Hello everyone!
My name is Amy and I'm from southern Virginia. I am new to the FIRE community. I found this site after reading every single post on Mr. Money Mustache's blog. That blog really did change my life! I only wish I had found it sooner. I do not plan on retiring "early" by most people's standards. My goal is simply to be able to comfortably retire at age 60.
I work as a nurse and DH is a cook. We make a combined income of ~68k annually. Though this isn't a lot of money, we live in a very low COL area. We have no student loan or credit card debt. The only things we owe money on are our house and DH's car. My car is already paid off. I have an IRA which I opened several years ago and don't really contribute much to it right now, since my ultimate goal is to have DH's car and our house paid off in the next 5 years.
I also have a 401K through my employer, which I am contributing 8% to and my company matches 4%. After the car and house are paid off, I plan on increasing our savings to 40% of our income.
I look forward to learning about FIRE, investing, real estate, and anything else I can from this site. I've enjoyed what I've read so far!
My name is Amy and I'm from southern Virginia. I am new to the FIRE community. I found this site after reading every single post on Mr. Money Mustache's blog. That blog really did change my life! I only wish I had found it sooner. I do not plan on retiring "early" by most people's standards. My goal is simply to be able to comfortably retire at age 60.
I work as a nurse and DH is a cook. We make a combined income of ~68k annually. Though this isn't a lot of money, we live in a very low COL area. We have no student loan or credit card debt. The only things we owe money on are our house and DH's car. My car is already paid off. I have an IRA which I opened several years ago and don't really contribute much to it right now, since my ultimate goal is to have DH's car and our house paid off in the next 5 years.
I also have a 401K through my employer, which I am contributing 8% to and my company matches 4%. After the car and house are paid off, I plan on increasing our savings to 40% of our income.
I look forward to learning about FIRE, investing, real estate, and anything else I can from this site. I've enjoyed what I've read so far!