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My monthly Savings Rate report: October 2020

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Nothing happened! A strange thing to be excited about, right? Well, after quite some busy months, it’s a nice change of pace I’d say.
Though it’s not really true if I’m honest. I took up three weeks of on-call at work resulting in a nice bump in salary this month. So my statement really only applies to my expenses.

My monthly Savings Rate report: September 2020

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September Savings Rate

Higher medical costs, a major milestone with my apartment, and continuous investments in my blog, that is a good summary of September and the resulting Savings Rate. So, how did I get this number?

My monthly Savings Rate report: August 2020

August was a bit more expensive than expected. Mainly because the summer sales got moved to this month. I tried my best not to fall for the tricks they try to apply every year and I think I succeeded very well. But even then, I did buy a few things I needed.

Having savings is important to protect your wellbeing

Money can’t buy happiness but saving it might cheer you up

There is a famous saying that money can’t buy you happiness. That may be true, but having money sure can help in gaining happiness. If there is one thing that the corona pandemic has shown us, is that saving for a rainy day isn’t such a bad idea. It can prevent a lot of unhappiness.

It is also no secret how we feel about ourselves and the world, in general, is connected to how much money we have, and savings play a big part in that.

My monthly Savings Rate report: July 2020

If I had to describe July in one month it would be 'fun'. Bit of a weird thing to say during a pandemic, no? Thanks to a couple of trips and celebrating my wife's graduation from her Master (yeaaaah! well done!) we were able to forget the return of the coronavirus.