Comments on: A Sign of Financial Independence: We Stopped Looking for Our Next Paycheck https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/a-sign-of-financial-independence-we-stopped-looking-for-our-next-paycheck/ Earn, Save, and Live Joyfully. Sat, 19 Dec 2020 04:23:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: One Frugal Girl https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/a-sign-of-financial-independence-we-stopped-looking-for-our-next-paycheck/comment-page-1/#comment-1025570 Mon, 04 Feb 2019 15:00:25 +0000 http://www.onefrugalgirl.com/?p=10076#comment-1025570 In reply to Debbie.

Oh yes. That is a perfect example of making financial progress. For many years I chose the cheapest item on the menu. At some point you get to eat what you want, because you can afford all of the options. We don’t eat out often, but when we do I never choose based on price anymore. Thanks for the comment!

]]> By: Debbie https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/a-sign-of-financial-independence-we-stopped-looking-for-our-next-paycheck/comment-page-1/#comment-1025446 Mon, 04 Feb 2019 10:57:28 +0000 http://www.onefrugalgirl.com/?p=10076#comment-1025446 It is nice to forget when a paycheck is coming. I realized I was doing alright when I began ordering what I wanted to eat at a restaurant versus what I wanted via price limit. Also, walking out of a grocery store having signed for the bill without noticing the amount. I still check prices at the grocery store for I will always be frugal but I purchase what I want unless it is crazy expensive due to out of season. It is a good feeling.

]]> By: One Frugal Girl https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/a-sign-of-financial-independence-we-stopped-looking-for-our-next-paycheck/comment-page-1/#comment-1018636 Fri, 25 Jan 2019 21:35:13 +0000 http://www.onefrugalgirl.com/?p=10076#comment-1018636 In reply to Revanche @ A Gai Shan Life.

Our path to Financial Independence took the same road. I was constantly making sure we had enough income to cover our expenses and gradually broadened that to include longer spans of time between paychecks. One day, at some glorious point in time, I stopped needing to run the numbers. Keep at it and you’ll get there. It takes small sums of money over a long period of time.

]]> By: Revanche @ A Gai Shan Life https://www.onefrugalgirl.com/a-sign-of-financial-independence-we-stopped-looking-for-our-next-paycheck/comment-page-1/#comment-1018097 Fri, 25 Jan 2019 02:40:15 +0000 http://www.onefrugalgirl.com/?p=10076#comment-1018097 Definitely a dream! I’m not there yet. Though I know we CAN cover our expenses month to month if we missed a paycheck, I am very focused on decreasing our expenses so that we’re able to cash flow and I spend a fair bit of time checking to make sure that we’re within that cash flow limit from month to month. Some months we go over, and I make sure that the overage from previous months is sufficient to cover. It’s going to take some fine tuning to get us to the right place.

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