I shared in the previous post that I went over budget in March; and while I'm working on giving myself grace and be patient with my journey, I'm also working on a few more things and resetting my budget. As the inflation continues to make us frown, I thought I'd add on a few more... Continue Reading →
Mental Health and FI Journey
Welp, it's official: I've spent over budget this month. It isn't a whole lot, but this is not counting some money I originally plan to set aside to save as well as counting some categories that were over budgeted (such as power, which I budgeted much higher, thinking I'd keep the rest in the account... Continue Reading →
Personal Finance 102… in the Midst of Inflation
Who else review their budget every week or every other week like I do? Also, who else is feeling the inflation on everyday items? I know the gas price is going up to a new high, and I’ve heard about that in many places (WA, HI, and CA especially), we are already looking at $5+... Continue Reading →
Pivoting… Already.
By Mrs. Xennial It's only two days from February 2022, and I'm already pivoting? You bet I am! There are several reasons behind it, and I'll explain further below as usual. But I want to point out that it isn't a bad thing to pivot your budget from time to time, and as often as... Continue Reading →
Current Budget Review
by Mrs. Xennial As promised, here I am creating a overview (also for my reference, too). It is always taken as the first step in personal finance or budgeting: know where you money goes. I know mine probably has fallen into the common folks' style, where housing is the biggest take of all expenses, and... Continue Reading →
Budgeting during the COVID-19 Storm
Mrs. Xennial As of next week, it would be WFH week 4. I still love it, and I'm starting to use my "part-time extrovert" side to good use (hence I'm typing here). Being that I'm also the one managing our office's Instagram, I actually did a live session with almost 12 students watching. It's a... Continue Reading →