Well, July is finally over, and I thought that now would be a great time to post some of my family and finance related pros and cons of my own life, since July saw a lot of transition

Pros: 

  • My family’s net worth increased by almost $1000 from the month previously.  This is due mainly to our aggressive repayment of loans and zero credit card balances.
  • I learned firsthand the difference between working for a financial that is for profit vs. working for a non-for profit organization.  The change in lifestyle is dramatic.
  • I don’t have to return to the DMV for at least one year.
  • I’ve met some great people through the comments on this blog and some other blogs as well.
  • My wife is happier than she was in June.
  • I’ve started work on a fantasy novel (believe it or not) and I am considering setting up another blog about it.
  • My Google clicks earned me three times as much money as in June (if only I could count on the trend to continue)
  • I’m not eating fast food for lunch anymore.
  • This is my 50th post!

Cons:

  • I went from full-time work to part-time work.
  • Our August income is going to be much less than our July income.
  • We’ll have a lot of checks hit our bank account at the same time, these are outstanding for over a month (some are) so our account is more inflated than I would like.
  • I’m still not a millionairre (or a thousandairre) because of all our debts.

My Goals for  August for this blog are:

  • 40 Posts
  • Getting Technorati up to 20 (from my last goal post (I just need 3 more links)
  • Getting 100 non-spam comments
  • Having a guest post from a commenter
  • Show at least a 50% increase in Adsense revenue
  • Sit down with my computer guru buddy, Garrett, to learn some more code for this site (Garrett helps me fix things when they look funny, and he does it for free even though he charges some people hundreds of dollars per hour to set up the webs he can weave)  Garrett is awesome.
  • Get on the blogroll of several additional PF blogs.

What are your pros and cons for last month?  What are your goals for next month?