I got my current job! I know that doesn’t make much sense. I’ve been at my current job for a year but I have been working as a contractor. As of the 7th I am a real employee! It’s the same job with a different title, more money, and benefits! Really good benefits too. I really love this job and I’m so happy to be making this transition. This is a place I could see myself retiring from one day so I really hope things continue on the great path their on right now.
What does this mean for me? One of my big goals right now is to build my savings, and to pay off my remaining credit card debt. My company matches 401K contributions dollar for dollar up to 6% so I will be contributing 6%. With that and all of my benefits I will be clearing about the same amount that I am right now, but I will no longer be paying $327 a month out of that for health insurance. So this transition means not only will I be saving a lot more for retirement, I will also have more to put towards these other goals. My first priority is building up a $5,000 emergency fund. I have about $3500 right now so it shouldn’t take too long. Then I will be focusing on the credit card. There are some other things that I plan to do to hit these goals but I will save those for another post!