comicguy
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 27, 2006
Week 30 update:
Goals for 2018
Financial Goals
Eliminate last 900 dollars of student loans
2/10 Gone, done, finished!!!
Increase DRIP stocks value to 5000
1/1 2507
1/28 3011
2/25 3150
3/31 3273
4/29 3498
6/1 3709
6/30 4001
7/28 4373
Increase my 403b value to 75,000
1/1 60,000
3/31 66,879
6/30 72,844
Increase wife’s 403b value to 50,000
1/1 40,000
3/31 41,682
6/30 44.956
Decrease eating out budget to: (1 morning and 1 evening per week + a few special occasions) Currently eating out 4 mornings and 2-3 evenings per week - NO MORE!!!!!
1/1 - 1/7 1 breakfast and 1 dinner out
1/8 - 1/14 0 breakfast and 3 dinners out (2 of these we because we were out of town for robotics competition)
1/15 - 1/21 1 breakfast and 1 dinner (anniversary)
1/22 - 1/28 1 breakfast and 2 dinners (both worked late one evening)
1/29 - 2/4 1 breakfast and 1 dinner
2/5 -2/12 1 breakfast, 1 dinner and 3 lunches out (the lunches were because of the robotics competition over the weekend!! breakfast was free at hotel and dinners over the weekend were on gift cards that we had on hand)
2/13 - 2/18 1 breakfast and 1 dinner
2/19 - 2/25 1 breakfast, (Sat) breakfast, lunch, and dinner (Robotics Competition left 5am got home 8pm)
2/26 - 3/4 2 breakfast and 1 dinner out (had an early work meeting and the dinner out was robotics team related)
3/5 - 3/11 2 breakfast and 1 dinner
3/12 - 3/18 2 breakfast and 1 lunch
3/19 - 3/25 2 breakfast and 2 dinners
3/26 - 3/31 2 breakfast and 1 dinner
4/1 - 4/8 1 breakfast and 2 dinners
4/9 - 4/14 3 breakfast and 2 lunches (2 breakfast and 1 lunch was for out of town conf)
4/22 - 4/29 2 breakfast and 2 dinners out
4/20- 5/6 2 breakfast and 1 dinner out
5/6-5/10 2 breakfast and 2 dinner out
5/14 - 5/18 2 breakfast and 1 dinner out
5/21- 5/25 2 breakfast and 1 diner out
5/27 - 6/2 2 breakfast out and 2 dinner out
6/3 -6/9 2 breakfast and 2 dinner out
6/10 - 6/16 3 breakfast out and 2 dinners out (1 breakfast and 1 dinner as went to a concert out of the area)
6/17 - 6/23 3 breakfast and 2 dinners out
6/24 - 6/30 1 breakfast and 1 dinner out
7/1 - 7/7 1 breakfast, 1 lunch, and 1 dinner out (lunch and dinner out, an out of town friend in town)
7/8 - 7/14 2 breakfast out
7/15 - 7/21 1 lunch out
7/22 - 7/28 1 breakfast out
Start bringing lunches to work regularly - no more eating at school cafeteria (food not great and it is 5 dollars for teachers)
1/1 - 1/7 Out of the 4 school days this week brought lunch 4 days
1/8 - 1/14 Out of 5 school days this week brought lunch all 5 days
1/15 - 1/21 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
1/22 - 1/28 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
1/29 - 2/4 Out of 5 school days this week brought lunch all 5 days
2/5 - 2/9 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
2/12 - 2/16 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
2/19 - 2/23 No school this week no lunches out!!
2/26 - 3/2 Out of 5 school days brought lunch all 5 days
3/5 - 3/9 Out of 4 school days brought lunch all 4 days
3/11 - 3/15 Out of 3 school days brought lunch all 3 days
3/19 - 3/23 Out of 4 school days brought lunch all 4 days
3/26 - 3/30 Out of 5 school days brought lunch all 5 days
4/2 - 4/6 No school/spring break no lunches out
4/9 - 4/13 Out of 4 school days brought lunch 3 days (day 4 was a conference day)
4/16 - 4/20 Out of 5 school days brought lunch all 5 days
4/23- 4/27 Out of 5 school days brought lunch all 5 days
4/30- 5/4 Out of 5 school days brought lunch all 5 days
5/6 - 5/10 Out of 5 school days brought lunch 4 days (forgot lunch on counter
)
5/14 - 5/18 Out of 5 school days brought lunch 4 days (Drs. appointment 1 day)
5/21 - 5/25 Out of 4 school days brought lunch all 4 days
5/28 - 6/1 Out of 3 school days brought lunch all 3 days
6/3 - 6/9 Out of 5 school days brought lunch 4 days
6/10 -6/15 Out of 5 school days brought lunch 5 days
6/18 - 6/22 Out of 3 school days brought lunch 2 days (had a group lunch out)
School is out for summer!!
Continue saving 50/ week for vacation
1/1 50/50
1/7 50/100
1/14 50/150
1/21 50/200
1/28 50/250
2/4 50/300
2/11 50/350
2/18 50/400
2/25 50/450
3/4 50/500
3/11 50/550
3/18 50/600
3/24 50 /650
3/31 50/700
4/7 100/800
4/14 50/850
4/22 100/950
4/29 50/ 1000
5/5 100/1100
5/12 50/ 1150
5/17 50/1200
5/25 100/1300 (50 was from a lawnmower that I sold)
6/2 50/1350
6/9 50/1400
6/16 150/1550 (extra 100 from a stipend at school)
6/23 50/1600
6/30 100/1700 (extra 50 from items I sold via Facebook)
7/7 50/1750
7/14 200/1950 (150 was from rolling up all the loose change in the house)
7/21 50/2000
7/28 50/2050
Cut Discretionary Spending by 20%
Tracked our entire spending for the month of January so now can see where we actually spend money and make some adjustments!!
2/19 Dropped cell phone bill by 15 dollars and got a better (unlimited) plan ($180 saving/year)
1/1 - 6/30 (101 days) brought lunch to work almost everyday so far this year I have managed to save approximately 101 days * $5= 505 dollars !!
7/13 Dropped garbage cost from 33.17 to 24.95/month saving 8.22/month (98.64 savings/year)
Eat out of pantry/freezer for January to use up as much as possible
1/1 - 1/7 used up 15 items from pantry and freezer
1/8 - 1/14 used up 9 items from pantry and freezer
1/15 - 1/21 used up 11 items from pantry/freezer
1/22 - 1/28 used up 13 items from pantry/freezer
1/29 - 2/4 used up 7 items from pantry/freezer
2/5 - 2/11 used up 3 items from pantry/freezer
2/12 - 2/18 Nothing used up from pantry/freezer this week not a lot pre-Jan stuff left
Not buying any office supplies for personal use (have enough to stock a small business!!)
1/10 Used up pack of 5 insertable page tab separators for stock statements
1/14 Used up 1 roll of scotch tape
1/15 1 pkg of loose-leaf paper to school
2/4 1 binder used for some semi important documents
2/16 Used up 1 partial notepad
2/20 1 used binder - donated
2/23 1 partial notepad - used up
3/10 1 partial notepad used up
3/25 1 partial notepad used up
3/31 1 partial note pad used up
4/7 2 brand new notepads given away
4/24 brought 4 notepads to work
7/5 1 partial notepad used up
7/21 1 partial notepad - used up
Life Goals
Declutter 2018 items in 2018
1/1-1/7 23 items decluttered (23)
1/8 - 1/14 40 items decluttered (63)
1/15 - 1/21 129 item decluttered (172)
1/22 - 1/28 88 items decluttered (260)
1/29 - 2/4 6 items decluttered (266)
2/5 - 2/11 9 items decluttered (275)
2/12 - 2/18 12 items decluttered (287)
2/19 - 2/25 62 items decluttered (349)
2/26 - 3/3 5 items decluttered (354)
3/6 - 3/11 13 items decluttered (367)
3/12 - 3/18 7 items decluttered (374)
3/19 - 3/25 1 item decluttered (375)
3/26 - 3/31 32 items decluttered (407)
4/1 - 4/7 13 items decluttered (420)
4/8 - 4/4/14 30 items decluttered (450)
4/22 - 4/29 4 notepads decluttered (454)
5/6 - 5/12 5 items decluttered (495)
5/13 - 5/19 29 items decluttered (524)
5/20 - 5/25 11 items decluttered (535)
5/25 -6/1 167 items decluttered (702)
6/2 - 6/9 9 items decluttered (711)
6/10 - 6/16 43 items decluttered (754)
6/17 - 6/23 123 items declutter (877)
6/24 - 6/30 56 items decluttered (928)
7/1 - 7/7 367 items decluttered (1295)
7/8 - 7/14 46 items decluttered (1341)
7/15 - 7/21 8 items decluttered (1349)
7/22 - 7/28 62 items decluttered (1410)
Lose 30 pounds (starting at 300 lbs)
3/4 299
Personal Goals
Read 20 books
1/7 Book 1 completed
1/28 Book 2 completed
2/4 Book 3 completed
2/14 Book 4 completed
2/17 Book 5 completed
2/18 Book 6 finished
2/18 Book 7 finished
2/18 Book 8 finished
2/19 Book 9 finished
2/20 Book 10 finished
3/11 Book 11 finished
3/26 Book 12 finished
4/19 Book 13 finished
5/9 Book 14 finished
5/18 Book 15 finished
5/19 Book 16 finished
5/20 Book 17 finished
5/21 Book 18 finished
5/21 Book 19 finished
5/21 Book 20 finished
5/27 Book 21 finished
5/27 Book 22 finished
5/28 Book 23 finished
5/28 Book 24 finished
5/28 Book 25 finished
5/30 Book 26 finished
5/31 Book 27 finished
6/1 Book 28 finished
6/1 Book 29 finished
6/2 Book 30 finished
6/2 Book 31 finished
6/3 Book 32 finished (a bunch of these were TPB's that have been sitting on shelf for a long time. Read and then sell!!)
6/21 Book 33 finished
7/10 Book 34 finished
Get upstairs bathroom and bedroom remodeled
Fix items around the house
Goals for 2018
Financial Goals
Eliminate last 900 dollars of student loans
2/10 Gone, done, finished!!!
Increase DRIP stocks value to 5000
1/1 2507
1/28 3011
2/25 3150
3/31 3273
4/29 3498
6/1 3709
6/30 4001
7/28 4373
Increase my 403b value to 75,000
1/1 60,000
3/31 66,879
6/30 72,844
Increase wife’s 403b value to 50,000
1/1 40,000
3/31 41,682
6/30 44.956
Decrease eating out budget to: (1 morning and 1 evening per week + a few special occasions) Currently eating out 4 mornings and 2-3 evenings per week - NO MORE!!!!!
1/1 - 1/7 1 breakfast and 1 dinner out
1/8 - 1/14 0 breakfast and 3 dinners out (2 of these we because we were out of town for robotics competition)
1/15 - 1/21 1 breakfast and 1 dinner (anniversary)
1/22 - 1/28 1 breakfast and 2 dinners (both worked late one evening)
1/29 - 2/4 1 breakfast and 1 dinner
2/5 -2/12 1 breakfast, 1 dinner and 3 lunches out (the lunches were because of the robotics competition over the weekend!! breakfast was free at hotel and dinners over the weekend were on gift cards that we had on hand)
2/13 - 2/18 1 breakfast and 1 dinner
2/19 - 2/25 1 breakfast, (Sat) breakfast, lunch, and dinner (Robotics Competition left 5am got home 8pm)
2/26 - 3/4 2 breakfast and 1 dinner out (had an early work meeting and the dinner out was robotics team related)
3/5 - 3/11 2 breakfast and 1 dinner
3/12 - 3/18 2 breakfast and 1 lunch
3/19 - 3/25 2 breakfast and 2 dinners
3/26 - 3/31 2 breakfast and 1 dinner
4/1 - 4/8 1 breakfast and 2 dinners
4/9 - 4/14 3 breakfast and 2 lunches (2 breakfast and 1 lunch was for out of town conf)
4/22 - 4/29 2 breakfast and 2 dinners out
4/20- 5/6 2 breakfast and 1 dinner out
5/6-5/10 2 breakfast and 2 dinner out
5/14 - 5/18 2 breakfast and 1 dinner out
5/21- 5/25 2 breakfast and 1 diner out
5/27 - 6/2 2 breakfast out and 2 dinner out
6/3 -6/9 2 breakfast and 2 dinner out
6/10 - 6/16 3 breakfast out and 2 dinners out (1 breakfast and 1 dinner as went to a concert out of the area)
6/17 - 6/23 3 breakfast and 2 dinners out
6/24 - 6/30 1 breakfast and 1 dinner out
7/1 - 7/7 1 breakfast, 1 lunch, and 1 dinner out (lunch and dinner out, an out of town friend in town)
7/8 - 7/14 2 breakfast out
7/15 - 7/21 1 lunch out
7/22 - 7/28 1 breakfast out
Start bringing lunches to work regularly - no more eating at school cafeteria (food not great and it is 5 dollars for teachers)
1/1 - 1/7 Out of the 4 school days this week brought lunch 4 days
1/8 - 1/14 Out of 5 school days this week brought lunch all 5 days
1/15 - 1/21 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
1/22 - 1/28 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
1/29 - 2/4 Out of 5 school days this week brought lunch all 5 days
2/5 - 2/9 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
2/12 - 2/16 Out of 4 school days this week brought lunch all 4 days
2/19 - 2/23 No school this week no lunches out!!
2/26 - 3/2 Out of 5 school days brought lunch all 5 days
3/5 - 3/9 Out of 4 school days brought lunch all 4 days
3/11 - 3/15 Out of 3 school days brought lunch all 3 days
3/19 - 3/23 Out of 4 school days brought lunch all 4 days
3/26 - 3/30 Out of 5 school days brought lunch all 5 days
4/2 - 4/6 No school/spring break no lunches out
4/9 - 4/13 Out of 4 school days brought lunch 3 days (day 4 was a conference day)
4/16 - 4/20 Out of 5 school days brought lunch all 5 days
4/23- 4/27 Out of 5 school days brought lunch all 5 days
4/30- 5/4 Out of 5 school days brought lunch all 5 days
5/6 - 5/10 Out of 5 school days brought lunch 4 days (forgot lunch on counter
)5/14 - 5/18 Out of 5 school days brought lunch 4 days (Drs. appointment 1 day)
5/21 - 5/25 Out of 4 school days brought lunch all 4 days
5/28 - 6/1 Out of 3 school days brought lunch all 3 days
6/3 - 6/9 Out of 5 school days brought lunch 4 days
6/10 -6/15 Out of 5 school days brought lunch 5 days
6/18 - 6/22 Out of 3 school days brought lunch 2 days (had a group lunch out)
School is out for summer!!
Continue saving 50/ week for vacation
1/1 50/50
1/7 50/100
1/14 50/150
1/21 50/200
1/28 50/250
2/4 50/300
2/11 50/350
2/18 50/400
2/25 50/450
3/4 50/500
3/11 50/550
3/18 50/600
3/24 50 /650
3/31 50/700
4/7 100/800
4/14 50/850
4/22 100/950
4/29 50/ 1000
5/5 100/1100
5/12 50/ 1150
5/17 50/1200
5/25 100/1300 (50 was from a lawnmower that I sold)
6/2 50/1350
6/9 50/1400
6/16 150/1550 (extra 100 from a stipend at school)
6/23 50/1600
6/30 100/1700 (extra 50 from items I sold via Facebook)
7/7 50/1750
7/14 200/1950 (150 was from rolling up all the loose change in the house)
7/21 50/2000
7/28 50/2050
Cut Discretionary Spending by 20%
Tracked our entire spending for the month of January so now can see where we actually spend money and make some adjustments!!
2/19 Dropped cell phone bill by 15 dollars and got a better (unlimited) plan ($180 saving/year)
1/1 - 6/30 (101 days) brought lunch to work almost everyday so far this year I have managed to save approximately 101 days * $5= 505 dollars !!
7/13 Dropped garbage cost from 33.17 to 24.95/month saving 8.22/month (98.64 savings/year)
Eat out of pantry/freezer for January to use up as much as possible
1/1 - 1/7 used up 15 items from pantry and freezer
1/8 - 1/14 used up 9 items from pantry and freezer
1/15 - 1/21 used up 11 items from pantry/freezer
1/22 - 1/28 used up 13 items from pantry/freezer
1/29 - 2/4 used up 7 items from pantry/freezer
2/5 - 2/11 used up 3 items from pantry/freezer
2/12 - 2/18 Nothing used up from pantry/freezer this week not a lot pre-Jan stuff left
Not buying any office supplies for personal use (have enough to stock a small business!!)
1/10 Used up pack of 5 insertable page tab separators for stock statements
1/14 Used up 1 roll of scotch tape
1/15 1 pkg of loose-leaf paper to school
2/4 1 binder used for some semi important documents
2/16 Used up 1 partial notepad
2/20 1 used binder - donated
2/23 1 partial notepad - used up
3/10 1 partial notepad used up
3/25 1 partial notepad used up
3/31 1 partial note pad used up
4/7 2 brand new notepads given away
4/24 brought 4 notepads to work
7/5 1 partial notepad used up
7/21 1 partial notepad - used up
Life Goals
Declutter 2018 items in 2018
1/1-1/7 23 items decluttered (23)
1/8 - 1/14 40 items decluttered (63)
1/15 - 1/21 129 item decluttered (172)
1/22 - 1/28 88 items decluttered (260)
1/29 - 2/4 6 items decluttered (266)
2/5 - 2/11 9 items decluttered (275)
2/12 - 2/18 12 items decluttered (287)
2/19 - 2/25 62 items decluttered (349)
2/26 - 3/3 5 items decluttered (354)
3/6 - 3/11 13 items decluttered (367)
3/12 - 3/18 7 items decluttered (374)
3/19 - 3/25 1 item decluttered (375)
3/26 - 3/31 32 items decluttered (407)
4/1 - 4/7 13 items decluttered (420)
4/8 - 4/4/14 30 items decluttered (450)
4/22 - 4/29 4 notepads decluttered (454)
5/6 - 5/12 5 items decluttered (495)
5/13 - 5/19 29 items decluttered (524)
5/20 - 5/25 11 items decluttered (535)
5/25 -6/1 167 items decluttered (702)
6/2 - 6/9 9 items decluttered (711)
6/10 - 6/16 43 items decluttered (754)
6/17 - 6/23 123 items declutter (877)
6/24 - 6/30 56 items decluttered (928)
7/1 - 7/7 367 items decluttered (1295)
7/8 - 7/14 46 items decluttered (1341)
7/15 - 7/21 8 items decluttered (1349)
7/22 - 7/28 62 items decluttered (1410)
Lose 30 pounds (starting at 300 lbs)
3/4 299
Personal Goals
Read 20 books
1/7 Book 1 completed
1/28 Book 2 completed
2/4 Book 3 completed
2/14 Book 4 completed
2/17 Book 5 completed
2/18 Book 6 finished
2/18 Book 7 finished
2/18 Book 8 finished
2/19 Book 9 finished
2/20 Book 10 finished
3/11 Book 11 finished
3/26 Book 12 finished
4/19 Book 13 finished
5/9 Book 14 finished
5/18 Book 15 finished
5/19 Book 16 finished
5/20 Book 17 finished
5/21 Book 18 finished
5/21 Book 19 finished
5/21 Book 20 finished
5/27 Book 21 finished
5/27 Book 22 finished
5/28 Book 23 finished
5/28 Book 24 finished
5/28 Book 25 finished
5/30 Book 26 finished
5/31 Book 27 finished
6/1 Book 28 finished
6/1 Book 29 finished
6/2 Book 30 finished
6/2 Book 31 finished
6/3 Book 32 finished (a bunch of these were TPB's that have been sitting on shelf for a long time. Read and then sell!!)
6/21 Book 33 finished
7/10 Book 34 finished
Get upstairs bathroom and bedroom remodeled
- Clean/organize
- Estimate
- Contractor came to look at project 2/23
- Got the estimate (came in way to high) getting 2nd estimate
- Contractor #2 never showed up or has yet to return my calls
- Contractor #3 contacted but has not returned my phone call ?????
- Contractor #3 called back and set up an appointment for Tuesday evening
- Contractor #3 showed up and walked through the project, asked lots of questions, said he would have quote this Tuesday
- Still waiting on quote from contractor 3
- Contractor #3 got me the quote about 3000 over budget, guess we will do most work ourselves and contract out certain parts to save some money
- Start Date
- Project Finished
Fix items around the house
- Fix carpet on stairs - (Done 1/5 )
- Seal Laundry Room window casing (Done 7/23)
- Seal Cellar Door
- Fix/Replace Backdoor Door Knob (Done 1/3)
- Re-Build Flower Beds (Done 7/6)
- Organize Hand Tools (Done 1/1)
- Install shelving in tool shed (Done 6/22)
- Organize Tool Shed (Done 6/22)
- Scrape Tool Shed (Done 7/9)
- Prime Tool Shed (Done 7/10)
- Paint Tool Shed (Done 7/11)
- Fix Outside Phone Line (Done 5/18)
- Fix leaking gutter
- Add leaf catchers to gutters
- Insulate cellar staircase
- Re-Insulate cellar
- Lay new subfloor in Justin's’ room
- Prime Justin’s room (Done 7/10)
- Paint Justin's room (Done 7/11)
- Replace cellar stairs
- Fill/seal Driveway cracks
- Fill curbing cracks/holes
