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State of the Stash: Q2 2023

It is time for my personal finance and investing journal update. Let’s update the State of my Stash.

If you are new to my blog, or this series of posts, I am tracking my liquid savings/marketable investments. These posts are sort of a finance and investing journal, so I can look back and see what I was thinking and (hopefully) how I achieved certain financial and savings goals. The primary benefit for me is to have a “forcing function” to make me drill down and see what’s going on.

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State of the Stash: 2023 Savings Goals – Coast FI?


If you are new to my blog, or this series of “State of the Stash” posts, I am tracking my liquid savings/marketable investments. These posts are sort of a finance and investing journal, so I can look back and see what I was thinking and (hopefully) how I achieved certain financial and savings goals. The primary benefit for me is to have a “forcing function” to make me drill down and see what’s going on. If you’re more interested in electronically chatting about investments, these posts are probably not of interest to you.

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Stream of Consciousness # 1 – Nomad Letters: Sharing Benefits and Some Potential Examples

Welcome back! I am going to try out a new “series” of posts where I just convey sort of an unformatted “stream of consciousness” about what I’m reading, listening to, or thinking. These posts can hopefully serve as sort of notes or observations for future discussion or reference.

I will stick these on a separate page for ease reference. With this format I won’t feel like I have to try and organize and polish, which can be kind of a drag when your day job is mostly drafting various sorts of formal documents

Commence Stream

State of the Stash – February 2019

It is time, yet again, for the monthly airing of my private financial laundry.  My goal is that by maintaining a journal of my savings, I will provide enhanced motivation to save.  It will also serve as a record, so that I can look back and analyze.  Continue reading “State of the Stash – February 2019”

The State of the Stash – January 2019

It is time, yet again, for the monthly airing of my private financial laundry (I am actually a few weeks late on this one).  My hope is that maintaining a journal of my savings will help provide additional motivation to save and allow me to spot trends.  It will also serve as a record, so that I can look back and analyze.  Continue reading “The State of the Stash – January 2019”

December 2018 Savings Update

Happy New Year!  It is time, yet again, for the monthly airing of my private financial laundry.  My hope is that maintaining a journal of my savings will help provide additional motivation to save and allow me to spot trends.  It will also serve as a record, so that I can look back and analyze.  Continue reading “December 2018 Savings Update”