I've posted a few times about my family but to quickly recap: We just moved to Japan for the military. My wife is an Air Force Flight Surgeon. We have a 13 month old and 2 dogs.
We've been here 1 month now and I have estimated that we have spent $850 so far on snowboarding. We also felt we needed to both have vehicles and so each bought a car with cash. The total was $5k. We also would like to make our new house feel like home since we will be here for 3 years, so that means a little furniture and home decor. We've also eaten out a lot and basically threw our normal monthly budget out the window.
Now I understand that moving to an entirely new country is going to come with some unique financial ramifications for a little while, but hopefully it doesn't continue this way because our credit card bill literally made me queasy to look at, although maybe that's just all the sashimi and ramen
I made this post to serve two purposes. 1: A reminder for myself not to get too caught up in living in a new place and to make sure to use our new income (went from $60k as a gen surg PGY2 to $85k as a flight doc) to mostly boost our Roth TSP and Roth IRAs. Keep that lifestyle creep down! 2: A warning for others who get a raise or move to a new place to watch out for that darn treadmill. It comes along silently and if you aren't careful can sweep you off your feet.
We've been here 1 month now and I have estimated that we have spent $850 so far on snowboarding. We also felt we needed to both have vehicles and so each bought a car with cash. The total was $5k. We also would like to make our new house feel like home since we will be here for 3 years, so that means a little furniture and home decor. We've also eaten out a lot and basically threw our normal monthly budget out the window.
Now I understand that moving to an entirely new country is going to come with some unique financial ramifications for a little while, but hopefully it doesn't continue this way because our credit card bill literally made me queasy to look at, although maybe that's just all the sashimi and ramen

I made this post to serve two purposes. 1: A reminder for myself not to get too caught up in living in a new place and to make sure to use our new income (went from $60k as a gen surg PGY2 to $85k as a flight doc) to mostly boost our Roth TSP and Roth IRAs. Keep that lifestyle creep down! 2: A warning for others who get a raise or move to a new place to watch out for that darn treadmill. It comes along silently and if you aren't careful can sweep you off your feet.
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