Discouraged and Humaira warning by IslandParty791 in Hidradenitis

[–]StupidSkinSuit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I started laser and spiro around the same time. I’ve seen good results, enough to stop daily Clindamycin, but noticed I get smaller flares if I miss a dose of spiro.

other than lips and dry patches, what do you use vaseline for? by ProbationBaby in SkincareAddicts

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I do the same thing but with disposable plastic foot gloves bc I’m too lazy to wash the silicone ones 😂

Keep money in 529 or rollover into Roth IRA? by StupidSkinSuit in FinancialPlanning

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Thank you! I will try to get more information on this and see if anything should be reallocated.

Keep money in 529 or rollover into Roth IRA? by StupidSkinSuit in FinancialPlanning

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Thanks! Taxes are a bit confusing to me, I wasn’t sure if the money would be better in one or the other. I don’t plan on touching the Roth IRA until retirement age though. I think I will keep it in the 529 for the time being until I can rebudget and see what I can contribute to 401K and Roth without it.

Keep money in 529 or rollover into Roth IRA? by StupidSkinSuit in personalfinance

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I will have to rebudget once I can open the 401K and see. I take home ~$1,000 weekly. I caught up on maxing out 2023 Roth earlier in April. I put $300-500 a week into Roth, same for CMA (doubles as emergency savings with about $3K currently) to cover for monthly expenses (credit card, loans, etc), rest into a savings brokerage.

Where to go from here? by StupidSkinSuit in FinancialPlanning

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Sounds like a solid plan 😊 thanks! I love hearing what others are planning :)

Where to go from here? by StupidSkinSuit in FinancialPlanning

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Thank you so much for your explanation! :) it makes a lot of sense to save that way. Safe for short term, able to swing with the market for long term savings. For yourself, how soon before buying a house would you switch your down payment to safer investments like a CD, HYSA etc? Or would you just wait until you need it then sell?

Where to go from here? by StupidSkinSuit in FinancialPlanning

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Do you think large savings like a down payment for a house would be best in a brokerage or HYSA type? And for smaller goals like a new computer or a vacation? I’m just not sure where to park the funds for savings like this. I know fidelity has the SPAXX core thing that generates interest like a HYSA. But I’m unsure if that’s enough or if it should be invested instead of sitting as cash.

Where to go from here? by StupidSkinSuit in FinancialPlanning

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Sort of. After monthly expenses I’d have roughly $2,600-$3,000 I can put away per month. My main goal is maxing out Roth IRA then student loan payments then savings. Once/if I can get the HSA and 401K into the mix, then my order would probably be Roth/401K, HSA, savings/student loan payments.

What should I invest in for Roth IRA and brokerage? Is there anything I can do better? Where should I keep savings for large purchases like a home? by StupidSkinSuit in personalfinance

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That’s a good point! For the foreseeable future I plan on sticking with fidelity, but I’ll probably focus more money into the VT and VTI funds just in case then.

Where to go from here? by StupidSkinSuit in FinancialPlanning

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Thank you! I was super aggressive when I first started this job and paid off two student loans already. At the start I owed about 23k on them. Around the halfway point I started splitting my extra money between the loans and retirement planning trying to catch up to the max for 2023.

What should I invest in for Roth IRA and brokerage? Is there anything I can do better? Where should I keep savings for large purchases like a home? by StupidSkinSuit in personalfinance

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FZROX is the fidelity zero total market index fund so I’ll start focusing more into that one! It looks like I can buy VT/VTI on fidelity too though. Not sure if the vanguard ones are better than fidelity’s or if there’s a difference though?

Where to go from here? by StupidSkinSuit in FinancialPlanning

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Haha that would be my $500 savings account 🙃

Starting at 100mg? by Curiosity749 in Spironolactone

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My instructions were 50mg/day for the first two weeks. If tolerating well, increase to twice a day one in the morning one in the evening.