I’m not even sure if anyone still reads blogs but I’ve missed it. To be honest, this isn’t about who is reading these posts or gaining an audience, it’s about capturing all the frantic thoughts that are going on in my head. I’m of the generation who had LiveJournal during my angsty teenage years, and I love looking back to see how in my feelings I was, lol. It’s similar to this blog, reading my earlier posts about just starting our investing journey, couponing, excitedly seeing our net worth grow slowly. I’m proud of us and how far we’ve come. It’s also kind of weird, because when I think about it all it doesn’t seem like that long ago.
Anyways, cole’s notes from the last few years:
G & I are still together and celebrated our 19 year together (14 of marriage). G had another transfer a few years ago, so we sold our house and moved to a small town just outside a large city in Saskatchewan (yes - I’m still Saskatchewan Savings! :) ). We looked at moving into the city but my heart just loves the small town vibes where neighbours actually talk to one another and have get togethers often. We love it here, it’s been a really good move for us.
With that also came a big change in my job. The Credit Union I worked for didn’t offer remote work, so as soon as we had our transfer notice I let them know I had to move and if we could work something out, let me know - if not, no hard feelings. Turns out, they wanted to keep me! And they pushed thru an entirely brand new remote work policy for me, and have since rolled it out to other employees as well. I’m such a trend setter ;) Our new house has enough bedrooms that I have a dedicated office space set up and only have to go into head office 10% of my working days annually. Oh, and they put me in an entirely new department: finance! I LOVE this job, it’s super changing but rewarding. Seeing how the back end of the Credit Union works is fascinating. The team I work with is great as well, I’m learning a lot. It is extremely busy at work at the moment which has bled into my personal life. It’s is honestly why I think I’ve missed journaling… It’s just nice to get all my crazy thoughts down and process.
Something else I should mentioned is G and I had a very sudden loss of someone very close. This was completely unexpected and it’s been a bit to process. I’m sure I’ll discuss it some point down the line if I continue writing but if I publish our net worth numbers again I don’t want anyone trying to play the comparison game. This was someone’s retirement, a nest egg they had worked their entire lives for, and they passed away before they could enjoy any of it. And we were just gifted a sum of money… it’s complicated. Not in the estate processing, that was straight forward, but just how we feel about the funds. I don’t know. It’s weird and I’m still trying to process my thoughts. Maybe someone in the comments will just tell me I’m a lucky bitch and stop whining or I just tell myself that thru these posts. I don’t know.
Although I haven’t been blogging our finances are on autopilot. We are a lot more intentional with savings for experiences and we actually made a point this year to spend MORE on restaurants and entertainment. We are currently savings for a trip to Vancouver this summer. We looked at flights, got pissed off at how much flying is within Canada, then started to plan a road trip. Although, I’m sure we will spend just as much on gas and food as we would have for flights, we are much more excited to spend the money on a good road trip. We are tent/camping along highway 99 until we get to Vancouver, where we splurged on a hotel room right downtown. G is currently in Vancouver for work so he’s been able to scope out somethings for us to do. I’ve never been, so looking forward to seeing the west coast of Canada!
- M
