My Story

I’m 48 years old and plan to retire in 5-7 years. Ideally closer to 5 years… Sounds crazy, right? Well, that’s my story, and I’m sticking to it. And by the way, this is a blog about money. I recognize that there are plenty of blogs about money on the internet, which begs the question… How will this blog be […]

What is FIRE? FIRE is a term that financial bloggers and the FI community have used to refer to the idea that you can retire early once you have amassed a sufficient amount of financial assets. It stands for Financial Independence Retire Early. I originally wrote this post while living in Portugal in 2023. A lot has changed for me

This blog has been a long time coming, as has been my journey to chasing financial independence, or Chasing FI as I have decided to title this blog. I’m writing this with the hopes that my children will read this someday and maybe some of what I have to say will stick in their head. To date, I have tried