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I’m writing this on Thanksgiving weekend, and what else would one do on a holiday weekend except track their net worth, budget for next month (I just threw up in my mouth a little writing that), and blogging?!? Amiright?
It’s been “cold” (in quotations because it’s LA cold) and raining for pretty much the entire week. It’s keeping me inside all warm and bundled up with my cozy but unattractive plaid pajama bottoms, so it helps with the temptation to go out and spend.
So this weekend I’ve been playing TONS of catching up with some work and some life stuff, TRYING to get organized, and making use of a free 7-day gym membership, which has been great, but sadly is a whopping $200/month so back to Crossfit Balcony (aka my home gym) I go, and I’ll have to suck it up if there is rain. Anyhoo, let’s recap this month!
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Financial
Welp, the good news is I tracked my spending this month! Yay! Is every single penny accounted for? Probably not, but it’s close. The bad news? I was only, ohhhhhh $1,165.87 over budget. I mean, just a smidge, right? The biggest culprit was another medical bill from Kaiser for my finger surgery for $1,017.00. The other big expenses were just general life stuff and groceries ($595). “Does it help if I tell you I hardly eat out?” she asks sheepishly. Hmmm, nope, not letting myself off the hook that easy. Time to tighten that shit up.
But hey, my net worth INCREASED $6,941 over last month! Yay stock market. I use Personal Capital to track my net worth and expenses. I love it because it’s super easy to use, has all of my information in one place, and it’s completely free. Try it out and see why myself and other personal finance bloggers love this website. If you don’t know your net worth, it’s impossible to create a financial roadmap for yourself!
My net worth increase was definitely not due to the income I made last month, sadly. To make things even more challenging going forward, last Friday was my last day doing a regular gig with a company where I earned $1,500 per month. They replaced me with someone who was full time. I am doing another regular project for this same company, but right now it’s only at $400/month, so I’m losing $1,100 in guaranteed income. This company did say there would be more work, and I’m trying to stay positive, but I hear that ALL the time and unless I’m on retainer, it’s nothing guaranteed.
I’m not going to dwell on it or get down. There is no time for that and I don’t want to waste any energy on it anymore. But I HAVE to make things happen income-wise, and SOON!
Friendsgiving
Thanksgiving
I had a really mellow day. I went to that gym early in the morning, and my friend Dave took me to see Jojo Rabbit, which is a fantastic film. Heartwarming, funny, sad, and strange all at the same time. I bought us some food for dinner and we sat at my neighbor’s apartment (I was cat-sitting) eating food and watching The Mandalorian, which I’m still on the fence about. Then I watched Guardians of the Galaxy (I think that was my 3rd or 4th time seeing it).
Earlier that week I went to a Friendsgiving with my volleyball coaches and that group. That was really fun.
I wonder if I’m the first person to give Bugs bunny ears? 🙂
50 by 50 List
I completed a couple of items on my list including making homemade bread, decluttering, and running a trail run race. I got 2nd in my age group for the 5K!
Magic Mountain
I also went with Dave to Magic Mountain this month. We left kind of late to avoid morning traffic (and still didn’t) and he had a free pass for me (yay!). We pretty much walked on most rides (double yay!) and it was fun to just get my mind off of work for a day. Buuuut, good lord did we have atrocious traffic on the way home. It’s 61 miles and took us 2.5 hours to get back. If I ever had a long commute in LA I’d just…well, I just refuse to do that so that’s that.
Kauai
I did rebook my trip to Kauai for February after I had canceled my original trip in September. I was able to find a flight without paying anything extra, and my Airbnb is covered by travel reward points. The only thing I have to think about is a rental car and anything I spend on excursions/food, although methinks excursions will mostly involve free hiking around the island. And maybe only one splurgy dinner out. I’m still looking for a travel buddy if anyone wants to go!
Other Random Things
I’ve been keeping super busy on projects (both paid and unpaid), but when I’m not working and working out, I’ve been getting into playing ukulele almost every night again. It’s such a happy instrument and focusing on just music, even if it’s for 20 minutes, is a nice distraction. I’ve also been watching Downton Abbey. I’ve seen I think 3 or 4 seasons in the past, but it’s so good I’m loving it the second time around and looking forward to episodes I haven’t seen and the movie. I also watched Jack Ryan on AP, which I really enjoyed. I have a crush on John Krasinski.
December
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I don’t have much planned for December except for still laying kind of low, working out, planning for next year, and trying to earn some more income! I was trying to think of something else but nope, that’s it. K.I.S.S.
Ooooh, also, a company I work with, VolleyCamp Hermosa, is doing a giveaway starting Monday, December 2! So make sure to follow them on Instagram, and follow me too, because I plan on doing a giveaway in December too!
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Well boys are stupid and lie about stupid shit for no reason. Maybe we (gman and I) should have never moved in together, it would be a lot easier to leave. I told him I loved him a couple of days ago and that is the HARDEST thing for me to do… I think love is such a strong “forever” word and I just didn’t want to say it to him until I really meant it. I did really mean it, but now I am second guessing everything.
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I work for a corporate cell phone company and decided to look into some things and I found out gman was texting his ex on new years eve… 21 times there was a text exchange..hmm and he did not even slightly mention this occurrence to me. Sure there are about a million harmless things that can be exchanged via 21 texts but apparently it was “not important enough” to tell me about it. so THAT pisses me off. what the fuck.
I want to do something so dramatic that he really thinks about things from here on out…If I had the time and resources I would take all my shit from his house in a uhaul truck, leave this house and not come back for a week or two. I would not respond to his texts or calls just to show him what it feels like.
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Im almost sorry that I told him that I loved him…he obviously doesn’t love me enough to tell me insignificant things like he talked to his Goddamn ex for an hour and a half…
fucker.