The April budget wasn’t the most organized, but those 3 paychecks went to good use.
Tag: financial planning
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…
May 2021 Goals
Finish Duma Key. Good book, bad technology habits. I need to practice getting away from screens. 9-hour workdays plus my undying love for YouTube and unhealthy dependency on Instagram equals zero quality productivity. Finish The Science of Getting Rich. It’s not long, just read it already. Declutter for 2 hours. I did NONE of this…
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?
How We Invested the Money in My Husband’s Roth IRA
We’ve welcomed a brand new Roth IRA into our family. I took some time to determine how I wanted to allocate funds in my husband’s account. Here’s what I settled on…
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!