when do I get my adult certificate?
As we head into winter, take care of yourselves. I always have a harder time in the colder darker months and must remind myself it’s worth the effort to crawl out from under my blankets. Spendings Report: $1,105 Would it be bad to admit I was surprised at how little I spent this month? About…
Super short update, the new school year just started and I’m quite busy with that. I will eventually get around to doing 28 pictures for my 28th year birthday post…hopefully no more than a month late hahaha… Spendings Report: $2941 Tuition month, enough said. Net Worth Update In the $180ks woohoo! My goal for the…
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…