Here is a breakdown of my income for March. Interest $200.46 Dividends $19.12 Job $1296.43 Bank Bonus $94 Cashback $25 Ebay $32.13 Surveys $105.22 Amazon Merch/KDP $6.52 Stock Sale $77.33 Door Dash $80.92 Total $1937.13 March was a decent month for income. Dividend income came in at $19.12. Interest income was $200.46. Moving my money to a higher earning account paid off. I will try to keep my spare cash invested in T-bills or similar earning accounts to keep my interest earning high. I received $25 in cash back. I made $80.92 from Door Dash. It isn’t a big earner in ..read more

Here is a breakdown of my expenses for March. Household $102.15 Mortgage/Apt $115 Utilities $189.60 Entertainment $17.27 Transportation $97.25 Food $110.71 Visa $94.04 Health $0 Travel $260.10 Support $115 Total $1101.12 March’s expenses were quite reasonable. Entertainment expense was for one month Amazon Prime subscription, one month Hulu, and one month Max. Rent was $115 for our apartment in Chiang Mai. My transportation expense consisted of $97.25 for gas. My food expense was $110.71. That is divided between $33.82 for groceries and $76.89 for restaurants. This is ..read more

I have set three goals to achieve in 2024. I’ll review my progress towards the goals monthly. This is the second review. My first goal is to add $10,000 to my savings. I made a little progress on this last month. I intend to eventually use most of these savings to max out my IRA for the year. For now, I’m keeping the money in a cash account in case I have unexpected large expenses with my wife’s visa and bringing her to the U.S. My second goal is to lose weight. I did manage to lose six pounds in January, but I gained it all back in February. I have gained even more weight since then. It is ea ..read more

Here is a breakdown of my income for February. Interest $131.69 Dividends $22.67 Job $755.58 Class Action $1.19 Cashback $38.05 Ebay $115.01 Surveys $49.85 Tax Refunds $644 Stock Sale $633.59 Total $2391.63 February was a decent month for income. Dividend income came in at $22.67. Interest income was $131.69. I received $38.05 in cash back. I made $1.19 from a random class action payment. My state and federal tax refunds totaled $644. My job income was $755.58. That was for one week of work. I’ll get another paycheck later this week and hopefully will have more work thi ..read more

Here is a breakdown of my expenses for February. Household $21.07 Mortgage/Apt $115 Utilities $122.95 Entertainment $13.27 Transportation $451.03 Food $99 Visa $130.17 Health $455.20 Travel $107.35 Support $115 Total $1630.04 February’s expenses were once again a little high. Entertainment expense was for one month Amazon Prime subscription, one month Hulu, one month of Paramount Plus and a lottery ticket. Rent was $115 for our apartment in Chiang Mai. My transportation expense consisted of $341 for six months of car insurance, $57.04 for an oil change, and $52.99 for ..read more

I have set three goals to achieve in 2024. I’ll review my progress towards the goals monthly. This is the first review. My first goal is to add $10,000 to my savings. I haven’t made any progress on this goal. I’m hoping that I will find a job this month and be able to make at least a small contribution to my savings to get this goals started. My second goal is to lose weight. I did manage to lose six pounds in January. I’m satisfied with that progress. I’ve gone backwards so far this month, but I feel confident I can get back on track and make more progress on this goal My third goal is to run ..read more

Here is a breakdown of my income for January. Interest $1219.34 Dividends $20.17 Bank Bonus $100 Class Action $7.70 Amazon Merch $4.15 Ebay $0 Surveys $0 Total $1351.36 January was an ok month for income considering I didn’t have any job income all month. Dividend income came in at $20.17. Interest income was $1219.34. This was much larger than normal due to cashing in a couple of I-bonds. I received $100 from a bank bonus. I made $7.70 from a random class action payment. I made $4.15 from Amazon Merch. I hope I will have some job income this month and am able to increase m ..read more

Here is a breakdown of my expenses for January. Household $469.81 Mortgage/Apt $115 Utilities $114.38 Entertainment $23.86 Transportation $1.71 Food $259.65 Phone $9.95 Health $129.39 Travel $428.07 Support $115 Total $1666.82 January’s expenses were a little high, mainly due to having to pay my annual bar fee of $410. Entertainment expense was for one month Amazon Prime subscription, one month Hulu, one month of Peacock and a visit to the movies. Rent was $115 for our apartment in Chiang Mai. My transportation expense was only $1.71 for a couple of songthaew rides. M ..read more

Here is a breakdown of my income for December. Interest $174.51 Dividends $20.47 Job $22.09 Cash Back $9.60 Amazon Merch $0 Mystery Shop $220 Ebay $0 Other Selling $22.42 Surveys $39.47 Total $508.56 December was not a good income month since I was in Thailand and unavailable for work most of the month. Dividend income came in at $20.47. Interest income was $174.51. I received $9.60 in cash back. I made $22.09 in job income. That was the payout of my PTO. I’ll try to line up a job for when I return to the U.S. Since I won’t get back until January 29th, I won’t get paid ..read more

Here is a breakdown of my expenses for December. Household $97 Mortgage/Apt $116.18 Utilities $26.72 Entertainment $25.85 Transportation $9.67 Food $241.14 Phone $7.13 Health $8.03 Visa $792 Travel $221.51 Support $0 Total $1545.23 December’s expenses were higher than normal due to having to make a payment to the visa agency that is helping with my wife’s visa application. Entertainment expense was for one month Amazon Prime subscription, one month Hulu, and a couple visits to the movies. Rent was $116.18 for our apartment in Chiang Mai. My transportation expense wa ..read more