Recent content by Giro

Thanks everyone! I really appreciate the feedback! I am definitely setting everything up to be automatically deducted! I will have to disagree that my DH is a better saver and more focused on ER. I actually have more money saved than he does, I just don't have a pension. He just went into...

My money has gone towards taxes (20k? Hahaha )and paying my half of our home and I bought another car. I blow a bit of money also. After we bought this house, we did some upgrades. I just started my ER plan. Before now, I didnt have a plan at all and I spent whatever.

Thats what I'm afraid of. By how much should I increase my savings? I am thinking $1000 per month, making total annual savings $56,590 for the 7.5 years.

basically, I am poor and my DH has tons of money and can retire whenever he feels like it. BOOOOOOO for me. haha I'm kidding.

Thank you for the reply. My husband is 44. He has been getting his first pension for two years and it will continue until he dies + 3%. He also gets lifetime medical insurance but that is a risk for me. He currently adds me in for a small fee each year. His second pension he will NOT...

Hi All!! So happy to be part of the community. I have been obsessed with Mr Money Mustache for months and decided to take the leap and begin my journey to ER. Here are my numbers. Please don't laugh. I will live on homegrown tomatoes and bike everywhere if I have to. My husband...