Hi. I don’t want to leave you guys hanging, even though that’s what I’ve obviously managed to do. I won’t try to do the obligatory excuses, but rather just say that my life has gotten more hectic instead of less, and that we’re still in the “valley” of my hypothetical time graph. However, my net worth graph is looking a lot less valley-like, so let’s focus on that!
Change: $1,311 or 3.70 %
I call that “movin’ on up” alright! The vast majority of April’s jump went into my newly formed retirement account at Vanguard, actually. The rest is sitting in my (interest-baring) checking account, waiting to be allocated out into my savings. With all the busy-Steph-ness, I haven’t taken the time to rework my Savings Snowball since the big retirement-fund investment. Most likely, the focus will shift to my emergency fund for a little while, and then even out to spread out amongst my goals so that I can hit some targets sooner.
For such a pretty “up” graph, there isn’t much else to tell. But no news is good news, right?
If you have any questions about my net worth or how it is calculated, feel free to ask them in the comments. Also, if you’d like to see how I stack up against other personal finance bloggers, be sure to check out The Wealthy Blogger List. (Spoiler alert: the name of my site is highly accurate.)
Jeff @ sustainablelifeblog says
Great to see that you’re making progress. It is always nice to see a positive percentage and the graph trending up (towards zero) even though it doesn’t feel like you’ve made any progress.
I think that if I got around to including myself in the PF bloggers net worth, I’d actually be poorer than you, but I’ll leave that for another day.
Jeff
Tu Kliknij says
Hey Stephanie, interesting graph you have there. Nice to see that you are doing good. Best of luck.
Sallie's Niece says
Ha, dont’ worry, I’m not on that list but I’m poorer. 🙂
2million says
Nice progress – definitely headed in the right direction.
Violet says
Hi! I’ve been reading your blog for forever now. It’s really been helping me make some financial goals for myself! I can relate so much because you’ve been through the whole college thing, and all the troubles that come with it. Do you think it would be possible at all to add me to your links to help gain some readers for my blog? Thanks!
peter@kids games says
Nice analysis : ) I’ll be coming back to catch the updates
Scott Richards says
Thanks for the great blog, It’s something i encourage my clients to do.
Rodders says
Hi Stephanie, I am currently in a very similar situation to yourself, in the red due to university but slowly digging myself out of financial oblivion. For a long time I, like the red queen in alice in wonderland, had to keep on running just to stay still (at about -£20,000).
The best way to look at it is to focus on the current upward trend rather than the actual debt.
Keep on keeping on. Looking forward to the next update.
Tom@PS3 Red Lights says
Slowly but surely! Keep us updated on the progress!
Kalinda@Byfiles says
Accept my congrats as well! Progress it is always pleasant, especially these days, when everyone is talking about crisis.
Kalinda@Byfiles says
Accept my congrats as well!) Progress it is always pleasant, especially these days, when everyone is talking about crisis.
Panele słoneczne says
Nice progress — definitely headed in the right direction.