day 24: touching grass

today i felt awful.

i felt awful because I went to sleep again at 6:00am and woke up late in the day. it also didn't help that i stayed in the apartment until 4:00pm watching tik tok, youtube, and being on my electronics for every waking minute.

after loafing around, i needed to touch grass. I went on a walk which led me to h-mart to pick up chicken for lunch. it's a mile walk to h-mart so that helped. a little. then i made it back home to cook and called mom to consult on my retirement planning.

i was going over my budget for new york and want to save a minimum of $500/month, but wasn't sure if that would be sufficient. $500 per month invested in my roth ira til I'm 59.5 (age where you can withdraw from roth ira penalty free) would net me 1.5M tax free at this age.

given estimates and talking to mom about her spending, this would be sufficient but I would like a number closer to $2M. but this number just includes roth ira, still doesn't consider other investments I will likely have in the future, like a house or investments in a regular brokerage account.

i definetly can save more than $500/month, just wanted to see how the calcs turned out. obviously the more money the better.

after chatting up a storm, i relaxed to more tik tok, youtube, and mindless entertainment until feeling awful. so i went to go touch grass again.

i took a walk exploring the bowery and found myself at the iconic Washington Square Park. i saw the park in the corner of my eye and took a peak. the energy in the park was mesmerizing! there was a dj playing salsa music and a crowd of people dancing, skaters, people doing yoga, others selling art and other pieces, and people just hanging out.

i loved watching the skaters and everyone dancing. it was a vibe. after hanging around for a bit, it was getting dark so i headed back home. Uncle Chris reached out to me to see how I was doing which was sweet of him. We chatted up a storm and he's now subscribed to the blog. we got him 😼

towards the end of the night, i winded down by watching Caleb Hammer videos on youtube. i'm into personal finance but I always like hearing about other people's finances. it's so interesting to me. he's like personal finance Doctor Phil.

William called late in the night and i enjoyed catching up with him as well until i got really sleepy and slept around 2:00. the sleep schedule is getting better! i took a melatonin gummy before sleeping and got this crazy dream.

In my dream, I was in college in a beach college town like UCSB. I needed cash but only had electronic money and this cop told me he could help me out. I sent him the money electronically, but he scammed me and drove off. I chased him down the road and cornered him with my car, where I got my money back.

these other two cops came who were good guys and assured me that he was a bad cop. they left and i was walking back to my car, but the bad cop that scammed me was following me to my car and hiding something behind his back.

i got scared that he had a weapon and started running away, scared for my life. as i ran away, he shot me and the bullet went through my heart. I laid on the floor and WOKE UP to my heart pounding. it was crazy. these melatonin dreams are wild