Category: Personal Finance

This month was pretty bad in terms of spending, not going to lie. I went from a $0 balance credit card, to over $5000 spent on it, and over $6,000 now in the early morning hours of July 1st. More on that later… I also withdrew $1000 from my savings… Read More…

I spent a lot of time in May planning for my financial future, which included things like making massive spreadsheets to track all of my remaining debts, big financial goals, all the way through my eventual planned retirement date – tentatively scheduled for April 2036, that is, unless I can… Read More…

Back in January, I wondered if a $335,000 Net Worth at the end of the year doable? Well, as of April, I’ve inched pretty close that number already – so my new end of year target is going to $365,000! My total net worth grew by about $27,000 in the… Read More…

So I skipped posting in February, though I did a table for it and never got around to posting. Sorry about that. Back in January, I wondered if a $335,000 Net Worth at the end of the year doable? Well, as of March, I’ve crossed the $300,000 threshold, so I… Read More…

Wow, It’s been over a year since I’ve posted. I got married in September of 2018 and it all sort of spun out of control from there.  There were 3 major reasons that sort of all combined that allowed me to slip away from keeping the site updated. My real… Read More…

I haven’t posted up for awhile as my personal life has been pretty busy, but I wanted to make sure I posted this month. I did keep track of my numbers for July, but never got around to making a post. So, for June my net worth was $245,051.84 after losing… Read More…

June was not a good month for me financially. My Net Worth, having decreased $5,366.54 to a new total of $245,051.84, crossing underneath the $250k mark again. While my 401k did lose $3,559.94 this month, even after my normal contributions, the clear problem was the decrease in my Credit Union… Read More…

May was a good month for my Net Worth, having increased $11,220.47 to a total of $250,418.38, crossing the $250k mark for the first time in my life. I sure don’t feel like I’m worth a 1/4 of a million dollars! It’s a nice milestone to be sure, though! My… Read More…

I’m a few days late posting, but given I post once a month, it is what it is.   My Net Worth increased just under $8,000 this month – that’s amazing news! My 401k and HSA investments again did show some improvement this month, though not much considering I am… Read More…

  March was a busy month for me. I had a trip to Ukraine to visit my fiancee, and the total cost of that trip was about $2800, not including my flight since I used frequent flyer miles for it. A large portion of the expenses come from having to… Read More…