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I slacked a little on the savings front in 2016. Did a lot, but didn't manage to really optimize because my housing situation was up in the air. Now I'm in a steady living situation that I love and am almost done with my schoolin'. 2017 Financial Goals - Max 401k - Max ROTH IRA - Keep video game spending to less than $40/mo - Keep at-home alcohol spending to under $40/mo - Take a vacation without feeling guilty. 2017 Career Goals - Finish Masters on-time w/associated raise - Pass PE exam on first attempt - Uh... don't get fired, I guess? 2017 Stretch goals - Save $10k beyond 401k/IRA - Help my siblings organize their finances for their budding careers
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April Update: 2017 Financial Goals - Max 401k. On track! - Max ROTH IRA Done! - Keep video game spending to less than $40/mo Failed Miserably. drat you, switch! - Keep at-home alcohol spending to under $40/mo Succeeded against all odds. Mostly thanks to stocking up my liquor cabinet late last year. - Take a vacation without feeling guilty. Still hemming and hawing on this one. 2017 Career Goals - Finish Masters on-time w/associated raise. Successfully defended, just gotta wrap up my finals in 2 weeks. - Pass PE exam on first attempt Pending October. Signed up for a review course that gives me a nice 2-month break after school is done. - Uh... don't get fired, I guess? Big 'ole check here. 2017 Stretch goals - Save $10k beyond 401k/IRA Unlikely, but still gonna try. - Help my siblings organize their finances for their budding careers I've sent them both the If You Can pamphlet. Going to harass them about reading it after I'm done w/school. I also helped my brother to make his first IRA deposit and explained risk profiles and expense ratios to him 
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Apr 26, 2017 16:08
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End of July Update 2017 Financial Goals - Max 401k Check! - Max ROTH IRA Check! - Keep video game spending to less than $40/mo Failed, looking more like $70/mo. I blame the Switch. - Keep at-home alcohol spending to under $40/mo Failed, miserably. More like $80/mo - Take a vacation without feeling guilty. Not yet. Saving this for after prof. exam. 2017 Career Goals - Finish Masters on-time w/associated raise Got masters.... but no raise. Not thrilled. - Pass PE exam on first attempt Preparations have begun. The realness is slowly setting in. - Uh... don't get fired, I guess? Check 2017 Stretch goals - Save $10k beyond 401k/IRA Check! - Help my siblings organize their finances for their budding careers Check...ish. I need to have a powwow with them soon. Pretty good, all-in-all. Haven't hit my frugality goals, but honestly, I'm socking away about 60% of my take-home in retirement/house savings so I'm not too upset.
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Jul 31, 2017 15:03
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Early end-o-year report! 2017 Financial Goals - Max 401k $2000 short but almost did it. - Max ROTH IRA Done! - Keep video game spending to less than $40/mo 2017 was a great year for video games and a bad year for not buying them - Keep at-home alcohol spending to under $40/mo 2017 was a great year for drinking - Take a vacation without feeling guilty. Done! 2017 Career Goals - Finish Masters on-time w/associated raise No raise, but did it  - Pass PE exam on first attempt Success! - Uh... don't get fired, I guess? Success! 2017 Stretch goals - Save $10k beyond 401k/IRA I should've thrown more into my 401k, because I ended up almost doubling this. Oops! - Help my siblings organize their finances for their budding careers Did the best I could
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