I’ve just gotten really bad at blogging. There is a big difference in my energy, focus, motivation levels when I compare who I was when I started this blog and who I am now. When I started this blog I was funemployed, childless, a renter, dogless. Now I’m employed (though nearing the end of maternity… Continue reading 2022 Summary
Nothing too exciting happened in July, except Summer arrived, so we drank a lot. We did dump some more savings into our RRSPs. The husband’s is now maxed out and we will probably do mine before the end of the year. We haven’t done it yet because we just feel nervous being down to one… Continue reading July 2022 Net Worth
Since I’ve fallen so behind here I thought I’d do a full 6 month summary before I go back to monthly Net Worth posts. 2022 is following our trend of heavy spending & low saving due to us becoming home owners in mid-2021 and deciding to embark on some renovations as well as make purchases… Continue reading Jan 2022 – June 2022 Net Worth
Hi, it’s been about 18 years since I’ve posted here. I had a baby 5 months ago, and life has been a crazy adjustment. But all this time, this blog has been in the back of my head. When the bill came up to renew my domain and registration I couldn’t give it up and… Continue reading 2021 Net Worth Wrap-Up
As I mentioned in my last post, I’d definitely neglected this blog over the last five months or so mostly due to pregnancy, home ownership and just falling out of habits and routine – as is evidenced by our horrific restaurant spend over the Summer and now into the Fall. September and October weren’t super… Continue reading Net Worth Update – Sep 2021 – Oct 2021
So I haven’t posted in nearly 5 months. A lot has happened, and also nothing has really happened. As mentioned in the last blog post, we bought a house at the very end of May. Houses take a lot of time, work, and money. That is one reason for my absence. The other – is… Continue reading Net Worth Update – June 2021 – Aug 2021
This is a big update. We bought a house. So while our Net Worth has tanked, our happiness has increased. There is more to FIRE than just saving every single dollar no matter the cost to your mental health or well-being. We have been renting for the last five years, and have lived in 3… Continue reading Net Worth Update – May 2021
April was spendy. We got our taxes done – which means we paid someone a gazillion dollars to do it for us. Because we worked in both Canada and the US in 2020 there’s just no way we could have figured out ourselves how to file our returns. We had to file 7 returns total… Continue reading Net Worth Update – April 2021
I recently read The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel. Lately I’ve been trying to take notes when reading non-fiction books. The notes really just consist of my favorite quotes from the books. Here is one of my favorite quotes from The Psychology of Money: Do not aim to be coldly rational when making financial… Continue reading Rational vs Reasonable
Pursuing FI, it’s easy to get SO wrapped up in thinking that money is everything, the be-all and end-all. But it’s really not. I had some conversations over the past couple of weeks that have reminded me that. The first conversation was with my Dad. For some background, my Dad is one of my favorite… Continue reading Money Isn’t Actually Everything
