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How We’re Saving for Our RTW
Brian and I aren’t rich. We don’t have trust funds, inheritances, settlements or any other secret stash of money that would enable us to quit our jobs and gallivant around the world. Nope, we saved...
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What Does It Cost To Travel The World? It is weird to talk about money. Especially my money. Especially when I know that someday my friends and family will be reading this blog. The reason I’ve...
View ArticleOne Year of Saving Like Maniacs
One Year of Saving Money Warning! The alternative title of this post is More Than You Ever Wanted to Know About Our Money. If you are currently driving, performing surgery, or otherwise in a...
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The Change Jar is a Beautiful Thing
Saving Money With A Change Jar Brian and I have saved our loose change for years, ever since we were poor AmeriCorps VISTA volunteers. For those that aren’t familiar, AmeriCorps is sort of like Peace...
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Part 1 in a 4 part series on how to save money and make your dreams come true. The number one question that Brian and I are asked about our trip, even more often than “where are you going?,” is “how...
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We’ve Saved 2/3rds Of Our RTW Budget
This is a picture of Brian with the first material thing we have purchased since January 31, 2011 when we bought new hardware for our kitchen cabinets at Home Depot (ain’t it fun being an adult?). In...
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Brian and I Are Debt Free
I’ve tried to be open and honest about our travel budget. It’s uncomfortable to talk about money, but when I first started dreaming about traveling around the world I thought it would be absolutely...
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Saving to Travel the World: One Year Later and *Bonus* Money Saving Tips...
It’s no secret that Brian and I have been saving money forever towards our epic quest to travel the world. In fact, this time last year I wrote a 2010 year-end savings status in which I chronicled...
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We Reached Our RTW Savings Goal!!!!!!!
Guess what today is. Nope, keep guessing. Oh! So close. Okay, let me help you. It’s payday. But today is no ordinary payday. Today, after years of pinching pennies and eliminating debt and watching...
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