It’s May, which means it’s month five of me tracking my spending. I have to be honest. Although I have been tracking my spending, I haven’t been on top of really managing my spending. I am still purchasing unnecessary things. Yes, I created a budget, but only for savings. I haven’t created a budget for…
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Journal Entry 12: My Long Term Savings Goals
Today, I thought I’d share my progress toward my long-term savings goals. As I shared in my last blog post, Journal Entry 10 (click here to read), I focused on my long-term savings goals after consolidating my bills. When I started working overtime at the start of this year, I increased my company retirement plan (457B,…
Journal Entry 11: How I Am Dealing With Debt
Hi! Hello! I’m sorry if you’ve been keeping up with my journal entries. I haven’t written one for several weeks. A lot has happened, both financially and just in life. Let’s get right into it as we end the last day of March. In my last blog, Journal Entry 10 (click here to read), I…
Journal Entry 10: 6 Of The Best Financial Freedom Books To Read
For journal entry 10, I thought, instead of sharing steps I’ve taken recently towards financial freedom, I’d like to share some financial freedom books that have helped me gain more financial literacy. I’ve read many financial books through the years that have helped me gain financial literacy. Recently, I started to read financial books again….
Journal Entry 9: My Journey To Achieving Financial Freedom
Hey, party people! Can you tell I feel a bit more optimistic than my last blog post about my steps to financial freedom? Click here to read more about it. Although the amount of debt has not changed drastically and my numbers are pretty much the same, I feel a bit better today than when…
Journal Entry 8: My Steps To Financial Independence
Steps to Financial Independence It’s been over two weeks since I last wrote a journal entry. Here, I’ll share what I’ve been doing towards my steps to financial independence I’ve been doing a great job of tracking my finances and using cash to pay for everything. I recently got back from a Portland trip with…
Journal Entry 7: My First Step To Financial Freedom
My First Step To Financial Freedom It’s Sunday today, and I decided not to work overtime at my regular job today. I have been working overtime every day so far and need to take today off to catch up on my blog posts. I also finally created my first step to financial freedom this weekend!…
Journal Entry 6: My Journey Towards Steps To Financial Freedom
A Couple Of Backward Steps To Financial Freedom Hi! Long time no write! Since Journal Entry 5, several days have already passed! It’s been a bumpy road since the last time I wrote about my steps to financial freedom. Ugh, where do I start? Well, I guess I’ll start with my miscalculation of the leftover…
Journal Entry 5: My Journey Towards My Financial Freedom
Day 5: My Financial Freedom Today, is Dr. Martin Luther King Junior’s birthday. Thankfully, I had the day off. I was able to run some errands and go to the shopping center I mentioned I needed to go to in Journal Entry 3 (which you can find here). It was a lot easier than I…
Journal Entry 4: My Journey Towards A Financial Freedom Plan
Day 4: A Step Closer To Creating A Financial Freedom Plan In yesterday’s blog which you can find here, I wrote that today my girlfriend’s and I were supposed to celebrate another girlfriend’s 40th in Carmel, CA. However plans did not work out for her, and she cancelled last night. Since, I was already forecasting…