyJrod Completely depends on the mindset of the individuals in the marriage.

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@BackpackFinanc1 Mountain biking.

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@SeptemberAcres This happened worked for me multiple times. Highly recommend.

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@rosecolordwater Facebook is rough. I basically only look at the few groups I’m a part of.

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@ChrisB_Finance It’s been a struggle. Covid has hit my staff and we’ve been short handed the entire time.

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I’m going back to work today after a 2 month paternity leave.

I got a taste of that FI lifestyle and I liked it.

It’s a new year and we’ve set new goals to hopefully get another step closer to being on permanent leave.

Wish me luck.

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New blog post today. Melissa provides an intro to savings rates, we look at how we did last year, and set goals for the next.

https://t.co/6VnC39C88Q

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@FIRE_DownUnder Ha we had the same savings rate in December. Way down from our average. We tend to overspend on Christmas and save less that month.

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@2cents20yearold Survivor might be more accurate at this point.