Long time no see (or write? 🤪)! The first quarter of 2024 has been eventful to say the least, but I really can’t complain too much. I’ve had an amazing start to 2024. To wrap up the first quarter of 2024, I will do a mini recap that will be a bit different than my usual budget/debt review format. Travel To start with, I went on a Northern Lights chasing trip to Alaska which unfortunately ended in a failure. We…
Goodbye 2023, hello 2024! As I started writing this post, I struggled to find a defining theme for this year. It truly felt like a big extension of my 2022. I continued with travel revenge and overall just enjoyed my 30’s not being completely broke like I was in my 20’s. If I’m being kind to myself, I would mark this year a success with the accomplishment of fully paying off my student loans. More realistically though, I really have…
As I was getting ready to write my June post, I was stumped to realized that there wasn’t anything truly memorable about June. As I started doing last month, I’ve been tidying up the house a bit with more home decorations. I’ve also picked up some homebody activities like Paint by Numbers which is perfect for a non-artistic person like me. One highlight this month was I went on my first business trip to visit the main office. Flight and…
The time has come! After my most recent paycheck I finally hit $300k net worth. 🥳 There’s no telling if this number will stay as the market continues its roller coaster ride, but I’ll take it! The default view on Empower (previous Personal Capital) where I track my net worth is a 90-day lookback. I rarely switch from this view, but yesterday I decided to go as far back in time as possible. And boy was it fun to see!…
September was a crazy roller coaster of a month when it came to my net worth. For the first time since I started tracking my net worth, despite working full time and not blowing off all my money, my net worth has gone down this quarter compared to what it was six month ago when I last reported. 3rd Quarter Net Worth I touched the elusive $250k net worth last month a couple times but it never seems to be…
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…
Ah! March was such a hectic, anxiety-inducing month that I pretty much lost all motivation to keep the blog updated. The first two weeks of March were actually fine. I even started writing my recap of my first 5K, the training I did, and my future running goals but didn’t end up finishing it when things went crazy all of a sudden. I might still post that but a lot has changed since. I was hit with major hives of…
Goodbye 2021, hello 2022! As I look back on the past year and contemplated the theme of 2021, I realized that The Year of Waiting was the most fitting. I started 2021 with excitement as I do every year, anticipating the year that would come with every ounce of optimism. Unfortunately most of the waiting ended up in disappointment, but that’s just life sometimes. A Diminishing Excitement At the start of 2021, I was most excited to get the newly…
A little late on this net worth and home update but I still wanted to do it. Happy to say I’ve made a recovery since the last quarter. The current screenshot I took was supposed to be this quarter’s (Jul-Sept) net worth growth. However, when I compared that to my June 2021 net worth update, I realized that I ended June 30th with $137,927 and started July 1st with $147,963. June 2021 Net Worth: $137,927 Sep 2021 Net Worth: $168,258…
I can’t believe we’re already halfway through 2021! Unlike last month when I thought May flew by like a blur, June felt long. I felt like I did a lot this month which surprised me that with the exception of some miscellaneous spending, I’ve pretty much stayed on budget for most of my regular expenses. That breakdown along with a disappointing net worth update will be coming up later in the post. Home Update Last month, I broke the news…