• Jul 2026 checkin

    I’m at $190K invested!! and technically crossed the $200k NW milestone when I take cash into account. Alhamdulillah. In 2019 when I first started tracking my net worth, I wrote about crossing $10,000 in invested assets, and I fully remember how excited I was!!! I technically started tracking in 2017, but it wasn’t until September…


  • Oct 2025 checkin

    Just dropping in to say WHEW have things changed. Things kind of fell of a cliff for reasons I’m not really ready to divulge on the internets rn but let’s go through some of the changes, shall we?? That’s all for now. Net worth is at 192 and some change, which is insane to imagine.


  • 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…


  • 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.


  • 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…


  • 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…


  • 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…


  • 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…


  • June 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…


  • 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…