These numbers were calculated on July 1st, 2018. I moved back to California in June, choosing to move in to a house with some friends and transferring work with the same company. I will be spending around the same amount on travel expenses and will save a lot on housing
It has been a crazy year and I ended up skipping the past 3 quarterly updates. The purpose of this website is to track my financial journey to financial independence so I am going to keep it at that. With all the financial changes I had in the past year,
On we go. The mid point of 2017. The most significant financial occurrence this quarter was that we refinanced our student loans. The only thing I regret is not doing it sooner. We basically took about 130k at 6.8% interest down to 30k at 3.25% and 100k at 4.00%. Amazing.
Hello and welcome to the Q1 recap of 2017! It was a good first quarter overall. We took a family trip to Japan which was not nearly as expensive as our Europe trip last year but set us back a couple thousand although our plane tickets were on last year’s
Hello and welcome to my 2016 financial review! It was a blessed year with lots of new experiences and learning. From a financial standpoint, I received a small raise at the beginning of the summer (around 8%) and my wife started a new job in the fall that also gave
Welcome to the next installment of my quarterly net worth! It was an uneventful quarter as far as finances go. We moved to a new apartment that we love a lot more but is more expensive. I started a new position within the same company that is a move in
Here we are, halfway through 2016. I am just a 26 year old guy with a wonderful wife, a few big dreams, and a ton of student loans. We rent small apartments and own old cars because we are pursuing financial independence. Paying off debt is our main financial concern,
We made some good progress in a quiet first quarter of the year. We are steadily moving forward in our journey to get out of debt and achieve financial independence. After graduating from college a few years ago, I joined the rat race and started making my way up the
Hello and welcome to my 2015 financial review! It has definitely been a positive and eventful year for us, highlighted by my wife finishing grad school and getting a new job and us moving to a new state to be closer to family. To top it off, last month we
We are 3 quarters in to 2015! Finances in the last quarter (July through September) have remained steady as both my wife and I have had pay increases in the past few months (me with a small promotion and her with taking on more clients) which has offset slight increased