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
Well, the annus horribilus 2020 is now over - with any luck, 2021 will be better. In good news, my superannuation has recovered well from the losses of the first half of the year as the market responded to the coronavirus pandemic, resulting in a quite surprising gain in my overall net worth during this … Continue reading Net worth update December 2020
