So there's 19 days and one pay period left in the year. I'm still $150 short on my emergency savings goal after finally purchasing the domain name for Thirty&Free and a random poop test for the fur baby. I think those expenses were pretty necessary/beneficial. No? I finally finished my ARM book and I'm passing the exam tomorrow. Extra monthly income has been at least $200 each month. I'm a little worried about this month since Lyft has slown down, but I should still be able to bring home at least $100 from driving. Couple that with my $90 bonus from passing my exam and I should be good to go on the income goal. Maybe Santa will even be kind enough to leave me a little extra.
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So we're a little over a month into the journey (after finally figuring out what it actually is) and I've made some progress into a few of my end of year goals. The others, I'm a bit worried about. So lets see...
I always thought starting was the hardest part - building up enough momentum to get you moving, but I'm finding that keeping that progress going is difficult. I'm a month into this and I'm already backsliding. I've been out to eat more than once per pay period, out to the bars, buying random junk. It's so easy to fall back into these bad habits, because they've been good to your dumb-ass. Providing you with instant reward for each of your 40 hours of hard work. I think the reason its so easy is that all of this stuff is readily available; in your face. I don't wake up everyday to a fat bank account, Tesla Model S or a free schedule so I'm not focused on saving or spending to maintain these things.
Ever since I've really sat down and starting thinking through what it would take to actually become financially free by 30, I've been dreading to to write out a plan. Just wrapping my mind around what actually needs to be accomplished in these short 5 years scares. the. hell. outta. me.
Where am I going? Didn't think of this until I started digging into my goals and plans. It's impossible to figure out a way to get to a place, when you don't know where that place is. That's what I was doing when I started writing out all of my goals. So let me take a step back...
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