The Sample Budgets page sets forth three monthly budget scenarios:

For our 2008 full-year budget, click on Our 2008 Budget. This budget includes:

For a current look at 2008, click on 2008 Actual Expenses.

Also, you might want to take a peek at Our 2008 Business Summary By Month. This page shows monthly income and expenses of our little businesses we set up to try to earn some money for the road. The expenses are over and above our normal living expenses.

For our 2007 full-year budget, click on Our 2007 Budget. Click on 2007 Actual Expenses to see how we did against the budget. And here is the link to Our 2007 Business Summary By Month.

For our 2006 full-year budget, click on Our 2006 Budget. Click on Our 2006 Actual Expenses to see how we did against the budget. And here is the link to Our 2006 Business Summary By Month.

The 2005 Actual Expenses page shows:

As you might have suspected, insurance is a major component of annual expenses. For us it will comprise 1/6 to 1/7 of our budget, and it will be an even bigger portion for others not yet eligible for Medicare. Our Insurance Considerations page provides links to detailed discussions about:

As we have "retired" early and have no corporate pension, military retirement, or social security income, we will have to earn a certain amount of our expenses on the road. We are pursuing various income opportunities. The Earning A Living On The Road page provides suggestions for earning income and includes discussions of:

For those that will be relying on Social Security income or that are not sure about Social Security, the Social Security Overview page provides information on: