Most Recent Update

I just updated "THE LIST" to reflect my progress, and now my second post really makes no sense seeing as I've continually tweaked it as I've changed my mind about things :P

On the flip side, I must say I'm somewhat impressed with myself ;) I still have a little more than a year left, and I think I've made good progress!

I think that the best part is that I've completed almost all of my goals posted under the Financial heading. Some of those things were pretty damn tough to accomplish, and it's nice to see all of those highlighted :) The only one I see being a problem is #10; unless I can come up with an extra $18K on top of my job this year.

So, here's a quick summary of my some of my updates:

#3 - I paid off and closed my CapOne credit account. I had several other cards with much better rates and service.
#13 - I ended up totaling my car (not my fault!) and buying a wonderful Honda Civic that was super reliable. It gave me no problems. HOWEVER, a year later (aka, last month) I decided I didn't NEED a car, and sold it. Which leads to...
#4 and #5 - Selling my car allowed me to pay off my auto loan, and my Wells Fargo Visa completely. Last week I was also able to pay off my Washington Mutual Visa. Woot! :)
#11 - I finally had a rummage sale last month. It was awesome! Seriously, I have so much less clutter and junk it feels amazing. I also made a few hundred dollars! It's a win-win situation :)
#16 - I made a totally awesome table with every one of my debts, this has really helped me stay on track. Find it here.
#21 - Came with my sweet new job working for the county :P I get free health, life, and dental. Not to mention lots of vacation time and personal leave. Sorry, I'll stop talking it up now. I'm just an office drone, if it makes you feel better.
#35 - I signed up for a garden plot with our local Community Garden Program. It has been an amazing experience and I cannot wait until I have my own garden!
#61 - I finally finished my Money After College blog, and am now starting to post more regularly. Maintaining blogs is way harder that it seems, seriously. BTW, my old gardening blog got hacked :( Maybe I should put fixing that site on my list somewhere :S
#72 - The BF and I officially live together now...with 4 other people. Lol. It's a nice step because we have our own rooms, but it's really great not having to drive back and forth to each others' places.
#84 - I gave blood again last month.
#86 - I also donated my hair again. I spontaneously decided to have 9 inches of my hair hacked off on my lunch break one day. That was pretty exciting.
#87 - I have a list of 100 things that make me happy, and I look at it occasionally and try to pick out something new to do. It's kind of fun!

I'm making great progress on a lot of others, but I can tell that some of them are definitely not going to get done in a year. Right now I'm still making debt reduction my priority, so I don't forsee a lot of traveling going on. Boo :( I'm hoping to at least get to Michigan to see the fam, but overseas trips will probably have to wait until the next list.

More updates later!

:)