Money
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Max 401k -
Will end year at a little over 13k contributed • Max Roth -
didn't happen • Establish 5-10k EF -
ending year at about 250Ending year with 2k!! • Have home ready to be put on the market
o Not planning on selling, but that is my first goal in home improvements, in 2020 I will take on more what I want type
upgrades – but could sell instead, who knows?
Had some painting done, all 1st floor, stairs and upper hallway but otherwise bumping this into 2020 o I’m thinking to do a few things OOP to get a good appraisal, do some staging, and then refi with max cash out to
tackle larger ticket items.
Bumping this into 2020 • Maintain minimum payments on SLs plus about 200/month to highest interest rate.
Paid an addition $1,200 to highest interest loan o Will see where the student loans fit in with the refi, but thinking may need all for maintenance/upgrading –
there is a
lot of it to do.
Bumping this into 2020 • Will post more specifically on my money stuff when I see my new take home pay in 2019
• Get better on paperwork/monthly bills
Did a bit better, more work needed o Filing/updating paperwork
o Streamlining/cost cutting
o Focus on what we really want/enjoy
Not able to fund much here due to IRS debacle. * Monthly charity/societal contriubtion Did some but not enough, more needed here
Family/Social
• Want a real vacay this year – would be a first in 5 or more years.
Bumping this into 2020 • Monthly event, movie/game night?
Did some, but Bumping this into 2020 for ongoing, increase, etc. • Weekly lunches with friends
Did some, monthly is good enough I think!Career
• Keep focused on kicking it at day job
Done! o So nice to not have to think about job searching! Begging uselessly for a raise!!!
• Get to work on publishing research
Fail! But can/must pull this out by EOY!!! Will be part of EOY review at job. o Only take on teaching if I am up to date on household/paperwork issues and research
No teaching but Rukh, Inc is here!!!Health Fitness
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• Get back to a mostly raw diet and daily yoga
o I’ve been very naughty since thanksgiving
• Take up jogging in April
* Early to bed/early to rise, 8 hours of restHousehold
• Get a better flow to weekly chores
Much improved, a little tweaking here • Want to have each room reorganized and nicely staged
...in progress o Purging room by room
Some done o Painting
Mostly Done o Staging
Some done o Will tackle this on a one room per month basis
Continuing this into 2020
• Gardening - yard/veggie/flowerbeds
Bumping this into 2020