I blog about Financial Independence , frugality , and seeking happiness
2024 Reviewed - Worst and Best Year Yet
Introduction 2024 has been a crazy year for the SavingNinja household. It’s been our best year financially, but it’s also been one of the worst years for stress and anxiety in our lives. We got laid off and lost our US Visa’s; needed to sell everything and move back to the UK unexpectedly; found out we were going to have a baby after being laid off; had to find a new job; a new place to live; a new car; buy everything to live again from scratch....
Savings Report #78 - I've Stopped Investing
Click here to see all of my past Savings Reports and view my interactive net worth chart Go to How To Track Your Savings to check out the Saving Ninja Super Spreadsheet. Happy new year!! This is a quick one as I’d like to put more energy into writing the end of year review post. The market sank a bit in December but we still managed to stay above the £1m mark by the end of 2024, only just by £615....
Savings Report #77 - One Million Pounds!
Click here to see all of my past Savings Reports and view my interactive net worth chart Go to How To Track Your Savings to check out the Saving Ninja Super Spreadsheet. £1m has been breached! November was truly phenomenal. My investments earned 5.9% in a single month, earning £52,000 in interest alone, pushing us over that sought-after figure. £1m has always been our true FIRE target. Sure, when I first started blogging 6 years ago, my initial target was £300k (I hit this at the end of 2021 ) - This was because my expenses were £12k....
Savings Report #76 - Too Tired
Click here to see all of my past Savings Reports and view my interactive net worth chart Go to How To Track Your Savings to check out the Saving Ninja Super Spreadsheet. Another big jump in net worth due to the stock market, the race is on to £1m. Not a big update today, way too tired due to the baby and busy due to work. We’re currently just surviving and trying to find our new norm....
Savings Report #75 - Having a Baby is HARD!
Click here to see all of my past Savings Reports and view my interactive net worth chart Go to How To Track Your Savings to check out the Saving Ninja Super Spreadsheet. In September, Baby SavingNinja was born! The birth was way more harrowing than I thought it would be and it really affected me to the point where I can’t imagine doing it again. Mrs SavingNinja, however, went through it like a champ....