Mar 5

Mar 5 January Budget Review

Justin Taylor

Monthly Review: Jan 2020 - 87% Savings Rate

Lets quickly hit the big events from January:

Plenty of Skiing
CampFI in Florida
Sold My 2001 F-150 for a profit
Started Sourcing Van Build Materials

Now it’s time to get into the details:

Post-Tax Income: $10,636

This month we had some monthly bonuses come in.

Expenses: $1,315

Yee Yee. Love those low numbers. We did some skiing in New Hampshire and I flew down to Florida to present at a CampFI, but other than that, we took things a little easier this month.

I feel like that’s always needed following the Holiday Season.

Going Out: $6.79

Stephanies $3.43
Burger King $3.36
- Nothing hits the post ski spot like a 10 piece nugget for $1.49

Priority Pass - Free Food

Another month another slew of free meals at lounges and participating Priority Pass restaurants. I feel like I have this same part of the post every month. Long live priority pass.

Groceries: $9.69

Hate on the corporate life if you want…but they do cater

I do have to feed myself from time to time though so here are my grocery runs:

Target $1.69
Star Market $8

Bills: $924.82

Standard Bills

Rent - $837.50
Car Insurance - $49.32
Internet - $18
Spotify - $10
Gym - $10

Travel: $259.83

These are the expenses for this month but several are prepaying for Feb activities.

Texas Concert - $12.44
Dallas Flight - $13.15
Vday Airbnb - $58.29
Flight to Orlando - $115.80
Party Bus - $20
House of Blues Concert - $35.50
Uber - $2.65
Parking - $2

CampFI - Florida Week 2

Me and my co-host Cody got the opportunity to head down to Florida and spread the message of financial independence with 60 amazing members of the community.

CampFI is this set of awesome retreats across the United States. Attendees come from all different backgrounds and points along their financial journey.

They all take place at a summer camp type property away from the city and n involve tons of sharing and motivation to guide each other through their financial journeys.

Our tickets were comped as speakers which included our room and food during the event but we had to handle the travel arrangements down there.

We lucked out with some great weather and I shot my first non-compound bow.

Shred The Gnar

This winter we made a goal to ski every mountain in New England on the Epic pass. That is a total of seven mountains.

I’m still skiing on my $50 setup that included skis / boots / bindings. I haven’t maintained them at all but somehow I safely fly down black diamonds without issue.