WatchMyGrowth.com

My Actual Growth

Here are some key things to understanding my Personal Finance Blog.

My first post was on May 03, 2006.
My actual savings on May 03, 2006 was $0.00 and when you include credit card debt my savings were even worse
Before I started this site I created a budget in late March. My goal at that time was not to save money but to just see where my money was going (see Starting A Budget). So I started a budget and stuck with it for the ending month of March and the month of April. After realizing how much money I was blowing, and realized how much I could be saving there was like a switch that went off in my head.

Here is a list of some goals that I have to improve MyActualGrowth.

MyActualGrowth Snapshots

2006

Short Term Goals

From May 3, 2006 - December 31, 2006 save at least $9,000.00
At any point from May 3, 2006 - December 31, 2006 increase my 401k contribution percentage from 4% to at least 8%
~~Read 1-3 financial books a month.~~ (I have read 1 in May and 1 in June)
~~Open and fund an online brokerage account~~ Opened an account with ShareBuilder
~~Open and fund an online savings account~~ Opened an account with EmigrantDirect
~~Create a strategy to fund my accounts.~~
Eliminate all credit card debt, any future use of the credit cards must be paid off before interest occurs.

Long Term Goals