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Good OP, OP. You did it!  I'm fortunate that things are pretty well on autopilot for my wife and I. Financial Max various retirement accounts incl 401(k), IRA, HSA Contribute $2K to 529 in order to maximize state income tax benefits. Save at least $60K towards house down payment Identify an accountant in case tax situation gets much more complex in 2023 Migrate our stupid low yield CD that's up in January in to a T-Bill ladder or something similar. $10K I-Bond purchase Nonfinancial Go skiing 10 days in the year Use all my vacation time Read 25 books Exercise 150+ days
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I had to read Ethan Frome as a kid and hated it. I wonder how I would react to it as an adult. I read Conrad's Nostromo which I liked a lot.
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Dec 19, 2022 18:42
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I really loved the Water Knife.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Good OP, OP. You did it! I'm adjusting my goals to include actually tracking the god drat books I read
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Financial Max various retirement accounts incl 401(k), IRA, HSA - All on pace Contribute $2K to 529 in order to maximize state income tax benefits. - Not done yet Save at least $60K towards house down payment - $58K/$60K Identify an accountant in case tax situation gets much more complex in 2023 - not done yet Migrate our stupid low yield CD that's up in January in to a T-Bill ladder or something similar - not done yet, it's just sitting in HYSA for now $10K I-Bond purchase not done yet Nonfinancial Go skiing 10 days in the year - 1/10 days, not on pace. Have 8 upcoming in the schedeule. lousy winter in New England; nothing Use all my vacation time - 0 used, not on pace. 3/25 to be used in March Read 25 books - 4/25, on pace Exercise 150+ days - 21/25, not on pace Need to buckle down and get some things done in March, particularly catch back up with exercise goal. KYOON GRIFFEY JR fucked around with this message at 18:08 on Mar 1, 2023 |
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Mar 1, 2023 18:04
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If you want test users for your time tracking app I’d potentially be interested - presuming it’s oriented towards tracking project / billable time and not some kind of personal time tracking app.
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Mar 2, 2023 13:31
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Sure we'll do March: Financial Max various retirement accounts incl 401(k), IRA, HSA - All on pace Identify an accountant in case tax situation gets much more complex in 2023 - not done yet $10K I-Bond purchase not done yet Nonfinancial Go skiing 10 days in the year - 9/10 days It's supposed to snow this week. This weekend is probably my last shot. Use all my PTO time - 3/25 used in March so I'm not on pace but I've at least used some Read 25 books - 5/25 not on pace Exercise 150+ days - 36/38 not on pace Caught up a bit on exercise but still just off the pace.
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Apr 2, 2023 18:34
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April Financial Max various retirement accounts incl 401(k), IRA, HSA - All on pace Identify an accountant in case tax situation gets much more complex in 2023 - not done yet Nonfinancial Go skiing 10 days in the year - 9/10 days I guess I could get a couple in in December Use all my PTO time - 3/25 not great! Read 25 books - 5/25 not on pace although i'm in the middle of two and pretty close. Exercise 150+ days - 50/50 on pace! Caught up on exercise, way behind on books. got owned by the new I-Bond fixed rate. Mostly just need to figure out an accountant, I'll probably start looking at the end of May since I believe that is when things start to slow down for those guys. edit: realized i forgot to update my exercise number. KYOON GRIFFEY JR fucked around with this message at 19:40 on May 5, 2023 |
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May 4, 2023 14:57
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I run about 120 nights in hotels a year, mostly for work. Been doing that for about 12 years, in both consistent places (the classic M-R consultant four days a week on site, same site every week deal), and inconsistent places (right now, I go to like six or seven places somewhat regularly with some additional chaos). Good news for you is that if you're on a treadmill, most decent hotels will have a hotel gym with treadmills. The challenge is making time and making it a habit. I find it much easier to make exercise a part of my work travel routine. On the road for work is just like home for work - you have to establish a routine and get your exercise in. Decide on what schedule makes sense and stick to it. At home I work out after work but on the road I do it in the morning, because on the road there's always client dinners and other evening bullshit, plus you'll probably be drained from whatever work stuff you gotta do. For vacation, I usually substitute. On vacation I like to walk around a lot so I do that, or depending on where it is I'll find something active to make part of my vacation (a short hike, paddle boarding, rent bikes for a few hours, whatever). But I'm not trying to get in like a swim, or a real run, or yoga, or free weights like I would at home. If you're mostly doing treadmill, I'd try to substitute a decent walk or hike or something like that.
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May 16, 2023 01:38
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christ cancel all that poo poo while you still can other than maybe gap
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May 31, 2023 16:14
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Sorry you got laid off but sounds like it aligned pretty well with your plans.
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June. Making some additions and updates since we are now expecting kyoon griffey the third early in the new year Financial Max various retirement accounts incl 401(k), IRA, HSA - All on pace, adding wife's new 457 for new job Identify an accountant in case tax situation gets much more complex in 2023 - not done yet Figure out how to use DCA benefits for future daycare costs - not done yet Get term life set up for both of us - not done yet Nonfinancial Go skiing 10 days in the year - 9/10 days I guess I could get a couple in in December Use all my PTO time - 4/ Read 25 books - 12/25 pretty much back on pace. Exercise 150+ days - 76/75 on pace! Set up KG3 room and infrastructure - not yet Get on some daycare waitlists for KG3 - not yet
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I think switching away from a NW goal is a good idea. It’s not really in your control. On the one hand in a bull market you can hit the goal without changing any behavior at all! But in a bear market, you can crank up the savings rate and still miss. I shifted a little while back and instead focused on an absolute savings rate goal, which is much more within my control.
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July Financial Max various retirement accounts incl 401(k), IRA, HSA - All on pace, adding wife's new 457 for new job Identify an accountant in case tax situation gets much more complex in 2023 - not done yet Get term life set up for both of us - not done yet Nonfinancial Go skiing 10 days in the year - 9/10 days I guess I could get a couple in in December Use all my PTO time - 5/20 Not great, but have at least seven more on the books already, not counting holiday time Read 25 books - 12/25 falling behind Exercise 150+ days - 92/88 on pace! Set up KG3 room and infrastructure - not yet
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September Financial Max various retirement accounts incl 401(k), IRA, HSA - All on pace, adding wife's new 457 for new job Supplemental: save an additional $15K towards house down payment by EOY. Get term life set up for both of us - not done yet Nonfinancial Go skiing 10 days in the year - 9/10 days I guess I could get a couple in in December Use all my PTO time - 7/20 Not great, but have at least eight more on the books already, not counting holiday time, which should get me there. Read 25 books - 15/25 falling behind more! I read The White Ship by Charles Spencer (good, interesting time period, suffers from the problem of Too Many People to keep track of and insufficient focus), Ithaca by Claire North (excellent in parts, premise is somewhat derivative [Madeline Miller did it better/first] but unique enough, ending is unsatisfying and insufficiently Greek), The Towers of Trebizond by Rose Macaulay (classic; very English). Going on a lazy vacation and should be able to bang out a few more to catch up in October. Exercise 150+ days - 114/113 on pace! Set up KG3 room and infrastructure - not finished but made some good progress
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Semi-triumphant EOY update Financial Nonfinancial Go skiing 10 days in the year - 9/10 days December sucked rear end for skiing in the Northeast and I wasn't willing to drop time and money just to nominally close this out. Use all my PTO time - 17/20 Due to some chaos I wasn't able to use all of it, but at least I get it rolled in to next year. Read 25 books - 22/25 Added a few novels and some parenting books, but came up short. Exercise 150+ days - 136/150 Not good enough! I will need to back this down next year anyway, but it was a disappointing finish to the year. As usual did fine on the financial and not so well on the non-financial. I will need to make adjustments for the impending lifestyle change in 2024.
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