Haley Keller
Our First Investment Withdrawal
Learn the steps I used to withdraw and rebalance our portfolio, as I made our first investment withdrawal of our FI life.
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Haley Keller
Dec 13, 2023
Taking (Tax) Advantage of a Low Income Year
How we took advantage of a low income year for tax savings using Roth conversions, standard deductions, and tax gains harvesting.
Haley Keller
Nov 15, 2023
Scarcity Mindset: Brewing Our Path to FI
Starting a brewery transformed our approach to personal finances, teaching us the value of a scarcity mindset and leading us to FI.
Haley Keller
Nov 3, 2023
Reflections on One Year of Financial Independence
It’s been one year since we landed in Tucson and started living a “financially independent” lifestyle. It seems fitting to do a recap.
Haley Keller
Oct 16, 2023
Publishing a Book with Amazon KDP
Learn how I used Canva and Amazon KDP to create a kids activity book that is now for sale on Amazon.
Haley Keller
Apr 5, 2023
From $500 Down to 6BR Home
It started when my husband purchased a condo in 2009 with $500 down. Now 14 years later, we live in a 6 bedroom view home.
Haley Keller
Mar 27, 2023
2 Ways To Calculate Net Worth
Net worth is what you have minus what you owe. But the details of how to calculate net worth are nuanced and sometimes confusing.
Haley Keller
Mar 15, 2023
6 Month RV Road Trip Expenses
We traveled for 203 days, stayed at 144 different places, and drove 21,821 miles – and our trip in total cost us $46,351.51.
Haley Keller
Feb 16, 2023
What Really Is A Home?
To my son, it’s simply wherever we slept the night before. But to me I somehow need it to be more.
Haley Keller
Feb 10, 2023
85 Ways To Reduce Spending
Every little way you can lower expenses and make minor shifts to your lifestyle will add up to huge impacts on your personal finances.
Haley Keller
Feb 1, 2023
12 Ways We Cut Expenses
There are many one-time things we have done over the years to lower expenses, like refinance a home loan and switch cell phone providers....
Haley Keller
Jan 27, 2023
The Joy of Buying a Broken Toy
I was stumped on how to explain the value of “new” to a 4-year-old. Why does it cost so much more when it’s new?
Haley Keller
Jan 19, 2023
My "Why" for Money
My money statement, aka my “why” for money, dictates how I spend my money and the life I am working toward achieving.
Haley Keller
Jan 10, 2023
The Flow of Money
The goal of reaching financial independence is to be able to stop carrying buckets of money upstream to keep the river of expenses flowing.
Haley Keller
Jan 2, 2023
2022, My Year of Changes
2022 will be marked in my life as the year of change. I am excited to have made a choice for a better life for me and my family.
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