August Update 2026
August was a hard month. The entertainment world lost so many and each one hit me harder than the next til I was crying over Eeyore (Peter Cullen) dying. I'm gonna need the grim reaper to take a break on my childhood joys and heros for a bit please. 1. Save more- Not possible this month for a variety of reasons 1. Big dental bill. 2. Medical bills 3. Moving costs 4. Back to school year costs The "Save more" is kind of on hold until Oct when I will only be paying 1 rent instead of the 2 I'll pay for Sept. and I'll be back in a place where saving is the priority. I do have Automatic deductions of about 9% net moved into investments ever month that still happened in August and will in September but the whole goal of MORE not happening. 2. Travel more- July was only travel, so this month's goal was to be low key- 1 trip at the end of the month for a friend's wedding in Bellingham. 3. Don't cry over men I've been divorc...
