Money and Finance
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 $1,329.99. I know these will rebound in July to be closer to my averages for each but as long as I can get them in the same ballpark and possibly still falling that will be great. My potential retirement income for the month totaled $92.87 and my financial independence number is up to $118.07. These covered 7.41% and 9.43% of my minimum expenses in June. The expense coverage amounts have slowly been increasing which is good news.
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- 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 - December 2012
December's income was lower than what I'd averaged through the first 11 months of 2012 but was still great at almost $6,500. It wasn't a great month for expenses but considering how much I went over budget on a few areas I'm happy that...
- Income Update - November 2012
November's income was higher than my average so far for the year which is great because I'm still able tor reduce my expenses so every extra dollar of income gets to be converted into savings mainly dividend growth investing capital. Not only...
- 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...
- 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 - 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 $1,329.99. I know these will rebound in July to be closer to my averages for each but as long as I can get them in the same ballpark and possibly still falling that will be great. My potential retirement income for the month totaled $92.87 and my financial independence number is up to $118.07. These covered 7.41% and 9.43% of my minimum expenses in June. The expense coverage amounts have slowly been increasing which is good news.
Read more »
- 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 - December 2012
December's income was lower than what I'd averaged through the first 11 months of 2012 but was still great at almost $6,500. It wasn't a great month for expenses but considering how much I went over budget on a few areas I'm happy that...
- Income Update - November 2012
November's income was higher than my average so far for the year which is great because I'm still able tor reduce my expenses so every extra dollar of income gets to be converted into savings mainly dividend growth investing capital. Not only...
- 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...
- 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...