Hi Everybody, it’s been a minute since I published on the blog. I’ve been busy living life, hanging out in Instagram stories, and studying hard for my PE Exam this August.
At the beginning of the year, I set a lofty goal to save and invest $45,000 this year. As of June 31st, we’ve put aside $20,682 toward that goal and are 46% of the way there. And I’m fairly certain that this number does not include our tax refund which we promptly invested in our IRAs.
Since making that goal, we’ve done two things that will influence it. The first being that we planned and booked a European vacation for this fall. We are saving anywhere between $500-$1,500 a month into a sinking fund which is not part of our savings rate (because we plan to spend it). So far, we’ve diverted $5,850 from our projected saving and investing into our travel fund.
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