Traveling Toward Fire

A Premature FI Experiment

Welcome

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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    Spain Travel Reflections

    At the beginning of the year, I viewed Spain as the most important location of our year long trip. With my desire to learn Spanish, and it fitting at the end of our itinerary, I envisioned it as a capstone location. It would be a place that is foreign, but that…

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  • June International Travel FIRE Budget

    June is the final month of our international gap year, and we spent the entire month (actually 28 days) in Barcelona Spain. This international travel FIRE budget breakdown will finalize the full financial details of this year, and reveal how we did overall at maintaining our target 4% withdrawal rate. Up…

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    Return to USA

    Our final week of gap year was a mixture of trying to soak up our final moments in Barcelona, while doing the necessary things for our return to America. We did a lot of car shopping which even I don’t find interesting and it’s my car. The final day of this…

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