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May 2023 checkin
Ok I think it’s super clear that this blog is now just a part time hobby, but it’s good because I’ve started other hobbies!! I’ve picked up travel hacking, for one. In fact, I’m even trying to start writing an online guide about how to do umrah entirely on credit card points. I’ve also been…
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A quick update: crossing $100K
I didn’t expect it but it happened!!! Alhamdulillah. I really set this goal for the end of last year but well, such is life.
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December 2022 in review: Money + Life
Ahhhhh remember that time I thought I was going to be updating this monthly?! Lulz. Anywho, time to put the update together. I truly wish I was better at this (and maybe I should use Quicken / a better tool than Personal Capital but then again who am I kidding). Some guesses on how the…
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A quick update: August 2022
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…