My Journey

16 articles

Personal stories and lessons from the road to financial freedom.

I Never Sold My Wife on FIRE. I Sold Her a Free Wednesday.

Six months before the wedding we opened every account to each other. It was tough. What we never did, then or since, was say the word FIRE. Eight years on, I still think buy-in is agreement on a Wednesday, not agreement on a number.

Sep 19, 202611 min read

Dennis Vymer

I Don't Believe in Cutting Coffee. One Fixed-Cost Audit Freed 4,000 Kč a Month.
Sep 18, 2026 · 11 min readDennis Vymer
We're Investing for Our Daughter. She Won't Get Any of It at 18.
Sep 15, 2026 · 11 min readDennis Vymer
Our Monthly Money Date Takes 10 Minutes. The Only Money Meeting That Matters Happens in January.
Sep 8, 2026 · 13 min readDennis Vymer
Lifestyle Creep After a Baby: I Had Every Excuse to Upgrade. I Still Drive the Same Golf.
Sep 5, 2026 · 12 min readDennis Vymer

Buying Back Your Time: We Save Half Our Income and Have Never Once Paid Anyone to Do Our Work
Sep 1, 2026 · 16 min readDennis Vymer
One Lucky Tesla Pick Made Me Feel Like a Genius. Crypto Sent Me the Invoice.
Aug 27, 2026 · 12 min readDennis Vymer
My Wife's Fun Money Is Bigger Than Mine. I Set It Up That Way.
Aug 26, 2026 · 9 min readDennis Vymer
My Emergency Fund Is Too Big on Purpose. It's What Lets Me Be Honest at Work.
Aug 25, 2026 · 13 min readDennis Vymer
Is Rental Property Passive Income? Mine Is a Part-Time Job
Aug 16, 2026 · 16 min readDennis Vymer
What to Do After FIRE? At 40, I Want to Teach Math
Aug 15, 2026 · 12 min readDennis Vymer
$What to Do After FIRE? At 40, I Want to Teach Math$
Side Hustle vs Career Growth: I Paid for a Coach Instead
Aug 13, 2026 · 11 min readDennis Vymer
Our Daughter Moved Our FIRE Date by Six Months, Not Years
Aug 11, 2026 · 13 min readDennis Vymer
Why the First $100k Is the Hardest Net-Worth Milestone
Jul 12, 2026 · 14 min readDennis Vymer
My path to Financial Freedom [FIRE]
Jan 8, 2026 · 5 min readDennis Vymer
Finances in Marriage: Does a Shared Account Build Your Relationship... or Tension?
Dec 16, 2025 · 5 min readFinancial Freedom Team

I Never Sold My Wife on FIRE. I Sold Her a Free Wednesday.

I Don't Believe in Cutting Coffee. One Fixed-Cost Audit Freed 4,000 Kč a Month.

We're Investing for Our Daughter. She Won't Get Any of It at 18.

Our Monthly Money Date Takes 10 Minutes. The Only Money Meeting That Matters Happens in January.

Lifestyle Creep After a Baby: I Had Every Excuse to Upgrade. I Still Drive the Same Golf.

Buying Back Your Time: We Save Half Our Income and Have Never Once Paid Anyone to Do Our Work

One Lucky Tesla Pick Made Me Feel Like a Genius. Crypto Sent Me the Invoice.

My Wife's Fun Money Is Bigger Than Mine. I Set It Up That Way.

My Emergency Fund Is Too Big on Purpose. It's What Lets Me Be Honest at Work.

Is Rental Property Passive Income? Mine Is a Part-Time Job

What to Do After FIRE? At 40, I Want to Teach Math

Side Hustle vs Career Growth: I Paid for a Coach Instead

Our Daughter Moved Our FIRE Date by Six Months, Not Years

Why the First $100k Is the Hardest Net-Worth Milestone

My path to Financial Freedom [FIRE]

Finances in Marriage: Does a Shared Account Build Your Relationship... or Tension?