Yup, it’s that time again! Dividend Income and Expense time! For those of you who don’t follow this blog regular-like, this is a regular monthly post where I detail the Tako family’s expenses for the entire month. I also detail how much passive income we earned in the form of dividends.
Why do I do this? Why not?!
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Yes, it’s that time again — The beginning of whole new month! Typically I put out a Dividend Income and Expense post at the beginning of every month, but this month I’m a little behind schedule.
I wanted to finish the post on Winning The Thermostat War first, so this post was a little delayed…
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Yes, it’s time once again for our regular monthly “Dividend Income and Expenses” post. In this post, I’ll lay out our January 2018 dividend income and expenses in excruciating detail for the world to see!
These kinds of monthly expense reports are common on personal finance blogs, but I believe they are extremely instructive for readers. There’s tons of financial lessons to be learned just by watching how other people spend their money…
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December is the time of year for food, families, and fun. Oh, and breaks from blogging too! I decided to take the last two weeks of December “off” from blogging, and focus on family this year. It was great to have a break from blogging and my regular stay-at-home-dad routine.
Like last year, we stuck to our usual modus operandi — having a rock-socking fabulous time all-the-while keeping our spending low…
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Wow, it’s December already? The month of November absolutely flew by this year. Time flies when you’re recovering from a tiring month of overseas travel I guess.
At the beginning of every month, I write this regular post to review our expenses, dividends and investment changes for the prior month…
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The Tako family has returned from Japan, and it’s time to face the accountant’s calculator. Did we burn through the yen at a crazy-insane rate, or did we “frugal it up” for our month in Japan?
Unfortunately trying to figure out how much we spent in Japan was harder than I expected. Read on to find out why….
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September was another extremely busy month for the Tako family. Not only were we trying to get everything done before our big trip to Japan, but I took on some additional guest post writing in September.
I wrote these guest posts completely for free, because I like the people and the blogs involved. A little extra exposure for Mr. Tako Escapes never hurts either!
Read moreSummer months are the fun months of the year — filled with traveling, birthday parties, water-fights, gardening, and beautiful warm weather. That’s what our summer looks like at least… and August is our peak summer month. It was a crazy busy month.
We had tons of fun, and it showed up in our expenses this August! We spent a HUGE amount of money, but none of it was unexpected…
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July was an exhausting month. Everything went well financially, but the month just felt extremely busy.
First, Mrs. Tako went on a business trip for a few days. This made life busier than usual, having to take care of the family by myself…
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