Our most expensive month of the year didn’t set us back on investing. Read more for a breakout of May investment contributions, year-to-date contributions, and account totals!
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Tax Lesson of the Year
If you love reading about other people’s tax-related misfortune, have I got the story for you!
Honestly, it’s small in the big scheme of things, but I feel stupid. Learn from my mistake!
The Job Update
Those of you that read my Gap Year post got to see me put my existential crisis in writing. Sorry about that. To recap: my team lead got promoted, and even though I’m the next obvious choice for his spot, I REALLY don’t want it. The visceral reaction I had made me question my entire…
The Gap Year Question
“Gap year” tends to make you think of the high school graduate, full of wanderlust and indecisiveness. Likely funded by Mom and Dad, they scoot off the Europe, Vietnam, and Australia for a year to figure out who they are, what they want to do with their lives, and have a lot of fun along…
5 Steps to Invest (A Lot) in 2021
Disclaimer is off to the right. I’m not a financial planner– I’m just sharing how I’m managing my money, not telling you how to manage yours. Everyone’s situation, needs, and goals are different! Now, my goals are pretty aggressive– if you don’t know what FIRE is, it’s Financial Independence Retire Early. I’m trying to accumulate…
Staycation
My company gives me 6 hours of paid time off per pay period… why have I not used more of it?
Quarter 1 Investing and Our Best Month EVER
This is the most we’ve ever invested in a month, quarter, and nearly a year!
Qtr 1 investment contributions are not far from what we invested in all of 2020, which was, until now, our best year ever. We’ve been agressive, but are thrilled with the progress towards our ultimate goal!
Quarter 1 2021 Review
Some goals are behind schedule, and others are completely knocked out of the park! Financially, this is our best quarter ever.