Jeremy
Dryer sheet aficionado
- Joined
- Apr 3, 2008
- Messages
- 33
Greetings. I've been reading a while, but just today took the plunge and registered. It is great to see so many people come together with similar goals and ambitions, and this positive energy here is good motivation for me.
My wife and I are finally making some headway on our ER plan, but it was a bit slow going out of the gate as we were held back by some outstanding debt just after college. But considering we're both still relatively young, we can make up for some lost time.
Fortunately, I work in finance, so being involved with investments and planning issues every day has helped in making some positive decisions so early on. I'm a CRPC (Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor) and I work with participants that are enrolled in my client's 401(k)/403(b) plan. Over the past few years, I've met with a lot of people who are in just terrible financial situations who may have to work until they die. That certainly isn't for me, so this career has definitely opened my eyes to the benefits of becoming FIRE.
One of the latest things I've done in order to reach this goal was to increase my income. So, now I do a lot of freelance writing on the side which allows me to work part-time in the evenings while almost doubling my income. This has helped tremendously in accelerating our financial situation in pursuit of FIRE. Right now I write for one of the financial topics over at About.com and also run a finance website/blog. I don't want to include the links, as I don't want to come across as someone just looking to pimp my sites. If you want to know, you can ask and I'd be happy to share. Otherwise, I'll just wait until I have integrated with the members of the community and have built a level of trust.
But anyway, I'm glad to have finally signed up, and I look forward to getting help when needed, and hopefully being able to help others in some way as well.
My wife and I are finally making some headway on our ER plan, but it was a bit slow going out of the gate as we were held back by some outstanding debt just after college. But considering we're both still relatively young, we can make up for some lost time.
Fortunately, I work in finance, so being involved with investments and planning issues every day has helped in making some positive decisions so early on. I'm a CRPC (Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor) and I work with participants that are enrolled in my client's 401(k)/403(b) plan. Over the past few years, I've met with a lot of people who are in just terrible financial situations who may have to work until they die. That certainly isn't for me, so this career has definitely opened my eyes to the benefits of becoming FIRE.
One of the latest things I've done in order to reach this goal was to increase my income. So, now I do a lot of freelance writing on the side which allows me to work part-time in the evenings while almost doubling my income. This has helped tremendously in accelerating our financial situation in pursuit of FIRE. Right now I write for one of the financial topics over at About.com and also run a finance website/blog. I don't want to include the links, as I don't want to come across as someone just looking to pimp my sites. If you want to know, you can ask and I'd be happy to share. Otherwise, I'll just wait until I have integrated with the members of the community and have built a level of trust.
But anyway, I'm glad to have finally signed up, and I look forward to getting help when needed, and hopefully being able to help others in some way as well.
