One of our spending categories that we’ve had the toughest time mastering is our food budget. Neither of us loves to cook and convenience often wins t...

I can’t believe that we’re already six months into our one-year mini-retirement! It feels like just yesterday that I was packing up my belongings at w...

From the outside-in, frugality and minimalism often look like acts of self-deprivation. After all, eating out is easier and tastes better than a home-...

Earlier this year, we experienced a culinary tragedy - our pizza cutter broke. Our initial reaction was to go out and buy a replacement, but we were i...

The personal finance world has been abuzz with talk of automation. It started with automated bill-pay and has grown into automated savings, robo-advis...

Ok, so my husband, Chris, has officially been on his One Year Mini-Retirement since July first. And as of September second, he started working here on...

Patience is a virtue, but it’s more than that. It’s an incredible source of passive income. OK, maybe not income in the traditional sense, but at the ...

Before our mini-retirement, we were focused on building our finances. We were prepaying our mortgage, saving for vacations, contributing to a 401K, an...

Do you ever get to the end of the month and wonder where all your money went? There’s a negative force at work against your journey to financial freed...

There’s one phrase we’ve heard over and over again since revealing our mini-retirement: “I mean, if you can make that work, it sounds amazing.” It pai...