A couple years ago, I worked in a contract position (yes, the one I was laid off from) where my trainer was someone who normally works from home, but was coming into the office to do the training sessions. While WFH is a dream for an introvert like me, I was shocked at a remark she made about sometimes going “for days” without leaving her home. While I’ve never been a super social person, I couldn’t fathom the idea of…
March has been a pretty rewarding month for me. As I mentioned last month, I received a raise, the first paycheck of which was reflected this month. On top of that, I received my bonus and March also happened to be a 3-paycheck month! I allocated the majority of my bonus paycheck to my 401k so for the rest of the year I only have to contribute the minimum to get my employer’s match. Of course, with every high comes…
I’m riding on quite a high this month. My manager was finally able to secure the raise I had been asking for! And I’m not kidding when I say I’ve been asking for it. I point blank asked for a raise over a couple of 1:1s with her because I honestly made a mistake when switching over to her team by not bringing it up. In hindsight, I realized that’s when I would’ve had the most negotiating power. Anyways, at…
Goodbye 2022, hello 2023! This post will be a short one as I plan to do an in-depth 2022 Year In Review. December was fairly low-key. I didn’t have any big family gatherings this year so it was a pretty relaxing month. I was biting my nails to see how the market would end this year and if I would hit any net worth goals. I’ll keep the suspense going until my next post! December Budget Fixed Spending I went…
September was a crazy roller coaster of a month when it came to my net worth. For the first time since I started tracking my net worth, despite working full time and not blowing off all my money, my net worth has gone down this quarter compared to what it was six month ago when I last reported. 3rd Quarter Net Worth I touched the elusive $250k net worth last month a couple times but it never seems to be…
I couldn’t wait to post my updates for this month! August was the best month I’ve had in a while. It honestly seems like things are finally coming back to normal, whatever this new normal is. Things have started to settle down with work so the stress level has definitely gone down. Things have also settled down in terms of home furnishing and home improvement spending so this month’s budget is starting to reflect my usual spending. Even getting COVID…
July was an anxiety-filled month. Work has been crazy and my manager broke the news that she spoke with higher ups and I will not be getting a salary increase. Their rationale is they have hired a dedicated person to help alleviate the work I was helping with for a different department. Another person from my department is also finally coming back after having taken a month leave. I was assured that once that’s in motion, she’d take back the role…
Ah! March was such a hectic, anxiety-inducing month that I pretty much lost all motivation to keep the blog updated. The first two weeks of March were actually fine. I even started writing my recap of my first 5K, the training I did, and my future running goals but didn’t end up finishing it when things went crazy all of a sudden. I might still post that but a lot has changed since. I was hit with major hives of…
I’ve gone absolutely crazy with work this month. 2022 welcomed me with a very rare opportunity to work overtime in January with overtime pay. As a salaried employee, overtime pay is very rare. So I took this opportunity and ran with it. With no limit to the amount of overtime I was allowed to do, I worked 70+ hours per week for the entire month of January. I’ve only taken two days off this entire month! The things I do…
Goodbye 2021, hello 2022! As I look back on the past year and contemplated the theme of 2021, I realized that The Year of Waiting was the most fitting. I started 2021 with excitement as I do every year, anticipating the year that would come with every ounce of optimism. Unfortunately most of the waiting ended up in disappointment, but that’s just life sometimes. A Diminishing Excitement At the start of 2021, I was most excited to get the newly…