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Track Your Spending With Pocketsmith
A few weeks ago I was contacted by the good people over at Pocketsmith (Affiliate Link). They asked me to check out their product, as...
Zach
Jun 19, 20193 min read
Savings Update: May 2019 New Clothes Hack!
After a rather spendy April, where I only saved 11% of my salary because I paid off a lot of the summer expenses (the Alaska cruise, to...
Zach
Jun 1, 20192 min read
Savings Update: April 2019, Summer Paid for
Remember how last month I went over my savings target for the year and wondered what my money would go towards in the 5 upcoming months...
Zach
May 5, 20192 min read
Net Worth Wowza!
For the first time, I've really felt the elation (and had the numbers to back it up), that my money is actually working for me. And not...
Zach
Apr 26, 20195 min read
Savings Update March 2019: We Did It!
September, 2018 started a new Savings Journey. I set out to save $25,000 (91750 AED) in 12 months. I got lucky with side hustles and a...
Zach
Apr 2, 20191 min read
Savings Update February 2019: Legal Trouble, a Flight, and 69%.
The 2018-2019 school year continues to be great for savings. February was no different, coming in at a 69% savings rate, about $3,700. ...
Zach
Mar 1, 20193 min read
Savings Update January 2019: HIGHEST Savings rate EVER!
January was strange savings month. I actively tried to spend more, I bought two concert tickets and tried to go out to eat and be more...
Zach
Feb 3, 20191 min read
Net Worth Tracking, 1 year in.
2018 was the first year I tracked my net worth. I did it right around when it crossed $100,000 for the first time, January 27, 2018, and...
Zach
Jan 29, 20192 min read
2018 Savings Overview (With Charts!)
The year is over. Done like a blackened pancake floating in a pool of soapy water. What's left but to pick out he pieces that get stuck...
Zach
Jan 5, 20192 min read
Savings Journey: November 2018
This month was awesome for saving, and very nearly the most I've ever saved in my entire recorded life... if it hadn't been for that damn...
Zach
Dec 1, 20183 min read
Twofer: October Savings and Net Worth Update
Let's start with Net Worth. That was the hardest pill to swallow, anyway, but I have enough data now to notice a trend! Despite saving...
Zach
Nov 4, 20183 min read
Savings Journey: September 2018 THE BEGINNING!
September was an awesome month for savings! I've been tracking my savings rate for three years now, and this was the third highest month...
Zach
Oct 1, 20182 min read
Savings Journey: August 2018 THE END!
Teachers and students divide their years up differently than other people. Our year starts, generally, in September, and ends, really,...
Zach
Sep 1, 20182 min read
Savings Journey: July 2018
As previously discussed, I hit my savings goal for the school year last month, and even went past it. I had planned on not saving...
Zach
Aug 2, 20181 min read
Tracking Finances: Quarter 3
Quarter 3 and I saw more eye to eye. This was an up and down, but a little bit up, quarter for the stock market, rising from around...
Zach
Jul 26, 20183 min read
Savings Journey: June 2018
There was awesome news, and a stupid mistake this month. Awesome news first! I surpassed my savings goal for this school year!!! My...
Zach
Jul 1, 20182 min read
Savings Journey: May 2018
May was an odd month for spending and saving, just weird in many ways. The biggest difference was I paid half my rent for next year, and...
Zach
Jun 1, 20181 min read
Savings Journey: April 2018
April was a good month for saving. The only "unexpected" cost was I paid about $300 more for my flights this summer than my travel...
Zach
May 2, 20181 min read
Tracking Finances: Quarter 2
This Quarter's (January 23, 2018- April 25, 2018) been bumpy! The Market has been down, then back up, then down again! Trump has been...
Zach
Apr 26, 20182 min read
Savings Journey: March 2018
A double punch to the wallet this month in terms of my ability to save :( In the "unexpected purchases" category, my TV died. That...
Zach
Apr 1, 20181 min read
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