Money and Finance
July was a pretty good month for my spending. My income was up higher than normal again which is great because it just adds to my savings amount. My minimum expenses for July went back up due to me forgetting that I'm paying my wife for things a month after they're due since I'm gone so much. That's worked out best for us. So I had a debt service payment that I still owed her which caused the majority of the increase. Minimum expenses ended up being $1,598.27 for the month and when you back out the debt service that drops down to $1,368.47, which is good to see. Total expenses for the month came to $1,665.66. Of course that also includes the debt payment so that will be coming down. My potential retirement income dropped this month due to only 2 stocks paying out dividends to me for a total of $15.77. This covers a whopping 0.98% of my minimum expenses for July. My financial independence income rose despite a pretty big drop in the 30 year US Treasury rate thanks to a whole bunch of savings this month. My FI number is up to $124.48 which covers 7.74% of my total expenses for July.
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- Income Update - February 2013
February was a great month. I had a higher than normal income and put the difference to straight to savings. I did a pretty good job with controlling expenses for the month. Restaurants and groceries both overshot their budget, but by a combined $14 so...
- Income Update - January 2013
January was a truly awesome month. I ended up bringing home over $2,200 more than my average for 2012 and the best part is that all went straight to savings. I only overshot one category by a lot but that'll start getting in check beginning with...
- Income Update - August 2012
August was a decent month for my spending with it being below my average so far for the year, but it was still higher than it should have been. My minimum expenses in August ended the month at $1,417.13. So far in 2012 my minimum expenses have averaged...
- Income Update - June 2012
June was a good month for my spending. My income was way up and due to being on vacation for 2 weeks using savings earmarked for it my expenses were down as well. My minimum expenses for the month totaled only $1,252.68 and my total expenses were only...
- Income Update - May 2012
May was right in line with April as far as spending. My minimum expenses and total expenses were pretty much even over the month which is good since they didn't go up but I didn't make a lot of progress on lowering them more. My minimum expenses...
Money and Finance
Income Update - July 2012
July was a pretty good month for my spending. My income was up higher than normal again which is great because it just adds to my savings amount. My minimum expenses for July went back up due to me forgetting that I'm paying my wife for things a month after they're due since I'm gone so much. That's worked out best for us. So I had a debt service payment that I still owed her which caused the majority of the increase. Minimum expenses ended up being $1,598.27 for the month and when you back out the debt service that drops down to $1,368.47, which is good to see. Total expenses for the month came to $1,665.66. Of course that also includes the debt payment so that will be coming down. My potential retirement income dropped this month due to only 2 stocks paying out dividends to me for a total of $15.77. This covers a whopping 0.98% of my minimum expenses for July. My financial independence income rose despite a pretty big drop in the 30 year US Treasury rate thanks to a whole bunch of savings this month. My FI number is up to $124.48 which covers 7.74% of my total expenses for July.
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- Income Update - February 2013
February was a great month. I had a higher than normal income and put the difference to straight to savings. I did a pretty good job with controlling expenses for the month. Restaurants and groceries both overshot their budget, but by a combined $14 so...
- Income Update - January 2013
January was a truly awesome month. I ended up bringing home over $2,200 more than my average for 2012 and the best part is that all went straight to savings. I only overshot one category by a lot but that'll start getting in check beginning with...
- Income Update - August 2012
August was a decent month for my spending with it being below my average so far for the year, but it was still higher than it should have been. My minimum expenses in August ended the month at $1,417.13. So far in 2012 my minimum expenses have averaged...
- Income Update - June 2012
June was a good month for my spending. My income was way up and due to being on vacation for 2 weeks using savings earmarked for it my expenses were down as well. My minimum expenses for the month totaled only $1,252.68 and my total expenses were only...
- Income Update - May 2012
May was right in line with April as far as spending. My minimum expenses and total expenses were pretty much even over the month which is good since they didn't go up but I didn't make a lot of progress on lowering them more. My minimum expenses...