Category Archives: New Year’s Goals

New Year’s Goals – Progress Update – Four Months

It’s been May for a while, but I haven’t gotten a chance to post this until now.  Things have been pretty busy lately, which I always enjoy.  Here’s a quick update on my 2013 New Year’s Goals: 1) Reduce debt by … Continue reading

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New Year’s Goals – Progress Update – Three Months

It’s April, and the temperatures are just starting to warm up outside.  Things are pretty plain with this update, as everything went as scheduled.  Here’s a quick update on my 2013 New Year’s Goals: 1) Reduce debt by 68.33%. Target: 8.79%, … Continue reading

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New Year’s Goals – Progress Update – Two Months

Since it’s March, here’s a quick update on my 2013 New Year’s Goals: 1) Reduce debt by 68.33%. Target: 4.6%, Actual: 7.58%.  I cashed in what we had built up in our dependent care tax-free fund, and applied it to our … Continue reading

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New Year’s Goals – Progress Update – One Month

How is it February already?  Anyway, here’s an update on my 2013 New Year’s Goals: 1) Reduce debt by 68.33%. Target: .43%, Actual: .43%.  No big surprise here.  When I made the goals, I already knew how much I’d have … Continue reading

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2013 New Year’s Goals

It seems that I’m late to get my new year goals out ever year, but it takes me some time to figure out the financial goal of debt reduction for an entire year.  I have to balance what I think … Continue reading

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New Year’s Goals – Progress Update – Twelve Months

Well, it’s the new year, and that means it’s time to reflect on how I did on last year’s New Year’s Goals.  I will come up with my 2013 New Year’s Goals soon, but here’s how I did for 2012: … Continue reading

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New Year’s Goals – Progress Update – Eleven Months

Here’s an update on my New Year’s Goals for this year: Reduce house debt by 44.11% (Revised target: 56.92%). Revised target: 54.39%, Actual: 51.78%.  I expected this to be flat compared to the previous month, and that became true.  One month left, … Continue reading

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New Year’s Goals – Progress Update – Ten Months

Here’s an update on my New Year’s Goals for this year: Reduce house debt by 44.11% (Revised target: 56.92%). Revised target: 54.21%, Actual: 51.57%.  Due to our perfect storm of finances, we went flat as far as debt reduction goes this month. We have … Continue reading

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New Year’s Goals – Progress Update – Nine Months

As I mentioned earlier, we paid off our car.  That gets us a little ahead of where we planned with our debt reduction.  Here’s an update on my New Year’s Goals for this year: Reduce house debt by 44.11% (Revised target: 56.92%). … Continue reading

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New Year’s Goals – Progress Update – Eight Months

We’re still right on track with the revised debt reduction, and I’ve started running more often.  Here’s an update on my New Year’s Goals for this year: Reduce house debt by 44.11% (Revised target: 56.92%). Revised target: 46.48%, Actual: 46.51%.  We’re basically … Continue reading

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