It almost feels a bit weird writing a blog post again. I've let it sit pretty much idle since July because I hadn't come up with an annual challenge for the 2021-22 financial year so haven't really had anything to post about. My net worth has increased by 11.81% over the past six months, and … Continue reading Net worth update December 2021
June 2021 I'm a little later than I would normally be with this update as I was waiting for my final electricity bill to come in. I changed providers right near the end of June, and it took a couple of weeks for my previous provider to send through the finalised account. While the overall … Continue reading Reducing the discretionary spend – June 2021 results and overall year
On 25th June I posted this on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FIREforOneAus/status/1408172903447732224?s=20 I don't think I've ever seen anything in the media before about the mean net wealth of Australian adults (or maybe I've just never noticed/paid attention), but now that it's net worth update time for me, I'm pleased to see that I'm ahead of the curve, … Continue reading Net worth update June 2021
I am just a little bit proud of myself this month - my eating out/takeaway expenditure was the lowest it's been so far this financial year! Hooray! Other discretionary spending has also remained low to zero - no entertainment or personal expenses this month has helped to keep things down, plus car-related costs were also … Continue reading Reducing the discretionary spend – February 2021 results
Well, colour me amazed and just a bit excited! January's eating out / takeaway / supermarket non-essential food and alcohol spending was the lowest of this financial year. It's nice to have a bit of a win with this after so many months where it was just way higher than it needed to be. It's … Continue reading Reducing the discretionary spend – January 2021 results
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