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sweet_jones
Jan 1, 2007

2016 Goals:

1. Increase Net Worth to 160k

2. Save 10k towards new car

3. Raise emergency fund to 24k

4. Pay cash for new suit and summer vacation. So, plan.

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sweet_jones
Jan 1, 2007

sweet_jones posted:



1. Increase Net Worth to 160k

Begin: 114.9 / Q1: 128.7


Wow, we're already almost a quarter of the way into 2016!

sweet_jones posted:


2. Save 10k towards new car

Begin: 0 / Q1: 1,800

sweet_jones posted:


3. Raise emergency fund to 24k

Begin: 17.7 / Q1: 19.5

sweet_jones posted:


4. Pay cash for new suit and summer vacation. So, plan.

Love the new suit. I've also started a separate savings account that I'll use for vacations. I'm going to try and get 2400 in it by summer. We're going to Belize for two weeks. Stoked.

sweet_jones
Jan 1, 2007

Already half way through the year!

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sweet_jones posted:


1. Increase Net Worth to 160k

Begin: 114.9 / Q1: 128.7 / Q2: 140.8




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sweet_jones posted:

2. Save 10k towards new car

Begin: 0 / Q1: 1,800 / Q2: 1,900

I've been cycling more and laughing about how dusty/ugly my old car is. I'll keep saving for this though.

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sweet_jones posted:

3. Raise emergency fund to 24k

Begin: 17.7 / Q1: 19.5 / Q2: 22.3

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sweet_jones posted:

4. Pay cash for new suit and summer vacation. So, plan.

Love the new suit. I've also started a separate savings account that I'll use for vacations. I'm going to try and get 2400 in it by summer. We're going to Belize for two weeks. Stoked.

Update: just got back, Belize was the best vacation I've ever had. Amazing in many ways, but not having the cost of the trip set aside ahead of time bears relevance here.

sweet_jones
Jan 1, 2007

sweet_jones posted:

2016 Goals:

1. Increase Net Worth to 160k

2. Save 10k towards new car

3. Raise emergency fund to 24k

4. Pay cash for new suit and summer vacation. So, plan.

This was a good year; I mostly stuck with my goals while also buying a 101 year old house!

1. I'm seeing the futility in using NW as a goal and also the ambiguity of it as well. For me, I intended to get to 160 in investments and this happened.

2. I dropped this one. I moved really close to most everything important and while still lovely, my current car is only being used around once every two weeks. This should extend it's life for a while longer and put this goal on the back burner. Riding a bike, it turns out, is much cooler than driving.

3. Done.

4. Done.

My goals for next year are going to be really simple: max 403b and 457 contributions. Never maxed either and I feel like everything else is in a good place.

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