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Category: Updates

Reports of our expenses, earnings, and net worth. You’ll find the evolution of our savings rate, what went well, what didn’t well, month by month. The goal is to share everything, with 100% transparency. You will also find some information about our travels. Follow my path to Financial Independence.

April 2025 – Out of balance

April 2025 was a weird month. We had an urgent issue with the blog, which took time to resolve, on top of older issues, making it highly unbalanced.

March 2025 – Bonus and splurging (a little)

In March 2025, we had our highest savings rate ever! We splurged a little, but the yearly bonus and no taxes made it easy to reach this record.

February 2025 – Back from China

In February 2025, we came back from China and saved much of our income because of higher than average income and lower expenses.

How much we spent in 2024 – Full Expense Report

This full expense report will exactly what our 2024 expenses look like. We will detail the total and categories and what went well and what did not.

January 2025 – Going to China

In January 2025, we got better after a bad December, and then we left for a few days in China. Other than that, the month was pretty quiet.

2025 Goals and 2024 Goals Review

Find out all about our 2025 goals and how our 2024 goals went. Here is what going to happen in 2025 for us, our money and the blog.

December 2024 – A month sick and horrible expenses

December 2024 was not a great month. I was sick for almost the entire month and we spent way too much money.

November 2024 – Rainy and cold

November 2024 was a good month, although a bit rainy and cold. We got the first snow! With some higher income, we managed a 50% savings rate!

October 2024 – Trip to China and meetup

October 2024 was nice, with decent weather and some nice events. We bought plane tickets to China and only saved 20% of our income.

Seventh year of blogging – Summary

A summary of the seventh year of blogging on The Poor Swiss: what went well, what changed and what did not go well.

September 2024 – Got a new car

In September 2024, we bought a new car (through our company) and saved about 33% of our income. Read about our month in details.

August 2024 – Increased expenses and reduced earnings

August 2024 was a nice month without too much happening. In the future, we now expect a lower income and higher expenses.