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End 2017 review - net worth at $287k

I've gotten lazy. I should have joined the hype like everyone else talking about my 2017 achievements and setting 2018 goals, but no, I felt like there wasn't a need to. Who would be interested in my 2017 achievements anyway? But I figured, tracking these down are not for you, it's for me. It's for me to document down bits and pieces of my thoughts so that one day I can look back and recall what I went through.

So hey, it's the 2nd week of 2018. Work has drained the hell out of my soul and I've only worked barely 1 week this year, although I've had a sucky end to 2017. When others were celebrating, I was buried with work. While others were chit chatting casually, I was stuck in meetings and meetings taking notes and doing loads of useless nonsensical stuff that does nothing to improve my life. The only thing I gained out of these was my salary. I am trading my time, my soul, for money.

2017 Review

Ok, enough of complains. Here's a throwback on what I did/blogged about in 2017:
Now here's the thing everyone is kaypo about:

Net worth

I've increased my net worth by $31,000 in 6 months to $287k.

But if you think I should be celebrating this, let me tell you that I ought to be ashamed. The bulk of the $31,000 comes from CPF (aka contributed by my employer and forced savings from me).

The actual cash savings I had is only a mere $3000 for the whole of 6 months. How the hell did I spend my money?! Now this is a real wake-up call for me. I've been spending without much care - I think to myself that I can afford it anyway. I still continue to track my budget (which is really helpful for me to analyse my spendings now), but I never stop myself to spend. I've been eating good food. I've been travelling. I've been really generous to my family by paying for a holiday, meals and household items. I've been online shopping. Shucks! Of all, qoo10 sucks the most money out of me with at least $2000 spending on it </3

Oh wait, after scrutinising my list, I figured out that I'd transferred $14k cold hard cash into my mum and my CPF as shared in Jul, which meant I should have more liquid savings than $3,000 except I've now dumped them into CPF ðŸ˜¬  That'd make me sleep better!

Investment and Dividends

On this front, I've gained a total dividend of $1,105 on my stocks. Not going to share what my portfolio is because I am honestly no guru in investing. Of the 8 stocks I have, only 3 are green. The dividend yield stands at 5%.

Hopes and goals for 2018



  • Receive my promotion this year (likely to happen)
  • Receive a good ballot number for my flat
  • Enjoy my marriage preparation this year 
  • Plan for a family getaway for 2019
  • Be less stress about work this year (not so optimistic considering the projects lined up for me)
  • Be someone whom others admire and look up to
  • Stay healthy, always
  • Monitor my spendings - no more qoo vouchers to hit min credit spending.
  • Save $50k this year HAHA (praying for good bonuses to make achieving this easier)

Comments

  1. Thanks for sharing .
    Just my opinion, be someone whom others admire and look up seems a very very stressful goal which to me is meaningless. Maybe im older than you and have a different perspective . Maybe I just want my son to look up to me by setting a good example and be good to my family and in laws and some good friends..other than that, no expectations

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    1. Thanks for sharing too! Maybe this goal seems a bit superfluous or maybe I've ego...I just don't like it when I feel looked down on. I want people to acknowledge I'm smart or good at work.

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  2. 3k for 6 months. Hmmmm. 加油 ! Fortunately we got CPF.

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  3. the bad news is that once you are married and have your own house and children, it will be even harder to save! jiayou!

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    1. Thanks for the encouragement! Yea, I know....which is why I respect my parents a lot for all they've done for me. So, wherever possible, I hope to repay them...be it paying for things, transferring money to their CPF, treating them overseas. Hopefully after I'm married, I can promote their statuses to grandparents haha. Will just have to tighten my purse when the day comes...meanwhile, I hope to save as much as I can now

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  4. Yea, CPF is really an excellent tool for us to save for retirement. Well, I actually saved more than 3k la haha. I forgot the fact that I transferred $14k cash in July to CPF :X But, I hope I could have saved even more!!!

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