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Re: Saving to $10K
« Reply #650 on: February 01, 2018, 01:08:16 PM »
Savings:
July 31:                 €2400
August 30:            €2000
September 27:       €1300
October 30:           €1400
November 30:        €1600
December 29:        €1100
February 1:            €1100


Investments:
July 31:                 €1985.37
August 30:             €2095.00
September 27:       €2253
October 30:           €2461
November 30:        €2622.06
December 29:        €2661.50 (didn't do the monthly transfer yet)
February 1:            €3021,56

Total:
July 31:                 €4385.37
August 30:             €4095.00
September 27:       €3553
October 30:           €3861
November 30:        €4222.06
December 29:        €3761,50 (+ 740 unpaid salary = 4501.50 )
February 1:            €4121,60


Goals for 31 December 2018:

Savings:            €3000
Investments:     €4500
Total:                €7500

I'm actually really surprised to add this all up and see my savings are the same as last month and my total still starts with a 4! We've had a really expensive month. We had storm damage that is not covered by insurance, my bike was stolen and needed to be replaced, we also pay local taxes in January. Luckily February is a short month, I'll be able to work quite a bit of overtime, we are selling a few things from around the house on the internet, and we're trying to cut back on groceries as much as possible this month. Winter is always the season when we have the lowest amount of savings: we get an extra month's wages in May and in early summer we get our tax return. We always seem to have extra costs in autumn and winter.

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Re: Saving to $10K
« Reply #651 on: February 02, 2018, 10:52:35 AM »
Welcome to the new folks!

7/13/2017: $2,238.41
8/1/2017: $2,771.40
8/16/2017: $3,071.40
9/1/2017: $3,202.61
9/15/2017: $3,502.63
10/2/2017: $3,807.67
10/16/2017: $4,021.00
11/1/2017: $4,121.00
11/16/2017: $4,208.73
12/1/2017: $4,267.73
12/15/2017: $4,532.82
12/30/2017: $4,864.78
1/16/2018: $8,114.78
2/2/2018: $8,424.59

Normal pay cycle, nothing much to report. My savings account is big enough at this point that I'm up to $10 per month in interest. I'm chucking that into the house fund, so I'm excited to add an extra $120/year with zero effort on my part :) Work, little green men, work!

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Re: Saving to $10K
« Reply #652 on: February 03, 2018, 06:58:53 AM »
Welcome, onthedollar! You got here early in life, which is super commendable! Looks like you're on a great path.

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Re: Saving to $10K
« Reply #653 on: February 03, 2018, 07:38:16 AM »
22, and hoping to build up my emergency funds quickly, before I start investing. So all my money's going into that now ^^

Good job!  even earlier than me.

What length of E-Fund are you shooting for?  Alos note, e-funds can generate some interest, usually about 1.0%-1.5%.  Something to consider.  Ask around or look upthread for some e-fund recommendations.

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Re: Saving to $10K
« Reply #654 on: February 05, 2018, 02:05:17 AM »
Started again at the beggining of the year to build a 10k emergency fund. Worked some crazy overtime and had some money owed to me paid back :)

Jan 1st $0
Jan 31st $2628

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Re: Saving to $10K
« Reply #655 on: February 06, 2018, 01:21:34 AM »
Yikes. I'm glad I have the sensible advice here to fall back on because honestly, the market going down the last few days is kind of scary. My ETF investment (have invested 50/month for 10 months now, so 500 less fees) was up to almost 525 the other day and is down to 468 today. I'm trying to just look on the bright side and enjoy the fact that my next 50 will buy more units than that much did last month. In the meantime, I've finally gotten most of the money from outstanding invoices so I'm off to transfer that to various different pots now.


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Re: Saving to $10K
« Reply #656 on: February 06, 2018, 03:19:33 AM »
Good to see there's some new recruits on here, you're all welcome and I hope you're all 'done' on this thread nice and quickly.


Having seen the news about the stock market taking a hit last night, it'll be interesting to see how that affects people here.  Hopefully we don't get any relegatees dropping down from the race to 100k thread.

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Re: Saving to $10K
« Reply #657 on: February 06, 2018, 10:17:58 AM »
Yikes. I'm glad I have the sensible advice here to fall back on because honestly, the market going down the last few days is kind of scary. My ETF investment (have invested 50/month for 10 months now, so 500 less fees) was up to almost 525 the other day and is down to 468 today. I'm trying to just look on the bright side and enjoy the fact that my next 50 will buy more units than that much did last month. In the meantime, I've finally gotten most of the money from outstanding invoices so I'm off to transfer that to various different pots now.

Good stuff to remember! I just remind myself I'm nowhere near retirement and the balance doesn't matter until I get there. The market has a long time to recover your $32 and to produce more on top of it. :)

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Re: Saving to $10K
« Reply #658 on: February 06, 2018, 07:56:47 PM »
My savings rate will be a big fat 0% this month. It's one of those months when everything goes wrong, and there's a dental bill and two medical bills, all of which were unplanned. It can be so frustrating sometimes when you make a lower income to have little emergencies happen that just erase any plans you had for saving.
I know it will get better, just one of those months!

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Re: Saving to $10K
« Reply #659 on: February 06, 2018, 08:00:12 PM »
My savings rate will be a big fat 0% this month. It's one of those months when everything goes wrong, and there's a dental bill and two medical bills, all of which were unplanned. It can be so frustrating sometimes when you make a lower income to have little emergencies happen that just erase any plans you had for saving.
I know it will get better, just one of those months!

Yah, but you didn't go into debt (or worsen a debt spiral) for it.

Which is WAY better than about ~85% of the American population.

Kudos to you for surviving life!  (Really, not being sarcastic :)  )

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Re: Saving to $10K
« Reply #660 on: February 07, 2018, 02:44:24 AM »
Mountain mustachian, I've been there... maybe a tip for way, way later: build up a seperate stash earmarked for health. In my experience it feels way less painful to inevitably use this, because you've already written it off from "real" savings and you'll keep seeing those grow anyway. Less demotivating for me that way.
But I have to add: we have a different system here and see way less collosal bills for health accidents.

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Re: Saving to $10K
« Reply #661 on: February 07, 2018, 02:48:33 AM »
BoI savings a/c: 54.00
DiBa ETF: 514.76
CmzBank savings a/c: 500.01 (1c interest earned. Yay? :) )
Total:  1,068.77

BoI savings a/c: 60.00
DiBa ETF: 487.37
CmzBank savings a/c: 600.00
Total:  1,147.37

And I've also got €1,100 sitting in my annual expenses accounts (50 of that will go to my ETF savings next week). That's a big relief somehow. Now to keep it going. I had a more spendy than planned long weekend in Ireland but partly that is just expectations not matching reality. They never do and yet every time I manage to convince myself that it's not really as expensive there I as think it is. If I'm going to spend a week there in July, I really need to make sure to save a lot more for it first. Hopefully will get holidays sorted out with colleagues soon so that I know when I'll be off and can start looking for good bargains on flights and car rental. My sister is pregnant and due in March so I'll probably try and fly over around easter for a few days, too. It will slow savings down but so long as I'm not going into debt, I'm choosing to prioritise family a bit this year and that's ok.

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Re: Saving to $10K
« Reply #662 on: February 09, 2018, 09:51:36 AM »
my accounts are not liking the market dip. :( Hoping my income will outweigh the losses. So far I'm down $1,600 from the end of Jan.

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« Reply #663 on: February 09, 2018, 11:34:51 AM »
my accounts are not liking the market dip. :( Hoping my income will outweigh the losses. So far I'm down $1,600 from the end of Jan.

But if you're not gonna be using that money anytime soon, then the balance today doesn't matter. I'm taking this as an opportunity to look at my dropping investment balance, notice that my daily/monthly cashflow hasn't changed a bit, and take to heart the advice to stay the course. :)

There's a thread somewhere about marveling that being able to lose $x without real hurt is its own indicator of wealth... And of course, you will re-earn that $1600. I'm sorry it's set you back from the thread goal, but this is normal and [hopefully] we were ready for it!

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« Reply #664 on: February 09, 2018, 11:40:16 AM »
my accounts are not liking the market dip. :( Hoping my income will outweigh the losses. So far I'm down $1,600 from the end of Jan.

But if you're not gonna be using that money anytime soon, then the balance today doesn't matter. I'm taking this as an opportunity to look at my dropping investment balance, notice that my daily/monthly cashflow hasn't changed a bit, and take to heart the advice to stay the course. :)

There's a thread somewhere about marveling that being able to lose $x without real hurt is its own indicator of wealth... And of course, you will re-earn that $1600. I'm sorry it's set you back from the thread goal, but this is normal and [hopefully] we were ready for it!

Yes of course the balance today "doesn't matter". I just like the idea of my balance reflecting all the work I'm putting in. Like all my debts going down.

Just posting feelings not planning on taking all my money out of the market. :)

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« Reply #665 on: February 09, 2018, 01:11:43 PM »
Yah I didn't mean to be doling out market advice. Just cheerful takes on the situation. :) Frustration in this circumstance makes sense, though.

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« Reply #666 on: February 09, 2018, 02:10:44 PM »
no worries. I got a little too used to the market going up up up. I knew in my mind that it was bound to go down at some point. I was toying with the idea of re-balancing (my accounts are set up to do this quarterly automatically) but never got around to doing it. Oh well. I'll be able to purchase many more shares with my next paycheck :) 

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« Reply #667 on: February 09, 2018, 02:57:56 PM »
my accounts are not liking the market dip. :( Hoping my income will outweigh the losses. So far I'm down $1,600 from the end of Jan.

But if you're not gonna be using that money anytime soon, then the balance today doesn't matter. I'm taking this as an opportunity to look at my dropping investment balance, notice that my daily/monthly cashflow hasn't changed a bit, and take to heart the advice to stay the course. :)

There's a thread somewhere about marveling that being able to lose $x without real hurt is its own indicator of wealth... And of course, you will re-earn that $1600. I'm sorry it's set you back from the thread goal, but this is normal and [hopefully] we were ready for it!

Yes of course the balance today "doesn't matter". I just like the idea of my balance reflecting all the work I'm putting in. Like all my debts going down.

Just posting feelings not planning on taking all my money out of the market. :)

This here. I know what steps I need to take (stay the course) which I don’t have a problem with but I also liked seeing the numbers reflect the hard work we were putting in. I like to see the fruits of our savings labor immediately :) Quite humbling to receive the tax refund, invest the total amount and then watch our net worth and asset amount drop as if nothing happened...

Either way, money will stay put and we will continue on our wealth accumulation/debt reduction journey. I just look at the numbers much less frequently - which is probably a good thing for me anyway...

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Re: Saving to $10K
« Reply #668 on: February 09, 2018, 08:26:48 PM »
Jan 2017:
SEP IRA: $225
Car loan: -$7825

Total: -$7600


Late Jan 2017:
SEP IRA: $225
tIRA: $1590
Car loan: -$7825

Total: -$6010


Mid Feb 2017:
SEP IRA: $226
tIRA: $1604
Car loan: -$5593

Total: -$3763

Mar 2017:
SEP IRA: $227
tIRA: $1630
Car loan: -$5593
Roof loan: -$8864

Total: -$12,600

Numbers going way in the wrong direction, but a roof replacement is so overdue and it feels good to be taking care of it. Should have half of it paid off by the end of the month.

Actually, make that by the end of June.

Mid-Apr 2017:
SEP IRA: $231
tIRA: $1624
Car loan: -$5120
Roof loan: -$8864
Emergency fund: $1000

Total: -$11,129

Late-Jun 2017:
SEP IRA: $245
tIRA: $1702
Car loan: -$4645
Roof loan: -$3864
Emergency fund: $1000

Total: -$5,562

Not even close to zero yet, but moving in the right direction again!

Mid-Sep:
SEP IRA: $581
tIRA: $1777
Car loan: $3931
Roof loan: $3649
Emergency fund: $0

Total: -$5,222

My number is basically the same as before, but life happened and now I need to replenish the emergency fund after a trip my spouse took to urgent care turned into an ambulance ride to the ER and a three day stay in the hospital. He now has an incurable autoimmune disease that will require lots of pharmaceuticals for the rest of his life. It has been an adjustment, for sure. So thankful he has good health insurance and we were able to deal with this with our meager emergency fund, but we also really wish we would have signed up for life insurance while he was still healthy!

Mid-Oct:
SEP IRA: $590
tIRA: $1809
Car loan: $3692
Roof loan: $3578
Emergency fund: $505
Hospital bill: $2024

Total: -$6390

Ah ha ha! Silly me. I thought we had paid off the last of the hospital bills. Nope. Another one rolled in. Always something.

Mid-Nov:
SEP IRA: $1395
tIRA: $1826
Car loan: $3452
Roof loan: $3578
Emergency fund: $1000
Hospital bill: $2024, maybe. It's under review.

Total: -$4833

Mid-Dec:
SEP IRA: $1399
tIRA: $1849
Car loan: $3211
Roof loan: $1506
Emergency fund: $1000
Hospital bill: $1774

Total: -$2243

Mid-Jan:
SEP IRA: $2524
tIRA: $1978
Car loan: $2971
Roof loan: $1352
Emergency fund: $1000
Hospital bill: $1523

Total: -$344 Getting close to zero!!!

Feb:
SEP IRA: $3439
tIRA: $2111
Car Loan: -$2730
Roof Loan: -$1352
Emergency Fund: $1000
Hospital Bill: -$1523

Total: $945 Tada!! Positive net worth!! It took 13 months to make it to the starting line, but I made it :)

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Re: Saving to $10K
« Reply #669 on: February 10, 2018, 01:59:27 AM »
my accounts are not liking the market dip. :( Hoping my income will outweigh the losses. So far I'm down $1,600 from the end of Jan.

But if you're not gonna be using that money anytime soon, then the balance today doesn't matter. I'm taking this as an opportunity to look at my dropping investment balance, notice that my daily/monthly cashflow hasn't changed a bit, and take to heart the advice to stay the course. :)

There's a thread somewhere about marveling that being able to lose $x without real hurt is its own indicator of wealth... And of course, you will re-earn that $1600. I'm sorry it's set you back from the thread goal, but this is normal and [hopefully] we were ready for it!

Yes of course the balance today "doesn't matter". I just like the idea of my balance reflecting all the work I'm putting in. Like all my debts going down.

Just posting feelings not planning on taking all my money out of the market. :)

This here. I know what steps I need to take (stay the course) which I don’t have a problem with but I also liked seeing the numbers reflect the hard work we were putting in. I like to see the fruits of our savings labor immediately :) Quite humbling to receive the tax refund, invest the total amount and then watch our net worth and asset amount drop as if nothing happened...

Either way, money will stay put and we will continue on our wealth accumulation/debt reduction journey. I just look at the numbers much less frequently - which is probably a good thing for me anyway...

This is why I also have a graph of the number of shares I own, not just the value at any given time. So I can make my progress, regardless of circumstances, a tangible thing.

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« Reply #670 on: February 10, 2018, 02:36:09 AM »
Total: $945 Tada!! Positive net worth!! It took 13 months to make it to the starting line, but I made it :)

Congrats LemonVerbena!!  Positive territory is huge. Great job!

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« Reply #671 on: February 10, 2018, 12:03:44 PM »
@Spruit that's a great idea! I'm going to borrow your graph of actual shares owned and start doing that on our end.

CONGRATS, @lemonverbena! Huge win. Awesome to see how your hard work paid off :)

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Re: Saving to $10K
« Reply #672 on: February 12, 2018, 08:36:30 AM »
Way to go, lemonverbena!!!!  That's such a good feeling.

And yes, the market dropping feels crappy, even though I know it doesn't mean anything to me right now.  My 401K was up by 25% at one point -- I knew it couldn't stay that way! 

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« Reply #673 on: February 13, 2018, 02:54:08 PM »
We were recently above 10k, but decided it was silly to keep paying interest on debt while we had money available. So, we start over and now there's nowhere to go but up! The only debt we have is on our rental property, we don't own our primary residence. Only including investments, rental house equity in our NW calculations.

2/1/18 - $5,047.07

Hoping to join the 10k club again within 2 months!

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« Reply #674 on: February 14, 2018, 12:41:01 PM »
Time to join this seriously and post my finances to the direct number. I have all my accounts on Mint so despite not posting here. I pretty much can see what a poor net worth I have on mint.

I think I should define this by net worth, but my first savings to 10K will be trying to get my savings account and 401K there. I save about $1000 each month, so my monthly expenses tend to be around 1400

Age - 25

Total net worth = -$30,768

Car loan = -$9,331
Student loan = $-28,503
Credit card = -$ 4,313 (about 4,000 is medical debt, but lazy paying this as it is on 0% until next year)

Positives

401K - $7785
Checking - 1287.60 (Haven't paid all my bills yet, will have about $200 left after bills.)
Savings - $2300.11

Short term goal - Get savings account to $5,000. Pay of credit card debt and cancel credit card. I ripped up this card after putting all my medical bills on it. Once, I pay it off. going to cancel it.

On that note, my 401K is the most impressive. I have contributed only about 6% of my income last year and bumped it up to 10% this year and amazed that it somehow managed to reach $7,000. Once, my credit card debt is gone, really going to get on a Roth IRA.


Total networth = -29,399
Car loan = -$9,030
Student loan = -$28,503
Credit card = -$ 4,228  (0%)

Positives

401K - $8,263
Savings - $2800.11

New year hear we go.

Total net worth = -$27,676

Car loan = -$8424
Student loan = $-28,320
Credit card = -$ 4,330 (Still at 0%, not going to pay it until other goals are met)


Positives

401K - $9,162 (This is nuts, i don't have a high income, it's like increased by over $1000 in a month??)
Checking - 158
Savings - $4000

Age: Now 26, Birthday was on the 5th of Feb

Total net worth = -$26,017 Company 401k match really helped.

Car loan = -$8424
Student loan = $-28,110
Credit card = -$ 4,330 (remains untouched)


Positives

401K - $10,411 (Company match, pushed it up)
Checking - 479
Savings - $4400


Goal is still to get savings to 10K but need tires for my car and some incoming emergencies.

« Last Edit: February 14, 2018, 12:43:35 PM by Rimu05 »

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« Reply #675 on: February 15, 2018, 05:40:27 AM »
I’m in! 10k net worth will be my goal for May 2018.

December 14, 2017: +811
[took out NW graph for quoting]
12/29/2017: $2,243
1/14/2018: $3,162.51
1/31/2018: $5,592.26
2/15/2018: $8,544.84

I got a $5K raise at work which became effective with today's paycheck. Very surprisingly, they retroactively paid for January's salary increase in this check, too. I was really impressed. So that, plus an increased 401K percentage contribution, and my final HSA contribution for the year, meant a decent jump in NW this check. Hopefully, this means I'll hit 10K by the end of March. :-)
« Last Edit: February 15, 2018, 05:45:18 AM by lexde »

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« Reply #676 on: February 15, 2018, 09:13:02 AM »
That is awesome - congrats, lexde! You'll be out of here in no time :)

Mid-month update:

12/11/17: (47,400)
12/26/17: (42,469)
12/29/17: (39,190)
1/31/18: (28,165)
2/15/18: (26,399)

Assets [401ks, IRAs, Cash]: $38,620
Student Loan + CC: (65,019)

We are THIS CLOSE to wrapping up 2018 roth contributions for the two of us this year. The tax refund helped quite a bit. We also decided to start cashing in on rewards points and using CCs for everyday purchases but they'll be paid off in full at the end of the month so the net worth definitely reflects that. If things continue on as we've projected, this will be the first month we can put an extra payment toward the student loans.

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« Reply #677 on: February 15, 2018, 09:34:33 AM »
We were recently above 10k, but decided it was silly to keep paying interest on debt while we had money available. So, we start over and now there's nowhere to go but up! The only debt we have is on our rental property, we don't own our primary residence. Only including investments, rental house equity in our NW calculations.

2/1/18 - $5,047.07

Hoping to join the 10k club again within 2 months!
2/15/18: $6,186.39

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« Reply #678 on: February 15, 2018, 09:41:53 AM »
February mid-month update

3/31/2017 (52,848.85)
4/30/2017 (48,076.67)
5/31/2017 (47,110.22)
6/30/2017 (46,540.28)
7/31/2017 (44,354.10)
8/31/2017 (47,236.39)
9/30/2017 (42,436.10)
10/31/2017 (33,346.78)
11/30/2017 $(28,911.53)
12/31/2017 $(24,424.13)
1/31/2018 $(20,454.43)
2/15/2018 $(20,844.91) -390.48 decrease!

Went the wrong way this month. The good news is that this is all due to the Market correction. I still paid down about $2K in Credit Card debt and about $1K in Student Loans in just the first half of the month. The other good news is I still have another Full-Time and a part-time check coming to me this month and fingers crossed the market is done correcting itself and I can salvage this month.


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Re: Saving to $10K
« Reply #679 on: February 15, 2018, 03:11:07 PM »
December: -$62,200
January: -$60,100

I'm up to $24K invested.. hopefully will hit the $25K mark next month! 1/4 of the way to the first $100K.

February: -$58,700

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Re: Saving to $10K
« Reply #680 on: February 19, 2018, 02:39:50 PM »
7/13/2017: $2,238.41
8/1/2017: $2,771.40
8/16/2017: $3,071.40
9/1/2017: $3,202.61
9/15/2017: $3,502.63
10/2/2017: $3,807.67
10/16/2017: $4,021.00
11/1/2017: $4,121.00
11/16/2017: $4,208.73
12/1/2017: $4,267.73
12/15/2017: $4,532.82
12/30/2017: $4,864.78
1/16/2018: $8,114.78
2/2/2018: $8,424.59
2/19/2018: $8,431.24

A little late with the mid-month update. Work has been really busy and the LAST freaking thing I've wanted to do with my spare mental energy is talk about budgeting. Which is probably bad because I only added like $6 to my house fund and I spent most of the difference on consumer goods,* which is unusual for me. And I'm going to spend more money on clothes this month? It's kind of mind boggling, but then I've also hit a point where I'm tired of wearing boots with the soles coming apart** and leggings with holes in them. I haven't bought new winter clothes or shoes in about four years and I just don't choose to deal with having such limited options anymore.

*I did bank $$$ for the upcoming wedding season and summer travel.
**Not worth repairing since the leather around the zipper is also starting to fray.

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Re: Saving to $10K
« Reply #681 on: February 20, 2018, 01:20:50 AM »
You can buy an aweful lot of clothes for little money in a thriftshop. That does take some trial and error though, as in : multiple runs before you get all the things you are looking for.
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Re: Saving to $10K
« Reply #682 on: February 20, 2018, 01:30:33 PM »
You van buy An aweful lot of clothes for little money in a thriftshop. That does take some trial and error though, as in : multiple runs before you getall the things you are looking for.

Yeah, I know. I buy most of my clothes second-hand since it's a win for both the budget and sustainability, but it can be tough when you're trying to plug specific holes. I've been looking for a new pair of black work pants for over a year, for example, and haven't been able to find the unicorn pair in the right size, right fit, and right quality of construction. I'm trucking along without them, even though my work wardrobe would be easier to manage if I had them, because I don't need-need them and am willing to keep sucking it up until I find something perfect.

The stuff I've been replacing, though, is more critical-level and has not been available at my second-hand shops of choice. A big chunk of it is also athletic wear, which is not really something I'm interested in picking up second-hand because of the sweat factor. It's February, I have one pair of leggings without holes in them, and I work out 5-6 days a week.

I feel like I'm doing a lot of justifying. I thought all of my winter clothes had worn out last year, but I gritted my teeth and got through it to save the money. But this year I'm DONE.

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Re: Saving to $10K
« Reply #683 on: February 20, 2018, 02:09:10 PM »
Okay, totally get that. No justification needed on my account :-) I don't find everything thrifted all of the time either. 80-20 principle works for clothes as well I guess.

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Re: Saving to $10K
« Reply #684 on: February 21, 2018, 02:56:43 AM »
Just wanted to share this inspiring post from the "Share Your Badassity" thread, about starting from nothing with low earnings, and what it feels like to make it to $100k:

https://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/share-your-badassity/thank-you-to-this-community-hit-over-$100k-started-at-minimum-wage/
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Re: Saving to $10K
« Reply #685 on: February 21, 2018, 06:38:24 AM »
Thanks for sharing that link Trifele. :)

Can't wait for all of us to reach that level!

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Re: Saving to $10K
« Reply #686 on: February 22, 2018, 04:42:58 AM »

22/09/2017: 
Current account - £927.07
Emergency fund - £1.58
Investments - £0
Credit Card debt - -£1,288.72
Payments Due this month - -£1022

Total - -£1,382.07



 23/10/2017:

Current Account:  £113.95
Emergency fund:  £1.58
Investments:  £527.21
Credit Card:  -£822.27

TOTAL - -£179.53


22/11/2017

Current: £119.37
Emergency Fund:  £1.58
Investments:  £569.80
Credit Card:  -£195.70

NET:  £495.05



21/12/2017

Current: £363.26
Emergency Fund: £1.58
Investments: £581.26
Credit Card: £0

NET: £946.10



22/01/2018

Current: £940.82
Emergency Fund: £1.58
Investments: £659.59
Credit Card: £0


NET: £1,601.99



February update.

Tough month financially, covering my SO's half of the bills and less money paid in overtime + had some overdue work done in the house (so bought the materials and carried the work out with family for free).  I'm being a bit of a complainy pants I know, but just so frustrating to go in the wrong direction. 

Current: £401.10
Emergency Fund: £500
Investments: £666.36
Credit Card: £0


NET: £1,567.46


The bad news is I'm down £34.53 on last month.  Really irritating!  To prove I'm still moving in the correct direction I've put £500 into my savings 'emergency fund'.  I can access this money, but it's difficult too (I have to go into bank with ID, queue up for ages and so on - can't just transfer via banking app).  If I do that again after payday (or atleast something) it keeps me moving in the right direction and will make it harder to justify facepunch spending.

On the brightside it could be worse, no CC debt racked up and still got enough money left over at the end of the month.  Had my SO's work situation happened in September I'd genuinely be in 'sell the house' territory.

How's everyone else getting on?  Good to see some new accounts on here.


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Re: Saving to $10K
« Reply #687 on: February 23, 2018, 06:12:13 AM »
Wooptidoo, it's payday! Got paid for main job and side gig this month, so a welcome boost for the numbers.
NW numbers:
Dec (2-12-17): 4171
Dec (22-12-17): 5937
Jan (1-1-18): 4398
Feb (5-2-18): 5067
Feb (23-2-18): 6445

My NW number now starts with a six, yes! We're in the lift again with joint NW as well, pleased with that too.

« Last Edit: February 23, 2018, 07:02:11 AM by Spruit »

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Re: Saving to $10K
« Reply #688 on: February 23, 2018, 02:38:03 PM »
Thanks to all the people that take the time to cheer everyone on! That makes this so much more fun and motivating :)
Now that I’ve made it to zero, I thought it was time to trim my thread history. Fresh start!

Late Feb:
SEP IRA: $3548
tIRA: $4165
Emergency fund: $1000
Roof loan: -$1267
Car loan: -$2730
Hospital bill: -$1523

Total: $3193

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Re: Saving to $10K
« Reply #689 on: February 25, 2018, 10:53:40 AM »
07.2017 = (£2,877)
08.2017 = (£1,852) = +£1,025
09.2017 = (£650) = +£1,202
10.2017 = £1,238 = + £1,888
11.2017 = £3,066 = + £1,178
12.2017 = £4,360 = + £1,294
01.2018 = £6,895 = + £2,535
02.2018 = £7,943 = + £1,048
03.2018 = £8,754 = + £811

Assets = £22,299
Student loans = (£13,545)

Interesting month, it's the first month I saved more from my paycheck (£1,300) than my net worth actually went up by (£811). Frustrating! But a good test for I'll just have to complete ignore market corrections.

Thanks for the link Trifele! Always interesting to read other people's perspectives.

According to my spreadsheet, unless an emergency or major market correction happens I will hopefully pass £10K next month!! So close!


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Re: Saving to $10K
« Reply #690 on: February 28, 2018, 01:52:15 AM »
Savings:
July 31:                 €2400
August 30:            €2000
September 27:       €1300
October 30:           €1400
November 30:        €1600
December 29:        €1100
February 1:            €1100
February 28:          €1300

Investments:
July 31:                 €1985.37
August 30:             €2095.00
September 27:       €2253
October 30:           €2461
November 30:        €2622.06
December 29:        €2661.50 (didn't do the monthly transfer yet)
February 1:            €3021,56
February 29:          €3101,58

Total:
July 31:                  €4385.37
August 30:              €4095.00
September 27:        €3553
October 30:             €3861
November 30:          €4222.06
December 29:          €3761,50 (+ 740 unpaid salary = 4501.50 )
February 1:             €4121,60
February 29:           €4401,58

Goals for 31 December 2018:

Savings:            €3000
Investments:     €4500
Total:                €7500

Total is now the highest it has ever been since I've joined this thread! And pretty sure it hasn't been this high since right before we bought our house in summer 2015. We paid local taxes this month and a couple of other bills, but we're still making progress. I worked a lot of overtime this month that will be paid in March, so hopefully next month will be even better. While doing some work on the house last week we discovered a small leak in water pipe and had that fixed, so hopefully that will lower the water bill a little bit. I also got an unexpected 3% raise this month (which is about €30). I had a 10% raise this summer, after my 1 -year evaluation, so I really didn't expect another raise this soon. I'm glad to see my boss values me. He's not the type of person to say that at loud, he can be very difficult, but I'm happy that he's expressing his satisfaction through money :)

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Re: Saving to $10K
« Reply #691 on: February 28, 2018, 05:37:51 AM »
I’m in! 10k net worth will be my goal for May 2018.

December 14, 2017: +811
[took out NW graph for quoting]
12/29/2017: $2,243
1/14/2018: $3,162.51
1/31/2018: $5,592.26
2/15/2018: $8,544.84
2/28/2018: $10,215.72

Well, that went by a lot quicker than I was expecting. Cheers, everyone! I'm going on vacation next month so my NW might dip so I'll stick around a bit for a buffer. :-)

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« Reply #692 on: February 28, 2018, 05:59:50 AM »
Good luck studying, onthedollar. And have a nice trip Lexde!

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Re: Saving to $10K
« Reply #693 on: February 28, 2018, 07:02:06 AM »
2/28/2018: $10,215.72

Well, that went by a lot quicker than I was expecting. Cheers, everyone! I'm going on vacation next month so my NW might dip so I'll stick around a bit for a buffer. :-)

Congratulations!!!!

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« Reply #694 on: February 28, 2018, 07:57:12 AM »
End of month update:

12/11/17: (47,400)
12/26/17: (42,469)
12/29/17: (39,190)
1/31/18: (28,165)
2/15/18: (26,399)
2/28/18: (21,735)

Assets [401ks, IRAs, Cash]: $42,150
Student Loan: (63,885)

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« Reply #695 on: February 28, 2018, 08:49:22 AM »
Congrats @lexde have a great vacation.

Nice work @zeli2033

February Update
3/31/2017 (52,848.85)
4/30/2017 (48,076.67)
5/31/2017 (47,110.22)
6/30/2017 (46,540.28)
7/31/2017 (44,354.10)
8/31/2017 (47,236.39)
9/30/2017 (42,436.10)
10/31/2017 (33,346.78)
11/30/2017 $(28,911.53)
12/31/2017 $(24,424.13)
1/31/2018 $(20,454.43)
2/28/2018 $(18,221.63) +$2,232.80 Managed to turn this month around thanks to the market recovering a little and throwing all my money at debt and spending very little.

My part-time gig is coming to an end probably by next week so my income will be about $1K less a month but I think I can still keep up with my $3K a month increase as long as I stay focused and the market doesn't get crazy.


Zero NW Goal - September 2018
$10K NW Goal - December 2018

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Re: Saving to $10K
« Reply #696 on: February 28, 2018, 01:34:55 PM »
February update  :)

Savings
Jan 1st $0
Jan 31st $2628
Feb 28th $5254.40 (+$2626.40)
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« Reply #697 on: February 28, 2018, 02:17:36 PM »
Current net worth : ~470€ .
Per aspera ad astra. ;)

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Re: Saving to $10K
« Reply #698 on: March 01, 2018, 06:55:13 AM »
End of February update:

Emergency fund: $4272

Thankfully I'm heading back in the right direction!  I got my federal tax refund and my insurance kicked in for part of my dental bill.  I should only be going up from here (fingers crossed, at least!)

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« Reply #699 on: March 01, 2018, 07:22:09 AM »
Per aspera ad astra. ;)
I like this. Going to learn how to cross-stitch, just so I can put that on a pillow. :)