I don’t know about you but I love CNBC’s Millennial Money and Refinery29’s Money Diaries. Maybe it’s because I love to snoop but there’s something about learning how someone spends their money is interesting. Since I enjoy it so much, I’d share my monthly money diaries! Without ado, here’s my August 2024 money diary. Introduction to my Money Diary My income is $26,000 per year as I’m on maternity leave. This income is from my employment insurance from the government. I do not include any investments as part of my income because I don’t touch any of my dividends or compound interest. My money diary focuses on daily expenses; if there’s an interest in how much I invest, I can…
Summary Sarah is a recent widow with a toddler and a child on the way. After the death of her husband, secrets began to…
Summary Remembering Peasants: A Personal History of a Vanished World by Patrick Joyce is a non-fiction book about the history of peasants in Europe, mostly in Ireland. It also serves as a slight memoir of Joyce’s family history. Thoughts Not what I was hoping for this book to be. I was expecting more of a journalist collecting personal stories from peasants about their daily lives. Instead, it’s a very dry history of peasants – defining peasants, the population and decline of peasants, life and death rituals, houses, etc. The topics and chapters were poorly arranged throughout the book, and I found the syntax difficult to follow. Several times I found myself thinking this chapter is unnecessarily long, with paragraphs that…
Outfit Details For reference, I am 5ft/152.5cm and wear size US small/2-4 in tops, jackets, and blazers, and size US 26 or US 2…
I don’t know about you but I love CNBC’s Millennial Money and Refinery29’s Money Diaries. Maybe it’s because I love to snoop but there’s something about learning how someone spends their money is interesting. Since I enjoy it so much, I’d share my monthly money diaries! Without ado, here’s my July 2024 money diary. Week of July 1 – 6 Total: $395.70 Week of July 7 – 13 Total: $324.56 Week of July 14 – 20 Total: $69.60 Week of July 21 – 27 Total: $281.22 Week of 28 – 31 Total: $400.38 Reflections: This month I actually attempted a no spend/no buy challenge! It’s my first time doing a financial challenge and I failed. I thought I did very…