Mannnnn fear of not making progress led me to just leave this blog in the dark. And lo and behold – that became a self-fulfilling prophecy. I *did* fail myself in so many ways. I told myself the reason I wasn’t inching towards my goals was because the market was down anyway. In reality, I… Continue reading A quick update: August 2022
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November 2021 in review: Money + Life
Honestly, net worth has been at a standstill, and it’s definitely because I’m nowhere near as diligent as a I should be. Over the summer I stopped contributing to my 401K because I wanted to start putting cash away for a house in Summer of 2022. As it turns out, if you’re not actually tracking… Continue reading November 2021 in review: Money + Life
August 2021 in review: Money + Life
My last net worth update was meh, so I’m getting back into it to make sure I’m still on track. I went from obsessively tracking everything to basically logging into Personal Capital only when I start a blog post. Even *I* have no idea how I’m doing 😀 After logging in… the 90 day change… Continue reading August 2021 in review: Money + Life
June 2021 in review: Money + Life
Today I’m going back to my roots to break down my expenses. It’s not until I really have to take a long hard look do I start to pare down my expenses. So, here we are. First, a look at the big picture:  June 2021 May 2021 Cash $7,748 $7,460 Investments $64,844 $64,844 Net… Continue reading June 2021 in review: Money + Life
May 2021 in review: Money + Life
I’m going to start with a quote from my last blog post, which was in NOVEMBER: It’s NOVEMBER and I have no idea what’s going on with my money. I thought about going back month by month to take a look at my expenses… to be honest, I still think it would be a healthy… Continue reading May 2021 in review: Money + Life
October 2020 in review: Money + Life
It’s NOVEMBER and I have no idea what’s going on with my money. I thought about going back month by month to take a look at my expenses… to be honest, I still think it would be a healthy exercise. But since there’s a pandemic and life as we know it is no longer a… Continue reading October 2020 in review: Money + Life
May 2020 in Review: Money + Life
Well then. I’ve been gone for a few months and so.much.has.happened. A global pandemic, a stock market crash, a recession on the rise, a black lives matter movement awakening. Right around the time that I was writing my February 2020 recap, the world changed very quickly – we were told to take our laptops home… Continue reading May 2020 in Review: Money + Life
January 2020 in Review: Money + Life
The money part: Whew. This one was a spendy month. I’m still trying to get a hang of living on one income, and because we have a decent cushion, I’m less inclined to really adjust our spending to what it should be. Lifestyle inflation is real, y’all. I’m totally 100% comfortable adjusting my personal spending… Continue reading January 2020 in Review: Money + Life
Financial independence and thriving on one income
If you told me 3 years ago that we would be happy living off of one income, I woulda told you duh. But if you told me it would be *my income* I honestly would have panicked. Let’s get this out of the way: our lifestyle is lavish and our expenses are high. We’re two… Continue reading Financial independence and thriving on one income
2020 Goals and Looking Ahead
If I’m being perfectly honest, I’m amazed I even managed to write monthly on here. It was so easy and the time flew by so quick I can hardly believe I started in August and spent time thinking about writing every single month! I’m not even a writer, but it’s liberating writing my thoughts down… Continue reading 2020 Goals and Looking Ahead