investing
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I was not paying a whole ton of attention to the stock market this month, due to the aforementioned layoff at the beginning of the month, so I was pleasantly surprised when we hit an important milestone once I updated the spreadsheet. Category September 2026 Change Savings $104,503 +2% Investments $534,458 +2.7% Cars $66,252 +3.9%…
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Up and down, up and down, we tread a lot of the same ground this month without making much progress overall. This was also the continuation of my sabbatical and our two week trip to Europe, so another pricey month though this time cash dropped at the same time as the market. I was a…
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Well, this month was the month that we generated our first bill for the remainder of our roof replacement, so we once again have a line of credit to pay down as quickly as possible. This one is on 0% for the next 18 months, and the plan is obviously to pay it off before…
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I suppose I should be thankful that the continuing ascent of the market arrived the same month that we finally were invoiced for our new roof, and forked over $15,000 of our savings as a partial payment on the $23,000 bill. This month we were not billed for the rest, but next month we’ll finally…
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That was one hell of a month! It more than made up for the previous month, though the swings were not quite enough to get us over the line on another milestone or two. The numbers keep getting bigger, but being over a million away from FI really makes them feel less impactful despite the…
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Well, it was nice having some triumphant months with lots of green, because this month (which I’ve been expecting for a while) finally came. It is always less exciting to pass over a milestone a second time, so at least only a few of the recent milestones have been undone. Category April 2026 Change Savings…
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Alright, so, it’s the 7th. Normally I hop right to doing the net worth update on the 1st, sometimes the 2nd if I’m busy. But we are 9 weeks into 2026 and my job has managed to upset or piss me off each and every week of the year so far, so I’m feeling pretty…
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January was one of the most professionally chaotic months of my life – that I managed to stay employed for, at least. As a result, I barely paid attention to the stock market (not that I’ve been hanging on its every word, lately) and so as I’m sitting here writing this up, I’m finding myself…
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Ah, another high spend year. This is my second year tracking our spending in u/BloomingFinances excellent spreadsheet, which makes writing up this report particularly easy. As I noted to a friend while writing up this post, each year I seem to look at our spending and say, “Wow! That’s a lot!” and then make almost…
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Well, it’s a new year, and while 2025 was apparently a great year for the stock market, it ended its last week on a slump. Being up 16% for the year obviously makes up for it, but overall, it hasn’t been a very relaxing year with the stock market, nor one in general, so it…
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