Tag: spending
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Financial Fitness Check-In: July 2023
Well, I just checked my student loan account and at my current rate of payment I will have them paid off in November, 2033. And that sent me into a spiral. I have another DECADE. Doing that right after logging all my vacation month spends was not the best idea. But we did it. Which,…
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Financial Fitness Check-In: May ’23
For some reason, I am really struggling with how to start this this month, so I’m just going to start writing and see what happens. This is the overall breakdown of everywhere my money went in the month of May. This chart is very illuminating to me because I would really like to see a…
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Financial Fitness Check-In: December 2022
Welcome to the first financial fitness check-in where I am using my own spreadsheet rather than Mint and a pen and paper. It’s kind of it’s first test run. The one thing I cannot figure out is how to combine what I’ve classed as my “Bills” chart and my “Expenses” chart into one pie chart…
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Financial Fitness Check-in: November 2022
November was not nearly as bad as I was expecting it to be, I really thought I had totally blown my budget. There was just so much unexpected work travel, and while I get reimbursed for it, it still ends up costing money in food and then you’re tired the next day so you buy…
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Financial Fitness Check-In: April 2022
March and April have been such a change from January and February this year that I almost feel like I have whiplash, I definitely still feel confused about so much. Like why do I feel guiltier about spending money, now that I actually have some than I did when I was constantly maxing out my…
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Spending Check In: November Review, December Plans
So like I said last month, I hoping that putting my money choices and realities out there (loosely, without super explicit details, that feels weird). And well, November was a disaster. It would have been fine if I hadn’t needed to spend $1000 on winter tires, I would have pushed my budget to the limits,…
Laura Caeris - Thoughtful Millennial 