Traveling Toward Fire

A Premature FI Experiment

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We are a family of four, taking calculated financial risks to have some fun and see the world. We will be chronicling the successes and failures, both financially and generally.

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From Our Blog Posts

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    Tax Optimization Via Capital Gains Harvesting

    After recently establishing a plan to obtain ACA health insurance, we were left with a very tight financial scenario. In the days since, I have learned we could ease that financial situation with tax optimization via capital gains harvesting. The tight budget is self inflicted due to the philosophical stance we…

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    Sickness In Lisbon & Health Insurance Research

    This is a week you might want to skip reading. We were all pretty sick at various points during this week so we didn’t do much. Figuring out what we are going to do for health insurance back in CO is what passed for excitement this week. Travel Log: Day 290…

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    Affordable Care Act And FIRE

    As our return to Colorado approaches, I have started researching what health plans will look like for us. Given we will no longer be traveling internationally, we cannot continue using Cigna Global. We will be buying a plan through the Affordable Care Act marketplace in our state, Connect For Health Colorado.…

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