Income (net): $15,644.81Income (net): $19,105.81 (up ~$4k; $200 xmas $ from my dad)Child support: $403.00 $736.56 (wow, 2 months in a row)Parking: $68.00 Groceries: $241.69 (about 2/3 of last month)Gas: $80.53 Eating out: $96.92 ...
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Financial independence at last
I've hit Financial Independence (FI) two months in a row! Financial independence (FI) to me means that the income that is generated passively through my stock portfolio meets or exceeds my spending. This month (Nov. 29-Dec. 28), my gain on stocks was just over $3,200. Although I think my spending will be higher ...
Selective budgeting and spending more, not less
I'm going to implement a budget for the month of January and see how it goes. I'm going to set an upper limit of $3,000 for the month. All fixed and semi-fixed costs that I have (mortgage, utilities, parking for work - just part time, gas for work) will amount to approximately $2,000 ...
Stressed about money? Watch The Work
Here's a video with Byron Katie, author of "The Work" that some might find helpful if they are stressed about money. One of the basic underlying principles behind The Work is to live in the present - right now. Let go of your projections on everything bad that you believe will happen and focus on ...
Resisting the Call of the Amazon
Maybe there was an announcement and I missed it, but I see that Amazon is now shipping the Kindle to Canada. I had a little dialogue with myself that went something like:"Oh come on, you always buy yourself a Xmas present, and this would be great.""No, you know what you'll do, ...
It helps to be weird in the blog world
Here's a blog that was linked to from Early Retirement Extreme - wherein a family of 5 lives on under $1000 a month. I've lived on less, and I've lived on more. More was definitely better, but some people like to sweat the small stuff I guess. Some of it sounds like welfare ...
Ego Travel
Ego travel. It's the newest thing and all the kids are doing it!I read Chris Guillebeau's blog this morning "The Art of Nonconformity" wherein he talks about having gone to about a thousand different countries in a year, and all I could think was:Rats. Maze. Ego travel. Escape.Only the rats ...
