Spending Report: 590.83 The single most costly thing this month was renewing my VPN subscription for roughly $120CAD. I briefly debated not having it as the school wifi came with VPN, but it has come in handy to have two before. I bought more clothes these 4 months than all of last year combined. That…
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The month in review: October 2019
Spending Report: 674.79 Here’s what it looks like without the savings rate. There’s an increase of roughly $30 from August which seems inconsequential, but I fear a slippery slope situation where I keep on letting things slide and then suddenly I’m only saving $1000 every month (!!!). Yes, yes, boohoo, worried about saving only 85%…
The month in review: August 2019
Forgive the late-ness of this post, it’s taking me a while longer than expected to settle into a new routine. I’ve been occupied for much of September so a warning that there will be no spending report for September because life happens the way life wants it to. Spending Report: 1793.32 (634.02) Here’s what it…
The month in review: June 2019
Spendings Report Spendings are through the roof from a combination of 3 things End of year trips and farewell parties Moving costs and renewing all my various government IDs/visas I’m on vacation mode, bless summers It’s a little too soon to say for sure what my monthly budget would be going forward but it looks…
Net Worth Update: May 2019
Slowly but surely working towards my goal of $50k by the end of this year 🙂 I’m going to bundle these updates together with the Month in Review posts since I’m already putting my spending report there. It’s not terribly exciting to see a dry summary of my net worth every month (sorry if you’re…
The month in review: May 2019
These posts should just be called Aggressive Positivity Reviews because that’s what I’m using them for. It’s easy to get lost in the days and miss all the joys and privileges that our first-world lives afford us. You’ll see that a lot of the good things are not ‘big’ events. But that’s the secret! If…
Net Worth Update: April 2019
You’ll notice it’s clearly not April, but hey, #lifehappens. Tax returns came and went, I had some surprise costs, and still managed to increase my net worth, woohoo! Given that I have about 5 months worth of pay still coming in I’m right on track to break over $50,000 net worth by the end of…
Net Worth Update: March 2019
I’m progressing nicely towards my goal of having over $50k in net worth by the end of this year. The numbers make it look like I’ll reach it in just a few months but there are taxes and exchange costs that will come out. Canada and China changed their tax rules recently and I’m very…