yenahmik

A particularly sucky way to save money: skip your spouse's birthday celebration because you both got sick just in time for their birthday.

I feel especially bad because I dragged them to an event last week and they've been sick since we got home. Of course karma means they gave me their illness and I've been feeling bad since yesterday.

I've done similarly. I reached a breaking point where I'd hear about a show or movie and think I'd like to see it, only for it to be on one of the bazillion services I don't have. Now if there's something I want to watch, I'll check if it's on a service I have access to. If not, I'll get it through other means.

Frugal "win" of the day:

I over stretched my hamstring last week and sitting all day hurts. I was able to scrounge a perfectly sized box to transform my normal desk into a standing desk. Now I'm just hoping I can reduce the pain enough to survive the major tournament I'm travelling for next week.

Good for you. Every little bit helps!

Canada! Specifically Ontario and Quebec

Next week I'm going on vacation. The senioritis at work is real! I have no desire to do anything productive this week (besides obsessively checking the weather forecast for my destination)

Today's my wedding anniversary (sort of, thanks to COVID causing us to have multiple anniversary dates).

It's amazing how much marrying the right person can accelerate your timelines. My spouse was in the "work til I die" camp when we first met. However, they were always very frugal. Now we both dream of FIRE and have a pretty significant net worth.

Most likely. I would guess 4-5 years if no major changes in lifestyle. Longer, and harder to guesstimate, if we decide to have kids.

My most recent meaningless milestone:

With a 4% withdrawal rate, my current investment balance supports a monthly equivalent to my takehome pay of one paycheck. So I'm basically getting 12 additional paychecks a year from my investment balance.

I decided to sign up for a giant national competition for my hobby sport today. Between entrance fees, flights, and hotel it was a very spendy day.

Build the life you want and then save for it...right?

Also, the last time I tried to do this event I came down with COVID the week before and lost out on a bunch of non-refundable deposits. I'm really hoping that doesn't happen again this time.

I used to work in the news and fires were one of my favorite things to be sent to film. It's so powerful and destructive, yet so incredibly beautiful.

Had my first foray into bread making this weekend. It turned out surprisingly well considering the fact that I'm a terrible cook/baker. It was way easier than I expected (granted I did use a stand mixer). Is it worth replacing my normal bread consumption with homemade? Not sure on the cost side of things (I maybe save $1 on the equivalent amount of bread), quality does seem improved though from the standard loaves of white bread I buy from costco.