Hi, I’m Jamie. My husband, Greg, and I have two young daughters and we think living to work sucks. I’m a nurse and Greg is a farmer who also works for a major airline. 

We love to take off, on average, four months a year to travel and adventure and hike and camp and do nothing. We are like, really good at funemployment.

We don’t buy into the American Nightmare that more is more, debt is a normal part of life, and you should work until you die. We invest very little in ‘things’ and choose instead to allocate our finances to doing what we love. And index funds. And rental houses.

I love to encourage others to *know* their money (because no one gives a $hit about it, but you), pay off debt, pursue financial freedom, and live their wildest dreams. *Looking at you, nurses.* 

This blog is part travel, part personal finance, and part real life. I hope you’ll find some entertainment, and if you’re keen, learn a thing or two about working little and spending less to do whatever you love more. 

I started writing to share our anecdotes with friends and family, but now my main motivation is to get ourselves to financial independence by the time Greg retires with flight benefits in June 2031. Come along, I could use the help. 

And to corporate America and all the capitalist boomers out there, proclaiming “Nobody wants to work!” and trying to get us to follow the path *they* choose, I dedicate:

 

 

Workin’ hard or hardly workin’?