Greetings from our homestead! In the near decade since this blog was born, I’ve worked diligently to achieve better balance between work and so many other passions. Now, I have two ways to share some of my acquired skills and knowledge with everyone. As a New Years’ gift, I …
Back in 2016, we had just started on our journey to destroy our debt, while mapping out a plan to achieve financial semi-independence. A lot has changed since then, including the addition of twins and moving to a forever homestead. Have our goals or strategies changed too? What can we …
We have been ready to move to our forever homestead for some time now, but the right property has yet to hit the market. At the same time, it’s impossible not to notice the rising prices of well, everything. We realize that flexibility continues to be a huge key to …
Learning about the FIRE movement was one of the driving factors behind our family’s decision to pursue new goals and take drastic measures to improve our finances. It’s also one of the foundations of this blog. If you’re not familiar, FIRE is Financial Independence, Retire Early. And there is now …
How it started? Frustration. It was over six years ago when I started this blog as an outlet, a way to brainstorm, and for some accountability. My days were mostly spent commuting and sitting in an office; unmotivated, depressed, and missing my family. We were in so much debt that …
Greetings from The Smith Family! We hope that 2019 is going well for you so far. This blog is quite overdue for an update on our progress with finances and everything else that has been going on with us. Read on to learn about just how much debt we’ve destroyed …
I must start off by apologizing to my dear readers, as it has been quite a while since anything new has been posted here at Creating My Kaleidoscope. Everything is fine, great actually. We’ve just been very busy with family adventures, frugal living activities, and hustling too. Celebrations Believe …
It’s been a while since I’ve shared a book review. As readers may already know, one of my time management strategies is to listen to audio books during my commute to and from work. I’ve listened to a couple of entertaining books since returning from maternity leave, but “What Alice …
