With the car situation finally behind me, I can shift gears and share my May 2025 monthly report.
As you can probably tell, May was a hectic month. Still, I always try to focus on the positives; it could’ve been worse. Better now than later, right?
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Here’s a Look at My Expenses for May 2025
| Mortgage | $2200 |
| Groceries | $66.83 |
| Restaurant | $30.92 |
| Home Improvement | $64.79 |
| Automotive | $2,147.25 |
| Mobile Phone | $0 |
| Internet | $113 |
| Gasoline/Fuel | $95.02 |
| General Merchandise | $447.35 |
| Total | $5165.16 |
Dividends for May 2025
| Months | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| Div Income | $43.80 | $43.98 | $107.26 | $51.50 | $45.52 |
In May 2025, I received $45.52 in dividends from the following companies:
- AT&T [T]
- Lowe’s [LOW]
- Realty Income [O]
- AGNC Investment [AGNC]
- Apple [AAPL]
- Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF [SPHD]

Gio founded TheGrowthFocusedGuy in January 2020 because he was fed up with debt.
His mission is to document his journey to Financial Independence in order to motivate and inspire others to get out of debt and begin building generational wealth.
