Ughhhhh this goal is hard!!! I am at a plateau point where I’m not going down, but not going up either. I’ve been stuck just shy of $13K foreverrrrr. :(

I can’t really increase my income right now, so I need to start decreasing my spending somehow. Gas is a big unavoidable bill, and phone will be too starting this month. I’ll have to start cutting out fun stuff if I want to achieve this goal anytime soon! :( 21 months ago

Starting next month, I’m booted off my family’s phone plan and need to start paying for my own. Also starting next month, I’m cutting back my hours at work for the start of graduate school. Both of these things will hurt my progress on this goal… but I am still keeping high hopes for somehow finishing it by June of 2012! 21 months ago

Because I had a full scholarship for my Bachelor’s degree, I had never applied for and received another type of financial aid before. Now that I’m starting my Master’s, though, I applied—and got the results yesterday! They look pretty awesome, so this goal seems so attainable now! =)) 23 months ago

One of my co-workers is out for 3 weeks, so I’m picking up a ton of hours this month. I’m hoping my next paycheck will be about $1,000—that will help a ton! Woo-hoo, this now seems doable again! =D 23 months ago

Thanks to the wonderful and generous graduation gifts I was given this month, I have finally hit (and surpassed, by a bit) the $13,000 mark—for the first time ever! =)

It won’t last long, because next month’s VISA bill is larger than my paychecks (I bought a new laptop and other necessary things), but still… hurray! =) 1 year ago

If i go through my bank and get an Personal Goal Savings Certificate which is basically a cd and allow them to take out 77 bucks every payday I will have saved 10,000 in 5 years. Seems like a long time but it may be the best I can do. I mean it can automatically come out which would be helpful! 1 year ago

I thought I could complete this by December 2011 as one of my “new year’s resolutions,” but it’s just not going to happen this year. Ugh, I want to see that magic number in my bank account for the first time! I am changing my end date to June 2012. The extra 6 months will make this much more feasible! 2 years ago