Hello! Still here (barely!)
Lot going on in my life (both work and personal) but I'm still keeping on with the financial goals.
Bit of a reorganization going on at my office so I'm dealing with that. Not sure how that is going to work out as people are not very happy. I'm not ecstatic either to be perfectly honest. Needless to say things are bit rough at the office for my entire team and a few people have separately told me (late at night when no one is around) that they are planning to look for jobs in the coming months.
I too would like to look for a job but I am in a financial catch-22. I need my bonuses to pay down my mortgage quickly and invest monies. I think I get my bonus sometime in may-end june. With the craziness going on in politics and the uncertainty, I do not know how likely people are to be hiring. This means I could be stuck at my current job. (Yes woe is me...)
On the flip side, if I get a wonderful bonus then (and I struggle with this internally), I should do the logical thing and stay with the current job for at least one more year to make another sizeable dent into the mortgage.
No easy decisions in life eh.
And then there are my taxes. Still not done. Need to be done. In the next 2 weeks. Double sigh.
So the next few weeks sees me working on getting my taxes filed (on time), adjusting to a new work environment, organizing a few things at home, reviewing my financial status (always good to do at tax time), and getting ready for the warmer weather.
There is a bit of a need to spend some money on clothes etc. I am trying to minimize that need as much as possible and make do where I can. But I am also being realistic - my orthotics shred my socks so new socks are being bought today also my sneakers have work thin on the soles so sneakers will also be bought (wear them every single day so a must!).
I haven't kept up with other people's blogs and I am very annoyed at this. I do think about others (Jill! Frugal Desperado!) and hope they are doing well.
Should be in a better position in 2 weeks (post-tax time) and will start catching up and blogging more. Stay tuned! Hopefully you will all still be here then :-)
Pages have all been updated through 3/31/2017 (except for the historical actual savings amounts):
Ultimate Goals
Brokerage Account Portfolio
Dividends
Actuals
Hope everyone has a good week!
Pru
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