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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.

2024 Goals and 2023 Goals Review

We review our 2023 goals and discuss our new 2024 goals. Look at everything that happened during 2023 and our plan for 2024.

December 2023 – Expensive but nice

In December 2023, we spent a lot of money, mostly because of replacing our boiler. But it was a nice December month!

November 2023 – A rainy month

November 2023 was quite average but with a lot of rain. Not much change but financially it was a good month.

October 2023 – New heat pump boiler

In October 2023, we spent more reasonably than during previous months. Here is all that happened to us during this month.

Sixth year of blogging – Summary

The blog is now six years old. Read about everything that happened during this sixth year of blogging.

September 2023 – Finally colder but more expensive

September 2023 was finally a colder month (a great thing!). We spent too much on food and "only" saved 29% of our income as a result.

August 2023 – Too hot

The worst part about August 2023 was the extreme heat, I am glad it is over! Here is all that happened to us during this hot month!

July 2023 – Holidays

In July 2023, we had a nice time in Greece. Other than that, not much happened during the month and managed to save about a third of our income.

June 2023 – Travel and new lows in sleep

In June 2023, we planned our summer holiday and spent way too much money. We also slept very little again.

May 2023 – Good month and small vacation

May 2023 was a good month, with a short vacation to Annecy and had great time with friends and family. We saved a large portion of our income.

April 2023 – Another expensive month

In April 2023, we saved a significant portion of our income, but it was still a very expensive April, compared to previous years.

March 2023 – A little splurging

We spent too much in March, but it was our highest income month, leading to a great savings rate!