During September, my Net Worth increased 1.97%. Movin’ on up, baby!
Nothing really of note this month. I’m hoping that October is even better. It’s a three paycheck month, so that should help quite a bit. Especially if I continue to spend wisely.
I’m not sure what happened, but September was a big month for groceries. I guess it was all that stocking up. I’m hoping that reflects in this month’s spending and I can spend less this month. Crossing my fingers. I’m trying to do more cooking, which for me, ends up being more expensive than subsisting on sandwiches and soup. But it tastes so much better.
Hope September’s numbers were just as good (or better!) for everyone else.
Megan is a 30-something government employee in the Washington, DC area. She got interested in Personal Finance when she got out of college and realized that her paycheck wasn’t going to go as far as she had hoped. Since starting this blog, she has managed to buy a house and make a solid start on her retirement goals, and hopes to help others do the same. Here is her story:
In 2007, I was a gainfully employed 20-something with no debt but not a lot of knowledge about personal finance. It was a co-worker’s comment about Roth IRAs that sent me to the internet, searching for information. It was then that I realized that I really didn’t know a whole lot about personal finance and that my current financial situation was due a lot to inherent frugal tendencies, generous family members, a fear of debt, and good luck. While that was working for me, clearly I needed a better plan.
While I had no debt, I was also pretty much living paycheck to paycheck and not worrying about going over budget (I say this as if I had a real budget) because I had an emergency fund set aside to cover any overages.
Except that’s not what an emergency fund is for.
So I did a lot of research, read a lot of blogs, and decided that I needed a plan. I needed to budget. I needed to know what I was spending my money on. I needed to prepare for the future.
I decided to create a blog not only to make myself accountable to others but also to share the knowledge that I gained along the way. I’ve learned so much from my fellow bloggers, and I hope that my readers can find something useful in what I have to share as well.
Congrats on the increase! Slow and steady wins the race 🙂