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 […]
Monthly Status Report: January 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 […]
Losing My Marbles
You know that movie Hook? The one with Robin Williams? (RIP) BANGARANG! (that movie) If you haven’t seen it, I’m not sure what you’ve been doing with your time that was more important. Anyway. In the movie, a former Lost Boy named Toodles is crawling around on the floor. When Peter asks him what he’s looking for, […]
Monthly Status Report: July 2018
Welcome to the new monthly status report! Now that I am no longer employed by anyone, I figured it was time to change up the format of the status reports. I didn’t want to get rid of them entirely as I feel it’s important to share what transitioning to self-employment/Financial Independence looks like. I’m going to break out my personal […]
Don’t Enslave Your Future Self
My boyfriend and I were having a conversation about our future plans recently that sparked an idea in my mind. We were suggesting things we could do in the future like buy a plot of land and build a house out in the country (on a lake, because Minnesota). But, we realized there were some things holding us back. The decisions […]
Monthly Status Report: June 2018
Welcome to the new monthly status report! Now that I am no longer employed by anyone, I figured it was time to change up the format of the status reports. I didn’t want to get rid of them entirely as I feel it’s important to share what transitioning to self-employment/Financial Independence looks like. I’m going to break out my personal […]