A Year and Change: 2021 in Review

Treading steady in debt, taking bold strokes in saving

Jar of change tipped over on side to spill the coins out — Photo by Josh Appel on Unsplash

Well, here we are again.

For the year ahead, I don’t know whether to let my cynicism quell my trepidation or my trepidation rattle my cynicism. Best to focus on the past for now.

Moving into last year, my first surprise was how fed up I’d grown with tracking my debt and expenditures to the penny. I…

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