Monthly Resets: reviewing the previous month's spending and goals for the upcoming month

How to actually achieve your 2025 financial goals

Plus December 2024 spending recap

Dec 31, 2024 •

November Spending Recap

And December Monthly Reset

Dec 1, 2024 •

October Spending Recap

Plus access to the Backwards Budgeting spreadsheet!

Nov 1, 2024 •

What I Spent in September 2024: Monthly Reset

Plus a heartwarming story about fantasy football

Oct 1, 2024 •

What I Spent in August 2024: Monthly Reset

new sneakers, Yankees games, and an expensive dinner on the Upper West Side

Sep 1, 2024 •

What I Spent in July 2024: Monthly Reset

Concert tickets, groceries, and ubers

Aug 1, 2024 •

What I Spent in June 2024: Monthly Reset

Road trip snacks, the NYC ferry, and concert tickets

Jul 1, 2024 •

What I Spent in May 2024: Monthly Reset

Every dollar I spent in NYC in May, plus reflecting on goals and looking forward to June

Jun 1, 2024 •

What I Spent in April 2024: Monthly Reset

Spending and goals reset from April heading into May

May 1, 2024 •

What I Spent in March 2024: Monthly Reset

Spending and goals reset from March heading into April

Apr 1, 2024 •

What I Spent in February 2024: Monthly Reset

What I Spent in February in NYC and How I'll Change My Spending Habits in March

Mar 1, 2024 •

What I Spent in January 2024: Monthly Reset

What I spent, what I regretted, and what I'll do again

Feb 1, 2024 •

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