With the risk of virtue signalling, I'll keep this really brief: Sometimes really bad tragedies unfold in the world that puts our personal issues into perspective. The bushfires near my home back in Australia is one of these events. Everyone I know is doing ok (the...

The dream is over! Not really, quite the opposite in fact but I've landed a 6-month contract which means I'm back in the office. That might sound a bit depressing, and there was definitely a stage in my life where rocking up to a cubicle each day felt grim. But...

Before we get into this month's update I want to announce that I've created a Facebook group I wanted a forum type group for those who are interested to talk about FIRE with me and bounce ideas. I will be happy to answer questions in there too so please join and ask...

Our Euro adventure has finally come to an end in September 😔. We ended up travelling around for just a tad over 2 months and I've come to the realisation that our sweet spot is around 6 weeks. Anything over that and I start to get a bit 'over' it because I'm a...

We've been on the road now for over 6 weeks and honestly, it feels like this year has just been one enormous adventure. They say a change is as good as a holiday and ain't that the truth! I did enjoy my job back home but just like your favourite game or movie, you...

Before I get into the monthly update, I want to highlight that Ask Firebug Fridays is officially back (with the latest episode airing the last week) and will be dropping new episodes on the last Friday of each month. Publishing every week was too hard to do because...

Such an incredibly busy month June turned out to be and the next few months coming up are gonna be even busier! This update is two weeks late because I've honestly just not had the time to sit down and put it together. I've been juggling work, traveling, tax admin...

A relatively quiet month this update. The federal election has finished and I'm in the middle of a dedicated post about what the outcome means for our journey and to share a few more in-depth thoughts and opinions on how our strategy has changed from not only the...

Mrs. FB and I were well and truly in 'The Grind' for roughly the last 4 years back home. We had holidays every year and plenty of social events but the routine of work, gym, nightly wind down (book/Game of Thrones/Youtube) from Mon-Fri was pretty much the same for a...

I don't even know where to begin with this months update. So much has happened that it feels like it's been a lifetime since I've logged in to give you all an update on our journey. I guess I'll just go in chronological order but I may have a few sidebars here and...