April Fools’ day, today. On most sites and blogs, on Twitter and in your inbox, all the time someone is trying to punk you.
Quite early I decided to mark as read all entries in my RSS reader and I really quickly went through my inbox, deleting most emails immediately. I’m not saying it is annoying, but I think a lot of people lack creativity and it is boring right after few attempts on fooling me. I’m also not so creative in this aspect; there is no joke or prank at my blog today.
March was a peaceful month. I was focused on decreasing expenditures. According to my saving plan, I ate a lot of fruit, especially at work (I will continue with this great habit) and I avoided unnecessary shopping. I must honestly admit I drunk alcohol twice, despite my resolution. Fortunately, it didn’t influence so much my result. I spend about 18% of my total income this month and it is much less than in February. Goal achieved.
March didn’t give me too much investing opportunities. Most time I stayed away from the market. Only during the last week I opened several positions. So far, I closed only one of them. So far they are giving me about 2,7% rate of return. I’m pretty satisfied, both from rate of return and from my patience. It was really tempting to trade on market even if could find well promising picks. Good for me I kept my emotions in check.
Meantime my blog made 3.44$. Not too much, but I’m not focused on monetizing it, yet. I submitted my posts to three Blog Carnivals:
- 145th Carnival of Personal Finance: The Baby Education Edition.
- Carnival of Personal Finance #146 - Online Broker Tips Edition.
- Carnival Of Tips - March 29, 2008
Check them, they consist a lot of interesting and valuable posts.
It’s spring; there is a lot of sun. I want to spend more time outdoor. Sometimes with my laptop in the garden; sometimes top-less (laptop less, of course), doing workout. Looks like a nice way how to spend free time in April.
May 2nd, 2008 at 6:50 pm
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