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Is it really worth it?

Add comment October 3rd, 2007

Deidre and I are finding a new perspective lately which is really helpful when deciding what we can do ourselves, and what we can get others to do.

Because we’re moving house, there’s a lot of things that need doing. However, in the past 9 months we’ve moved twice. Once from New Zealand to Canberra, and once again into this house 4 months ago. We’re over moving. Really over it. We’re so over it, we decided we would get others to do the things we just don’t want to do.

So we worked out how much our time was worth.

Net worth update

Add comment October 3rd, 2007

Last month I created a net worth spreadsheet for myself, to help me keep track of my asset-to-debt ratio and my net worth - eg. how much I’m worth after taking into account assets vs. liabilities. I was exceptionally pleased with the result!

In the past 9 months, Deidre and I have managed to accumulate about +$118,000 worth of assets. Helping us do that has meant accumulating a level of debt. However, this has only amounted to about -$75,000 worth of debt, leaving a net worth of +$43,000.