Long time no see! Even though I had a week off work, these past few days have been terribly quiet on the blog front. That’s because I’ve finally decided to move out of my parents’ house for good after 25 years. Even though I spent most of my time at university away from home, I decided to relocate back to my old room while searching for a job.
Another month flew by already – time to look at my budget spreadsheet and see how I’ve done savingswise. As I’ve explained before, I update my Excel file every evening to keep track of everything coming in and going back out. I’ve been doing this since university and it works wonders for me. Now, without any further ado, my income and expenses for July 2014!
In the bi-weekly Stuff Our Parents Never Taught Us series I will introduce and clarify basic financial concepts in an attempt to increase the level of financial literacy among my Millennial peers. For some bizar reason, the majority of our parents didn’t think it necessary to teach us the 101 course of personal finance. If you’re over 18 and have no idea what stocks and bonds are, or how interest rates and dividends work, this is for you!
A couple of days ago I promised to release my budget spreadsheet in a comment to Nicola’s wonderful How To Make a Budget post. Since a promise is a promise I better show you guys how I keep track my income and expenses. If you like Microsoft Excel fanciness, you might want to check out the actual template too!
With the weekend just around the corner again, it’s time to look back at the best writing of the past week. With the advent of never ending news feeds and social media we have got all the information we could ever want at our finger tips, but finding in-depth and engaging reading material still is easier said than done. Here’s my top picks for this week!
