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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.

May 2022 – Another month goes by

May 2022 was a good month, but with many small expenses. We managed to save a large portion of our income.

April 2022 – A good month

April 2022 was a good month, with pleasant events with friends and family. The finances were great, with more than 70% of our income saved!

March 2022 – Splurging the bonus

In March 2022, we spent a lot of money from my bonus, but we still saved a record amount of money!

February 2022 – A good month

Here is everything that happened to us and our finances in February 2022! Our expenses, goals and saving rate!

How much we spent in 2021 – Full Expense Report

Here is exactly how much our family of three spent in 2021, everything included! Learn from our good categories and from our bad ones!

January 2022 – A poor start of the year

January 2022 was not a great month, with another contact with COVID, some illness, very poor nights and very little time.

2022 Goals and 2021 Goals Review

Find out exactly how our 2021 goals went and what we are planning for our 2022 goals!

December 2021 – Usual end of year month

December 2021 was a very standard month with higher than usual expenses (end-of-year bills) and standard income. And, the usual celebrations.

November 2021 – Not so frugal

November 2021 was a good month and when we could see our close family again. It was a tiring month with very little sleep.

Fourth year of blogging – Summary

Find out all that happens during my fourth year of blogging: traffic, monetization, what went well and wat did not!

October 2021 – Tiring but rewarding

In October 2021, we saved a large portion of our income, but got very tired because of the uneasy sleep of our baby.

September 2021 – Some big news

Our update for the month of September 2021, packed with two large piece of news! Learn about what is changing with our family and blog!