Four weeks ago I set a goal for myself to have a 4 week flash savings challenge. At the end of the 4 weeks, my goal was to have $3,000 in our emergency fund savings. (We started with $611 in our savings, so we need to get $2,389 in four weeks.)
We did make a fair amount this week, which is great, but we didn’t completely accomplish our goal (yet), because we are still waiting on my husband’s $1,700 conference reimbursement check. We are also waiting on payment for an item I sold on eBay for $309, and a flexible spending reimbursement of $260. That is $2,269 we are waiting on!
As soon as those items come in, this challenge will be more than met, but until then, I am coming up a bit short.
However, we did add a good chunk of change to the emergency fund this week. Here is how:
Extra Job #1: $25
Extra Job #2: $100
FSA Reimbursement: $70
Extra Job #3: $75
Anniversary Cash Gift: $20
Extra Job #4: $25
Total for Week Four: $315
Total for Week Three: $485.77
Total for Week Two: $447.50
Total for Week One: $254.34
New Emergency Fund Total: $2,113.61
Starting Emergency Fund Total: $611
This is great.What are the extra jobs you are doing?
They are freelance writing jobs that aren’t part of my regular routine, just little extra one-time jobs I picked up.
Great work! You’ve killed it, when you count in those reimbursements/payments you’re waiting on.
All those extra jobs are coming in handy. 🙂
I hope you get the reimbursement soon. That’s a lot of money.
I know, right? I thought we would have had it in hand by now since the conference ended 4 weeks ago and my husband submitted the reimbursement forms right away.
Wow all those extra jobs!! I guess I could count my eggs as extra job but perfer not to think of that way since all I do is collect the eggs. Hardly a ‘job’ for a 51 year old!
Good job on keep ‘on track’ with your plans. It is difficult with so many forces working against you this time of the year.
Yes, I have really lucked out with extra jobs this month. That helped tremendously. Eggs my count as a job. You are saving money that way.