Week 2 Spending Recap
Workoptionalin5 I spent the grand total of €0 this week. This was not intentional as I planned to shop groceries every week. The week was short as we had a 3…
Month End Routine
I am one of those people who countdown and look forward to payday. I was not like this until a friend told me whenever I’m stressed at work, I should…
Vacation on a budget
We are on a ski vacation. The first vacation for the year and I have put my advance planning skills to work. We booked this vacation months ago and while…
Dividend investing
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…