I was pretty ill over towards the end of 2016 with bronchitis so didn’t get round to doing an annual sum-up back then. Instead I’ll look at the 12 months from Jan 2016 – Jan 2017. Here’s a late and brief summery: Total income for this year was: £73,177.17 Total expenses for this year was: £32,577.26 Of that total expenses, £9,909.91 was wedding related so can be written off (assuming I don’t get married again!). Total expenses less wedding…
A couple of weeks ago while mindlessly scrolling through the usual motivational poster type rubbish which frequently fills my Facebook news feed I spotted one which actually made me stop and think. I can’t remember the exact wording but it went something along the lines of: Warren Buffett (86) is the worlds most successful investors with a networth of billions of dollars, and yet would you swap places with him? Billions of dollars? Sign me up! But at 86 years…
I’ve been meaning to write this post for a while now however have struggled to find the time or energy to do so. Looking back on my post history, I was somewhat shocked to see that I haven’t actually written anything other than the monthly income/expenses for almost 9 months! What the hell have I been doing over all that time? Back in November/ December 2015 time I spoke about attending the FIRE Escape meetup and having a long chat…
It’s Feb 5th which means we are mega late for this month’s Income/Expenses! January was a very busy month for me, I spent alot of time both matched betting and working on the www.MatchedBettingGuy.com website. While I love matched betting, there’s no doubt that it can be tough work and is entirely active income. Taking some tips from Huw @ FFB40 he advised me to start building up additional passive income streams which would tick over each month without much…
Happy new year! I hope everyone had a great holiday season and didn’t go too crazy on the credit cards for some present extravagance. I had a terrible cold for most of December which resulted in alot of days spent off work ill so as to not infect the whole office. On the plus side this gave me ample time to hit all the Christmas casino offers being thrown around. On the expenses front it was a very expensive month…
My motorbike died a couple of days ago so I’ve been distracted with that resulting in being late for this month’s Income/Expenses! November was going okay for me up until the ride home on Thursday when my bike lost all power and came to a stop by the side of a busy road. I pushed it to a nearby carpark but couldn’t get it started. Called the breakdown recovery company and after 3(!) hours of being sat out in the…
It was payday on yesterday so time for the Income/Expenses! I don’t know what it is about 2016 but the months seem to be flying past quicker and quicker. Perhaps its the combination of work and stress of getting everything ready for the wedding next year that means the days just don’t seem to have enough hours in them? I’m disappointed in myself that I’ve neglected this blog somewhat over the past few months and, if it hadnt have been…
It was payday on Friday so time for the Income/Expenses! September has been a very busy month. We are cracking on with the wedding planning (and saving!) while still working hard to increase our side hustles. I’ve been working with Huw to hopefully leverage some of his fantastic marketing experience and ideas in order to continue growing the www.MatchedBettingGuy.com website with more content and guides to help others boost their Matched Betting profits. I’ve got a huge list of things…
It was payday on Thursday so we are late for the Income/Expenses! August was a really quiet month for me. I worked the 9-5, bet in the evenings and didn’t really do a whole lot else. We go the first part of our Honeymoon booked which will be 3 weeks in Orlando in April/May. Originally we were going to do an epic 2 month trip across the states including 3 weeks in Florida however it worked out much cheaper to…
It was payday on Friday so time for the Income/Expenses! July was my first full month working in the new role and it was without a doubt the correct move. I’m enjoying being back in an office with my own desk and knowing the colleagues around me. We’ve been busy but productive and it’s back to enjoying working again. Wedding preparations are continuing and we continue to get carried away with Honeymoon ideas, it’s currently looking like 6 weeks in…