Boy, I have I been busy lately! I have been neglecting this poor little blog. I hope to have a chance to catch up with my blog reading this weekend. Frankly, I am considering calling in sick tomorrow. I have 2 meetings and 2 conference calls on Friday. So if I don't want to go into work, tomorrow is my only day.
Anyways, on to the point of this post!
I calculated my anticipated savings rate today, it is about 22% of my net pay. I've read a lot of FIRE blogs and most indicate that savings rate is the most significant factor in reaching financial Independence. Based on my anticipated savings rate, I want to try and increase it to 25% by the end of the year. I need to develop a new method to track my savings. This will be a hard goal to balance with my goal to pay down my mortgage.
My job is crazy (it'll have to be a whole separate post) and stress ridden. I really need to see the needle start to move towards financial independence in order to continue to work there. I hope increasing my savings rate gives me the emotional and mental boost that I need.
