After you have taken care of yourself, your family, and your debt. Please dont forget to give back. Find a charity or local community and donate. I found a group that rescues animals from war torn areas of Ukraine and have been donating weekly. The OE karma gods are watching!
I think I’ve reached the end of the line and will bring it up but two months in. both have our children full time and both work. never an offer to pay not even for coffee. I am great money and not strapped for cash but I also have my own life and my own expenses I’ve paid for coffee, breakfast, dinners, day trips to museums, uber rides the list goes on and on. are women’s expectactions that a man should pay for everything. especially when both have a similar circumstances.
sorry for the typos. on my mobile
a few weeks prior to j2 I bought my ex wife out of the house and wrote her a check for 35k severely depleted my savings.
1 Year in the books I was not only able to save that 35k back but almost double it! that’s not counting the money I’ve been investing!!
I was able to take my kids to the Caribbean and Europe. almost pay my car off from 24k to 3k left, put an extra 300 a month towards my mortgage, and about to get my son his first car
now besides the two vacations and forced days off due to holidays I have just been going pedal to the metal.
I will say that as I approach a year I am teetering towards burn out and will pro take a few days once school ends for the kids.
no life style creep here but I did get myself some vinyl records, finally some nice clothes, and the kids had an awesome Christmas. none of this would of been possible with one gig. I don’t regret a single thing. I am not sure if one one my contracts is going to extend past June so I’m grateFil for the last 12 months if it is the end.
all I can say to those who are about to start save, save, save but also practice self care and treat yourself and your family.
sorry for the typos. I’m on my mobile