Hello! We’re the Brownings
We’re a family of four from the San Francisco Bay Area. We were federal government employees until . . . one day . . . we both just up-and-quit our jobs! That’s right! In August 2019, we quit our jobs and RETIRED at the age of 39.
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Sounds unbelievable - for parents with two young kids to be able to retire at 39, right? Well, for us - retiring before 40 took a lot of planning and intentional decision making. And it all began eight years ago (in 2011), when we embraced the FIRE (financial independence, retire early) movement.
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In pursuing FIRE, we constantly thought of creative ways to make and save extra money to invest. And after eight years of smart, consistent, and (frankly) boring investments - we grew our stock market portfolio to an amount that allowed us to quit our jobs without ever having to work again.
Want to learn everything we did to achieve FIRE? Check out all of our blog articles and our Youtube channel!
Fun Facts:
Let’s start with some quick facts and then a game! Quick facts: First, we grew our wealth through stock market and real estate investing. Second, everything we learned about investing, we taught ourselves. Third, we’re wanderers! Our “home-home” is Oakland, California. But, we’ve also lived in Japan, Spain, and (now) Lisbon Portugal.
Now, time for the game! Ever heard of Two Truths and a Lie? Below, each of us have listed two truths and a lie. You have to guess which one is the lie! Answers are at the bottom of this page, so take a guess before looking at the answers . . . No cheating!!
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Shortly after I was born, my parents moved my family to Africa - where we lived for five years.
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During a summer in college, I worked as an extra in Scary Movie.
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I went skydiving once and will never do it again!
Amon
