Comments on: What Went Well This Year? What Didn’t?

By: J. Money

J. Money — Fri, 27 Dec 2013 16:17:36 +0000

In reply to Tonya@Budget and the Beach. Ouch indeed, dang! Sorry to hear, my friend... I guess in 2014 you'll have to shoot for $5k more to make up for it :) Or even better, $50k more! Hubba hubba!

By: Tonya@Budget and the Beach

Tonya@Budget and the Beach — Fri, 27 Dec 2013 15:09:15 +0000

I feel ya on the car trouble. I broke down in the middle of the 405 freeway this year at rush hour traffic…5k later…ouch! But..I did make 25k more this past year than the year before! But…it’s still a fairly tough income to live on in LA. Overall though, MUCH better year than the year before.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 13:38:57 +0000

In reply to theFIREstarter.

There you go! I found a similar thing happened with me and starting this blog too – once I decided to spend time on it vs going shopping every week I magically saved lots of money :)

Happy holidays, my friend.

By: theFIREstarter

theFIREstarter — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 21:09:37 +0000

In reply to J. Money. Cheers man. It was actually surprisingly easy, I just decided to stop one day and then kind of stopped. The main thing for me wasn't the money it was the amount of time I would spend on the computer doing it. I've now replaced that with much more productive endeavours such as reading your fine blog!

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 20:08:16 +0000

In reply to Tahnya Kristina. You can try and save more all over again in 2014 :)

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 20:07:42 +0000

In reply to theFIREstarter. Sounds like a fine plan, my man :) Good work on the gambling part too - I can only imagine how hard that is to break!

By: Tahnya Kristina

Tahnya Kristina — Sat, 21 Dec 2013 16:31:28 +0000

I made as much as I wanted to this year – but I didn’t save as much as I wanted to. I cut down my eating out expenses, but I didn’t save the money because I just spent it on other things. OH WELL c’est la vie. I had a fun year and I’m looking forward to 2014!

By: theFIREstarter

theFIREstarter — Sat, 21 Dec 2013 16:01:43 +0000

Sounds like overall a good year J!

For me, good:
Got married and had an awesome honeymoon.
Got a pay rise.
Started a blog
Quit gambling(!!!)

Bad:
Worked far too much
Felt quite stressed throughout most of the year

I guess you could say that overall it was a pretty freaking good year! If hard work is the greatest of my worries then I should be extremely greatful (and I am, of course)
Next year I’m gonna focus on working less, which I think I can pull off, which should in turn make me less stressed hopefully!

By: J. Money

J. Money — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 14:02:33 +0000

In reply to Christine @ ThePursuitofGreen.

Wow – that’s a lot! Soak it all in, baby! You’re nice and young and full of more adventures to come :)

By: Christine @ ThePursuitofGreen

Christine @ ThePursuitofGreen — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 01:13:31 +0000

It’s been a great year! Had a wedding, bought a new car, started a new higher paying job, and bought a house! Only thing I could say is that I wish it was a bit more spaced out! Haha. Our net worth has gone up a bit but of course not as much as I would have liked!