I really enjoy reading, viewing and hearing about how people are progressing on their personal transformation journeys whether they are physical, mental or in some other important area of their lives. Progress shows that effort and discipline have combined to create something new and/or improved.
At the end of every year I try to approach with the same enthusiasm my review of how I progressed against the goals that I set for myself at the beginning of the year. I do this to identify what went well, what needs to be improved, discarded or tweaked and also to encourage myself. I posted my 2020 review and 2021 goals for my finances here, the 2021 goals are listed below along with a summary of my progress in 2021.
3 out of 5 is not bad and I was particularly proud that I managed to stay consistent with investing in foreign currencies even when it got much more expensive to do so. There are two additional secondary goals that I had articulated in my 2021 goals post.
- Invest only in foreign currency, no new naira investments outside of my pension
- Consider making additional voluntary contributions into my pension account.
I definitely won with the first and the second I am ok with not meeting because it is actually contradictory to my overall stance. I am putting a hold on new naira investments for now and that includes those being made within my pension outside of the mandatory contributions that i have to make. I will share my thoughts on additional pension contributions soon.
Thanks for listening and here’s to meeting your financial goals!