u/Capybaradox

New account because I just discovered reddit and the idea of FIRE.

Age: 37/37, MFJ, 2 kids (3 years/6 years)

Combined HH Income: $148,000 net

Retirement: roughly $257,000

Summary Amount/Month Balance
HSA (just opened this year) $500 $3,000
Spouse 401k (trad) $1,100 $170,400 (2060 Target Date Fund)
Self 403b (trad) $600 $15,700 (2060 Target Date Fund)
Spouse Rollover IRA (trad) $0 $58,300 (VFTAX/VTIAX)
Self Rollover IRA (trad) $0 $10,400 (VFTAX/VTIAX)

Monthly Spending: roughly $12,260

Summary Amount/Month Balance
Debt (mortgage @ 6%, student loans @ 6.25%) $5,360 mortgage- $240,000, student loans- $20,000
Emergency Fund $1,000 $20,000
529 plans $200 x 2 $3,000/$7,500
Discretionary (travel, dining out, etc) $1,000 ---
Fixed Costs (daycare, utilities, home/auto insurance, property taxes, food, gas, maintenance, etc) $4,500 ---

Right now we are putting a solid chunk of our income to student loans, mortgage, and daycare. In the next year we will be done with student loans and our last kid will be out of daycare. The plan is to then pay down some of the mortgage. We feel like cutting our work hours/getting less soul sucking jobs is more attainable without a mortgage. I also will have a pension that covers 1/2 of my current salary at 62.

What would you change or do better on? Any constructive thoughts are appreciated!!

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u/Capybaradox — 8 days ago