I can’t believe the first month of the year is officially over. As for the title of this post, it is very literal. I really did get a brand new vision this month. After years of thinking about it, I finally got LASIK surgery! LASIK Experience I opted for Contoura Vision LASIK which is a newer technology that I was a candidate for. I’ve been having a harder time using contacts especially with allergies and dryness making my eyes itchy….
Goodbye 2022, hello 2023! This post will be a short one as I plan to do an in-depth 2022 Year In Review. December was fairly low-key. I didn’t have any big family gatherings this year so it was a pretty relaxing month. I was biting my nails to see how the market would end this year and if I would hit any net worth goals. I’ll keep the suspense going until my next post! December Budget Fixed Spending I went…
November was one of the best months I’ve had in a while. I went on my last trip of the year and it was so relaxing. I definitely went into it with the mindset that I wanted to have a really relaxing tropical vacation after the year I’ve had so while I did some planning, it was a pretty laid back trip. Mid-November, my team also finished up a huge project for work and since then, if I’m being completely…
I’m super late for my October updates, because I’ve been busy since the start of this month. First, right after coming back from my Europe trip, I went straight back to work. It was a lot of catching up at work especially as my PTO was back to back with my manager’s PTO. So not only was I catching up, I also had extra work as her back up. On top of that, my friend really wanted to go on…
I couldn’t wait to post my updates for this month! August was the best month I’ve had in a while. It honestly seems like things are finally coming back to normal, whatever this new normal is. Things have started to settle down with work so the stress level has definitely gone down. Things have also settled down in terms of home furnishing and home improvement spending so this month’s budget is starting to reflect my usual spending. Even getting COVID…
Ahh! I’m writing this post as I am currently waiting for the keys to my new home! In a matter of hours, I will officially be a homeowner! I’ll make a separate post on everything about my home-buying experience (spoiler alert: after my down payment went through, I’m sad to announce, I now have under $100k net worth). It is bittersweet to say, this is the end of a chapter in my life and this will be the last month…
And just like that, it was over. Last month, I mentioned that I was doing nothing but working overtime including weekends. By mid-February, the overtime opportunity was over. In hindsight, I think I made a great decision (what a rare occurrence!) with going all out in January to work those extra hours. Now the opportunity is gone. I can make many excuses on why I’m so late on this month’s update. I was catching up with friends, shows, trips, and…
This will be a fairly short update on my budget, saving, and loan payment for December as my year end review will be coming shortly. December was uneventful for the most part. I worked overtime almost every day this whole month which is lame because I’m salaried, meaning I’m not getting any overtime pay. I hope (more like, I better!) get a good bonus/raise in 2022 for my extra work. Student Debt Student debt paid this month: $880.77 Student debt…
October was a blast and I’m not surprised at all! Historically speaking, October has been my milestone month for the past 2 years. I climbed out of negative net worth in October 2019 to officially have $0 net worth. I followed it up by hitting $100k net worth in October 2020. So I had quite a bit of an expectation for this October. While October of this year did not bring any financial milestones, it was full of fun. I especially got…
Wow what a month September was. I can’t say I’m looking forward to reviewing my spending for September which is why I’m late in posting this update. I went on two vacations merely 3 weeks apart which made the month go by so fast. Although it felt a bit rushed, it was far from a bad month. I will however predict that it’s likely to be a spendy month when I assess my spending in my budget section. I just…