when do I get my adult certificate?
Business as usual even in quarantine. There’s been a surge of new cases in China, and Beijing has implemented quarantine protocol for anyone travelling in from certain areas. I returned from one of those, Zhangjiajie, and thus I’m now in a 14 day at-home quarantine. Not the original plan I had for my summer break…
Reached my goal for this year* 2 months ahead of schedule! I still want to take a year off soon, unsure when but maybe when my master’s is done? It’ll be a really nice treat after subjecting myself to hours of extra math every night. Spendings Report: $901 After a few months of >$1000 spendings,…
Uno Reverse on my savings vs. spendings rate this month…laughing but crying.jpg Taxes, a vacation, and having fun with friends conspired to wipe out 85% of my income this month. I don’t regret any of it, not even the taxes so take that, financial anxiety! Spendings Report: $3,387 Most of it was the taxes as…
Since I chose to stay in China when the pandemic first began, for a period of 8-months, 90% of my social circle was gone. Flight cancellations and changing re-entry rules for foreigners meant when we broke up for holidays in January 2020, it wouldn’t be until October 2020 that many of them came back to…
Watch me fling myself off a wall then not fling myself off a wall. Spendings Report: $2,214 Pretty good month! If we ignore the tuition cost my spendings are a touch over $1k and I’m quite pleased about it. Bought a lot of clothes and clothing-related items this month. Item-wise, it was an even split…
New hobby and new phone means new levels of emotional damage on my wallet. I continue this worrying trend of lifestyle inflation but I’m learning to let it go, or get better at repressing the guilt. Generally, still meeting my savings goals and finding a better work-life balance. The numbers say I’m fine but my…
It’s the 2 year anniversary of when I first opened my TFSA and RRSP 🎉🎉 I planned to do a more comprehensive review and look at some interesting trends but life got busy. I’m now running math club this semester, lots of fun, lots of time needed. It’ll eventually come, just not for a while…
Happy birthday to my TFSA and RRSP! It’s been 2 years since I’ve opened them and a couple of months shy of this blog’s birthday as well. Let’s combine both and talk about lessons I learned after 2 years of tracking and blogging about my net worth. First, the usual monthly review for January condensed…