FOCUS ON WHAT YOU CAN CONTROL

The key to achieving personal finance goals is keeping the focus on what you can control. A cloud of temptation to set a bar high and getting a burnout along the way lingers on many newbies. Its not bad  being excited about taking charge of our finances, as long as we bear...

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2013 GOALS

The 2013 Goals I am documenting this year will only be personal finance ones. I know its towards the end of January, but I wish you well this year. I am planning to set achievable goals this year. My 2012 goals were not very realistic, but I didn't do that bad either, I think. PERSONAL FINANCE GOALS MAIN GOAL:  2012 saw our net worth growing...

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2012 FINAL Goal Review

Its 2012 Final Goal Review time. A little late but done. Our big holiday took most of my January but I was determined to do my "ALL year review". I still cant believe January is approaching its end too. My overall goal was to live on less than 50% of my income and save/ invest the rest. I had all my finance tracking twisted. But I managed to keep the...

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Monthly Spending and Budget Report-December 2012

To those new in this blog, I track my spending every month. My goal for 2012 was to spend 50% of my income in order for me (and hubby) to retire comfortably in early 40s. My December 2012 monthly spending and budget report is a bit late. I had an "end of the year" burn out and no blogging time. November was a great month. I spent only 46% of my income....

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Monthly Spending and Budget Report-November 2012

To those new in this blog, I track my spending every month. My goal is to spend 50% of my income in order for me (and hubby) to retire comfortably in early 40s. My November 2012 monthly spending and budget report is very late. October was a travel month for our family. Then the geyser (water heater) in one rental unit acted up leaving our income...

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