- I was seriously injured in February while exercising. I dislocated my right shoulder and suffered significant internal damage requiring surgical repair. While out of commission and recovering from surgery, inactivity led to depression and I found it difficult to stay motivated. I am glad to say I finished up physical therapy in August and am now slowly working my way back into the gym. While the process was tough it was a good reminder to not take health for granted. Oh, and a good reminder about how essential health insurance is!
- During these recovery months I am sad to say I fell a little bit off the savings bandwagon. I allowed myself to splurge on things that I thought would increase my happiness. In the end this was a failed exercise and it reaffirmed that it is not money that makes me happy.
- I am excited to say I am back to budgeting/saving money and will be using this blog as a way to document our journey to financial freedom.
- I received a promotion in July to an Engineering Management position. I can honestly say that I miss my old position and getting to solve technical problems/manage my own projects. On the flip side managing people is a new and challenging puzzle. I also genuinely like all of the people that work for me, and seeing them succeed brings me great personal pleasure. My base salary increased from $85,000 to $95,000 per year and I am required to work significantly less overtime. I did however lose time and a half pay for overtime which will decrease my total earnings slightly this year.
- Mortgage debt has decreased from $126,000 to $118,000 since the injury in February.
- Ms. DebtFree has been crushing her student loans, I will let her fill you in on this exciting story in a future blog post.
I am excited to be back on the right track and looking forward to sharing our path to freedom from debt with you. Thank you for stopping by!
Mr. DebtFree out.
