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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.

How Much We Spent in 2019 – Detailed Expenses Report

Find out exactly how much we spent in 2019, with this detailed expense report, in each of our budget categories.

January 2020 – China, Dowry and Coronavirus

Find out how we saved 44% of our income in January 2020, while going to China. The blog did really well and our goals are going nicely!

Our 2020 Goals – Path to Financial Independence

Find out all our 2020 Goals in great detail! We want to reduce some of our bills, read more books, increase our net worth and much more!

2019 Goals Review – We are getting better at it!

In 2019, we set ourselves many goals (financial, personal and career). Now is the time for our 2019 Goals Review!

December 2019 – Quiet month

In December 2019, we saved 57% of our income! It was a simple and quiet month and we had cool holiday parties.

November 2019 – Flights to China

In November, we could save a lot of of our income and spent some days in Berlin and Zurich.

October 2019 – Holidays

October 2019 was a great month, with a week in Barcelona, Spain, a very nice city!

Our trip to Barcelona – Amazing city

In October 2019, we spent six days in Barcelona, Spain. We had a great time in this beautiful city and we saw many great things! Find out all we did!

Second year of blogging – The Poor Swiss is two years old in 2019!

Summary of my second year of blogging: What went well and what did not! Find out everything that happened to the blog.

September 2019 – Holidays and Dentist bills

We saved more than 50% of our income in September 2019! Find out exactly how we did this and how much did we spend during the month!

August 2019 – Another expensive month

In August, we spent too much, but still achieved a nice savings rate, thanks to extra income.

July 2019 – New computer

Find out everything that happened to us in July 2019! Why did I spend 1300 CHF on a computer and why is our grocery budget so high?