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Our proud featured articles! We reveal how exactly we achieved financial freedom at an early age and our personal financial stories (both the wins and losses). Learn how we practice financial discipline and why we chose to live frugally, become debt-free, and create our own financial independence by age 30.

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Woo, $3 Million: Lessons Learned, Early Retirement, Family Expense Report

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

Note 1: I don't think I get a happy, accomplished buzz of writing net worth reports anymore so this is an isolated update! I do feel our "accumulation" is over - we don't side hustle much anymore. ...

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How Much Money Does Our Brand of Frugality Save? (Spoiler: $56,000+/Year)

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

I’ve honestly wondered about how much our frugal living saved. Let's do the whole math breakdown and find out! Our brand of frugality is pretty typical (to a little extra strength) in the ...

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Everything ‘Married…With Children’ Did That Kept Them Poor

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

Does anyone remember that show Married...With Children? I use to watch old reruns of Married...With Children on FOX even though it was a little before my time. I didn’t always get the jokes back ...

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Poking Fun of Deathbed Regrets While Having No Plan to Repeat Any

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

We're all going to die someday babes. #morbid Deathbed regrets should have more research funding. It seems like invaluable information if you take it as advice. See, I don’t see people as lacking ...

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Frugality is a Lifestyle That You Might Be Doing Wrong

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

Frugal isn't just an activity or an adjective! But frugal living just doesn’t sound as cool as being an all-black turtleneck wearing minimalist...nor is frugality marketed to the masses with ...

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The Confessions of a Houseporn Addict

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

I don't know if I have to disclaimer this but this is indeed still safe for work! ;) I don't talk too much about real estate here but this is an obligatory real estate opinion that I feel should be ...

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I Got 22,000 Days Until I’m Dead.

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

First thought: does that seem like a big number to you? I don’t know but I’m a little 'awww :(' at that number. 22,000 days seems minuscule to me. For some odd reason in my head, I clocked in a ...

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How It Feels To Resent Someone For Being Spoiled

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

Disclaimer: This post probably makes me sound like a bad person. How would you like to: *Run a profitable, successful, totally set up business for free?*Free college and job placement with all ...

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Master List of Budget Categories + FREE Google Budget Download – Version 2

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

Budgets should be free. Like fresh air, choice of religion, and water cups at the food court. - Me We have been using our old Google Docs spreadsheet for over a year now and slowly improved some of ...

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What Am I Doing With My Life? I Need Help With My Life.

By Lily | The Frugal Gene

"I have no idea what to do with my life." -Soaps Bleh news Internet Friends. I wish I had a better Soapy update for you guys today. For those of you who are new here, this is a brief ...

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