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Budget Update: June 2018

July 4, 2018

Our monthly budget update includes five highlights from the last month, along with three goals for the month ahead. Here's the update for June 2018.

Our monthly budget does not change much. 

It is primarily fixed expenses, like rent, phone bills and car insurance, which remain the same month after month.  Even the amount budgeted to our miscellaneous line (more on that here) stays the same most months. 

So instead of giving a line-by-line breakdown for our monthly budget update, I do something a little different.  Each month, I share five highlights from our budget, along with three goals for the month to come.

Here is the update for June 2018.

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Filed Under: Monthly Budget Updates Tagged: debt-free journey, financial goals, financial independence, saving money

Budget Update: May 2018

June 5, 2018

Our monthly budget update includes five highlights from the last month, along with three goals for the month ahead. Here's the update for May 2018.

Our monthly budget does not change much.

It is primarily fixed expenses, like rent, phone bills and car insurance, which remain the same month after month. Even the amount budgeted to our miscellaneous line (more on that here) stays the same most months. 

So instead of giving a line-by-line breakdown for our monthly budget update, I do something a little different. Each month, I share five highlights from our budget, along with three goals for the month to come.

Here is the update for May 2018.

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Filed Under: Monthly Budget Updates Tagged: debt-free journey, financial goals, financial independence, saving money

Owning our financial privilege

May 1, 2018

Financial privilege: why honesty matters if you blog about money

I remember when I realized how it’s important to own your financial privilege if you write about money on the internet.

The headline drew me in right away with its promise to explain how the writer saved a large sum of money while earning a very low wage. Who wouldn’t want to check that out?

I clicked read more.

The writing was solid and the steps the writer took to save money made sense.

Still, I felt like something was missing as I read. 

Fourteen paragraphs in, I found it.Continue Reading

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Filed Under: Personal Finance Discussions Tagged: debt, debt-free journey, financial freedom, financial independence, financial privilege, personal finance, student loan

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