The Happiest Teacher

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Teachers and students divide their years up differently than other people. Our year starts, generally, in September, and ends, really,...

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...

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...

There was awesome news, and a stupid mistake this month. Awesome news first! I surpassed my savings goal for this school year!!! My...

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...

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...

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...

A double punch to the wallet this month in terms of my ability to save :( In the "unexpected purchases" category, my TV died. That...