As I compile all of my financial stats for this weird and messed up year, I find myself reminiscing on some of the best purchases I made in 2020. Now, best is subjective. Was it the best deal? Was it the purchase that provided the most joy? The one that proved most useful? In this case, best is some […]
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Makin’ Plans
TL;DR — My boyfriend and I are makin’ plans to integrate our lives together with the idea being to get married and start a family in the near-ish future! Over a year ago, I met the most wonderful man in the world and snapped him up to make him mine. Actually, he snapped me up. .….Can we have mutual […]
Monthly Status Report: November 2020
Disclaimer: some links may be affiliate links. They help offset the cost of keeping this blog running! Why do I do a monthly status report? I find it best to do a monthly status report for a few reasons. It helps me evaluate how I did the previous month. Did I hit a target reduction in spending or did I go way over budget for […]
Giving Thanks 2020
Written on Thanksgiving Day and published afterwards due to me getting distracted by my Gantt chart timeline for cooking Thanksgiving dinner. Before you laugh, it worked like a charm! I think I can safely say this year has been awful for pretty much everyone for one reason or another. It’s incredibly easy to talk about all the […]
Banking on the Future
I’ve been on my journey to financial independence for 8+ years now. It seems like a long time, but 8 years pales in comparison to the next 25+ years of working ahead of me. Recently, I’ve been thinking about how to model out the future. I’ve been at my new job for 11 months. That’s nearly a year! […]
Monthly Status Report: October 2020
Disclaimer: some links may be affiliate links. They help offset the cost of keeping this blog running! Why do I do a monthly status report? I find it best to do a monthly status report for a few reasons. It helps me evaluate how I did the previous month. Did I hit a target reduction in spending or did I go way over budget for […]
