Monthly update time again – how time flies, even when you’re not really having fun.
No, I’m not sad, depressed or feeling fed up – I think I’m just suffering from a bit of mental fatigue.
Long busy days at work have left me pretty brain-dead and brain-tired, I’ve gotten behind on my blog reading/commenting and for the first time in a long while, I didn’t get round to sorting out a post in between my monthly numbers updates.
I’m still exercising regularly, eating well, not drinking too much, getting enough sleep and avoiding too much social media or news.
The brighter days and better weather might help drag me out of this listless phase, back to my normal self.
Not many ‘highlights’ this month:
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- Attended (and also did a presentation in) the latest ‘Manchester’ FIRE meet up. Always good to see familar faces, some new faces and to be able to chat about FIRE, pensions and such-like without people thinking you are a bore or a weirdo. Also attended a ‘Leeds’ Invest Meet up.
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- My nephew finally returned home from staying at his dad’s since before Christmas. Bless him, he’s grown an inch, his voice has changed but sadly, he’s picked up some very bad teenaged boy habits (less said about those, the better!).
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- Losing myself completely reading The Way of Kings, a 1000+ page fantasy tome recommended by SavingNinja. It’s been a while since I stayed up reading past 2am because I got caught up in the ‘just one more chapter’ cycle! Just started book 2, so I can lose myself again!
So, how did I get on money-wise in February?
I saved 47.7% of my net salary – continuing with my decent start to the year.
The above savings includes a top up of a £25 premium bond win, £27.96 from TopCashback* and £20 from Matched Betting profits (from last month).
Shares and Investment Trusts
No new investments, I just topped up existing holdings.
Current share/IT portfolio can be found here.
(Entire portfolio here)
Future Fund
Another wobble in the stock markets apparently, something to do with bond yields going up but whatever, I carried on investing.
At the end of the month, my Future Fund stood slightly up at £221,108, but the increase was from the addition of capital.
Dividends and Other Income
A bumper month of dividends: