Tag Archives: losses

Starting to get back on track! Besides the first week of February, I was down around 1 lb/week! I’m trying my level best to keep this trend going. My food spending this month doesn’t reflect that, but a lot of that spending was trying a lot of different things for my wife since she isContinue reading “February 2023 Review”

This month has been one hurdle after another. I threw out my back, and my wife was diagnosed with a disease that causes her esophagus to be constantly inflamed. so she’s been on a liquid diet for 3 weeks now. And while the insurance company and pharmacy try to figure out this weird drug, weContinue reading “January 2023 Review”

December was definitely a range of emotions and surprises. This is the first Holiday season without my Grandfather and Aunt as they both passed in early 2022, so I tried to eat my grief, and I’ll let you in on a secret, cookies don’t make you less sad. That was also coupled with a thrownContinue reading “December/ Year End 2022”

This month, my investments stayed about even from last month, so the increase in net worth is from watching ,y spending and paying down debt! I did spend a lot on going out to eat, but I did have a lot of gig that I had to travel for, which is offset by per diem.Continue reading “October 2022 Review”

So last month, I went through my spreadsheet and it seems Some new accounts I’ve added were not in my total net worth. I found a retirement account from an old job which shot me up $3,000, but because I was trying to see what the student loan forgiveness would do for me, I forgotContinue reading “September 2022 Review”

I write this several days late because my boss decided it was a good idea to shatter his wrist, so I have been out on gigs for the last 8 days and only have today to catch up with life. I got the notification from my private loan servicer that my rates would go up.Continue reading “August 2022 Review”

I know we aren’t technically in a recession right now, but it is starting to feel like it. My retirement portfolio went from $31,000 to $29,000 this month. I also had to pay minimums on all debt this month because I had to drop a little over $2,000 between repairs on my car (new tires,Continue reading “June 2022 Review”

The market is still taking a ski trip down the hill. And I am more than happy to keep buying funds on sale. I have the task on todoist, to go through my spending over the last couple of months to see where I can cut back. I know there’s some subscriptions I can getContinue reading “May 2022 Review”