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This post is going to be short and sweet, and late.  Very, very late.  Needless to say I was pretty busy during November.  I was writing finals, taking finals, and planning out my 5th year anniversary trip among a host of many other tasks. In October we saw a net worth of...  - $111,361.71 My net worth for November was... - $110,622.32 That is a difference of... + $ 739.39 This is normally the part of the post where we take a look at the amount of money in each account.  I will not be doing that this month due to being so late in the posting that the data I get from Mint would not provide a very accurate picture of where we were in November.  We will take a look at the goals though. GOALS: 1. Read ten books by the end of this year:  4 /10.  This past month I read a Tom Clancy novel.  I really enjoy Clancy novels and anytime I get my hands on one usually read it within two weeks, no matter how busy I am. 2. Savings:...

I must admit, dear readers, that I almost didn't write this update.  In fact, I almost didn't write anything.  I kind of felt like walking away.  School, work, and the daily stresses almost had me hanging up the keyboard.  Instead I decided to keep going.  I mean, I've only been at this for a little over a year and I figure I have at least forty left in me (that is a joke, there is no way I actually have forty years left in me). SO without further procrastination... Mint says my current net worth is... - $111,361.71 That is a difference of... + $ 1735.25 After posting a huge negative jump last month we improve almost 2k this month.  Not too shabby.  Lets take a look at those accounts to see what's crackin. 1. Emergency Fund                 $7,467.31                                           ...

Once again another month passes too quickly and once again here I am making excuses...I mean shoot!  I didn't even roll out this net worth update on the 15th like normal... I waited until the freaking 20th!  That is pretty bad lol...but as my father-in-law says "Oh well." So crank up the phantom of the opera (what I am indulging in right now) and lets navigate some numbers. Mint says that my net worth in August was... - $105,580.86 This is a difference of... + $4556.86 Hot dang...another positive month.  This surely isn't sustainable:0  I will take it though.  I have noticed a sever change in our spending patterns, and def. for the positive.  Using cash for our problem areas really does help! Lets get a closer look at our accounts... 1. Emergency Fund                  $8,629.86                           ...

So here we are again faithful readers, or whoever out there stumbled onto this website.  Maybe it's just people practicing their english?  Well jokes on them,cause my site is filled with fragments, run-ons, terrible jokes, and poorly written content! But just in case you happen to still care what is going on in the Old School abode lets break out some numbers. Mint says my current net worth is... - $110,137.72 That is a difference of.... + $4,077.22 ! What up baby!  We blew July out of the water. I came in like a wrecking ball, um er, wait that doesn't mean what it used to mean.  Thanks a lot Cyrus. How did we do it?  Well we did get a little bit of money in inheritance.  We also got paid from my summer job finally although now it is over and I am preparing to head back for another school year. Here is a breakdown of our accounts... 1. Emergency Fund                ...

Ah, well if you haven't gotten used to my late postings yet then you never will.  I figure that if I postpone my pathetic post long enough then it will pretty perfectly line up with the period that I predicted since the beginning.  Tongue tied?  Confused?  So am I.  Lets get down to Junky June... Mint says that my net worth in June was.... - $ 114, 214.94 That is a difference of... - $ 729.77 Oh no.  Quick.  Someone telephone the president and tell him we have an emergency.  Our company has posted in the red the last two months.  What the H to the E to the C to the K is going one here?  I actually am the reason we failed hardcore in June.  I admit, I have a problem with gas stations.  I spent a crud ridonkulous amount of money at Casey's this past month.  Dang you two slices of pizza and a "free" thirty two ounce pop! The point is that I lost sight of my goal.  I forgot about what I'm really working toward...

You might be thinking why are you still doing this Old School.  I mean, c'mon, you aren't really putting out any groundbreaking content.  You certainly are fresh, and you are not writing with very much passion or frequency. You would be correct.  I have been pretty lax.  I could lay out a bunch of excuses about how I have been working a full time summer job, and have a bunch of house work, and have a bunch of masters class work...but I won't...oh wait...I guess I just did:)  Oh well.  I'm not stopping because this little blog remains a motivating factor for me.  Whenever I want to spend money on stupid stuff I think of this blog.  Whenever I get tired working my job I think of this blog.  So without further excuses here goes nothing... Mint says my current net worth is... (admittedly I actually got disconnected due to storms so this a few days even later lol) -  $113,485.17 That is a change of!!! - $ 441.52. Well poop.  ...

Well I guess there are not two ways about this...it's already halfway through May and I have yet to post about April.  I could hem and haw about how busy I have been with tennis, teaching, or masters paperwork.  I may even mention that I recently became quite ill and was unable to do much of anything except drag my butt from bed to work and then promptly back to bed.  That all sounds like a stinky excuse though so without further ado lets  get rolling... Mint says my current net worth is... -$113,043.65 That is a difference of...   + $2284.28 Sweet.  An increase...wait how the heck did I increase.  Was it based solely on the market?  In a word yes.  Our investments had a pretty good month. Here is a look at our accounts... 1. Emergency Fund                  $8,761.91                         ...

Well that went pretty fast didn't it?  Another year in the books for me and as March flew by I became a year older.  28.  Twenty eight years old.  Hard to believe that I'm nearing thirty.  30!!!  I'm not for sure if I am exactly where I want to be, but I am having fun being where I am. Now on to the good stuff you number crunching peeping toms... Mint says my current net worth is... - 115,327.93 That is a difference of... +  152.74 Wow.  Someone light the world on fire because I'll pay for the repairs...errr maybe just a house... Check that.  Light nothing on fire except for maybe our butts for going on an out of control spending month. Lets take a look at the account breakdowns and figure out what happened. Account Breakdown  1. Emergency Fund                  $10,230.65                     ...

Been a while boys and girls, but that is what happens when we get into the thick of it.  Masters applications and tennis season has come upon me like the extra pounds one tends to gain right after high school.  Since today is a half day off (due to the winter weather) I figured I would take time to sit down and write out a little update. Mint says my current net worth is... - $115,480.67 That is a difference of... + $ 7966.06 What up!!!???  As a side note looks like somebody found the COLOR button!!!   Oh no... I can't STOP!!! Well, aside from all that crazy fun let us take a look at why the Old School Family was able to improve the old net worth situation for a second month in a row. Account Breakdown...   1. Emergency Fund                  $10,214.39                                 ...

Hello there again faithful readers...or casual passerby...ok...  So maybe you accidentally clicked here thinking this was Mr. Money Mustaches blog.  It is not.  I'm not half as cool.  Before you go though maybe you would enjoy taking a look at my personal finances and where I am at in life.  That way you can either laugh, cry, or give me a pat on the back and your viewership inspires me to keep going.  So thanks.  Now lets get crackin! Mint says my current net worth is... - $123,446.73 That is a difference of... + $ 7227.04 Whoo HOO!!!!  That is right haters, I'm headed in the right direction this year.  So how did I increase my net worth by that much?  Did I fall into a pile of money or rob a small ATM?  Nope.  Read on to find out how the old school family is kicking off 2015 right.   Account Breakdown... 1. Emergency Fund                ...

What up, for the first time in 2015!!!!  Comin' atcha' like a freight train, or maybe like a train wreck, is Old School's breakdown of how December went. First I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and New Year.  I know in the Old School family we kept it pretty lighthearted and fairly non-consumeristic.  I think that even though we do a good job next year I would like to cut out presents all together from most of my family.  I still want to get my mom and dad something, but as for the siblings, cousins, and grandparents we are done.  I don't mind giving small appreciations of our affection that we make, but I personally don't want to receive any food presents next year.  SERIOUSLY!  I probably ate my weight in candy and chocolate and this is not good for my body at all! NET WORTH UPDATE: Mint says my net worth is currently... $ -130,673.77 That is a difference from last month of... + $ 819.23 That is not a huge number, but it is a number...