Just to recap, this site was originally to track my progress in saving up $45K to fund my around the world trip. That’s still on the table, but this site also contains my musings on money, career, investing, life, etc. All that good stuff. First the goal for the new year.

Working for other people sucks. Period. The weird thing is that I actually kinda, sorta like my job. It’s not so much this job, but the fact that it is still a job. I think I will be unhappy at work as long as I answer to someone else. I’ve only touched on this in the past, but 2007 will be the year that I get on the ball. It’s time to work for myself. I don’t know when it will happen (not likely this year) or how (although I have some ideas) but it’s time to get serious about this. I’d take half of what I’m making now if I could be my own boss.

Here’s just January 1st update for my adventure fund. December was a decent month, but I suspect January will likely be flat or even decrease slightly due to bills from Christmas being due.

Happy New Year everyone!

Oh yeah, forgot to do a goal update for this month.

I may be dropping this update soon as my goals have undergone a bit of a shift since I started this blog. Lately, I’ve been more interested in funding an early retirement rather than funding a one-time round the world trip. Anyway, we’ll see, but for now it was a good month: +$2,287, largely due to a bonus at work.