Well, the longer version of the story is that when we got married in 2012, we had both been laid off from the same company. Her job increasingly became “I need you to work for the benefits while I change jobs 5 times between contract and perm building my resume and getting my career back on track”.
By 2020 she was working for the school system part time on the school schedule.
I used the two year prorated signing bonus to pay off all of our debts, increase savings and reduce our expenses.
We also moved from the big house in the burbs of Atlanta to a smaller condo in Florida and we don’t pay state income taxes.
So yeah over the past three years I both increased my compensation and reduced our fixed expenses.
By 2020 she was working for the school system part time on the school schedule.
I used the two year prorated signing bonus to pay off all of our debts, increase savings and reduce our expenses.
We also moved from the big house in the burbs of Atlanta to a smaller condo in Florida and we don’t pay state income taxes.
So yeah over the past three years I both increased my compensation and reduced our fixed expenses.