With another month in the books it is time to do my net worth update. Considering how well this experiment has gone recently it is hard for me not to get excited about writing this post at the beginning of each month. Just as a reminder, I started this net worth experiment a little over…
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Starting last month I decided it was time to get a hold of my family’s expenditures, specifically, those expenditures which are more or less in the discretionary category. With just two months of data, I don’t think I am going to start looking for trends just yet. Unlike my net worth posts, I am providing…
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Over the past 13 and a half months we have a couple events for my son that resulted in cash gifts, specifically, we had his actual birth, Christening and his First Birthday. At each of those events we received very generous gifts from his aunts, uncles, grandparents, friends and pseudo uncles and aunts. Every time…
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Every year, when I get my bonus I think about how I will split up the money. A couple years back I received less than what I expected and discussed what to do if you receive an unexpectedly low bonus while last year I discussed what I would do with my larger than average bonus,…
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No one wants to have to deal with a financial crisis, but many of us will face a shortfall of money at some time or another in our lives and so it’s worth taking action now so you’re prepared for anything that might come your way in the future. For instance, in difficult economic times,…
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I can’t believe it has been about a year since I started tracking my net worth. I resisted the idea of doing so since the beginning of this blog because of two reasons. One, I didn’t believe it would help me with my long term goal of increasing my net worth, and two, I felt…
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