Trying for FI
Sharing stories and strategies from the daily grind toward our financial independence. We are a Queer blended family of five living in the Bay Area and are "late starters" dedicated to Trying for FI!
Trying for FI
Latest Episodes
The First Test of Coast FI: Do we really turn down that job!?
Just days before Fetch's final day at their full-time job, an unexpected contract extension landed in their inbox. More income. More security. More certainty.It also meant more hours, less family time, and postponing the life we'd alread...
We Thought We'd Reached Coast FI. The Fioneers Confirmed It.
What happens when the creators of the Coast FI calculator tell you, "Congratulations, you've made it"?That's exactly what happened to us.After months of questioning our calculations and wondering whether we were really at Coast FI...
OMG...Did we just reach Coast FI?!
OMG. We think we may have reached Coast FI.In this episode, we revisit the Coast FI calculator from The Fioneers and compare where we are now versus just 8 months ago when we believed we were still 1–5 years away from this milesto...
Deepen Your Financial-Emotional Intelligence: Understand What Money Really Means to You
**Activity guide sheet in our Resource Doc!**This week, we’re bringing a new lens to the podcast: financial therapy. Ra...
Stronger Together: How 4 Financial Calamities Deepened Our Financial Intimacy on the Way to Coast Fi
In this episode, we reflect on four major financial “calamities” that hit our family between 2022 and now — and how those moments shaped our growth, resilience, and intimacy as financial partners.While none of these events left us...