Dividend investing
Workoptionalin5 In 2022, I decided I wanted to be work optional in 2027 by investing and growing my investment portfolio to €800K. My portfolio will then be able to fund my…
Bye Crypto
I sold my remaining Crypto holdings today for €2,460!! Finally it’s done. I did this in line with my plan to streamline my investment portfolio. I choose not to dwell…
I made €1,780 from declutter sale
A new income stream I started September last year was selling items I no longer need. Everything I sold was new or hardly used and I sold them via eBay,…
While I was stalling….
….Walgreens (WBA) reduced quarterly dividend from $0.48 to $0.25 and the share price dropped by 11.5% on Jan 3rd. It did recover in the following days. My plan is to…
Week 1 Spending Recap
For 2024 week 1, I spent the grand total of €26.84 on groceries from Lidl and a croissant. This was my only spend for the week as everything else I…
Benefits of expense reduction
I lost control of my spending in Summer 2023 and regularly overspent my budget. At some point, I even stopped tracking my expenses because I didn’t want to face the…
Kids learn fast
I am the mother who responds with “I don’t have money” when my child requests things I don’t want to buy. When I started using this phrase, there will be…
Life with no Credit Card
I shared earlier about not having a credit card. Well, I still don’t have a replacement and I’m settling in well into accepting that. I also don’t think I will…
Invest Regularly and Right
My biggest struggle with investment is managing my emotions and the decision fatigue I still get on doing what I know is right. My investment journey is littered with a…
New Year….No Goals
It’s 2024 and my brain is swirling. It has been swirling for weeks as I struggled with deciding what to focus on in 2024. My objective remains to become work…