Blazing a Trail Towards Financial Independence
January was a month of lows… like REALLY low. Windchills of negative 20 to 30 degrees below zero canceled classes and work for many around these parts. So, with temperatures colder than Arendelle taking hold, did the arctic air freeze our net worth?
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With another year in the books, it’s good to look back and see where all the money went. This is my second year of tracking spending by detailed categories and my second year of posting our spending online. You can check out our 2017 Spending here.
I got to say, that putting all this information out there feels a bit like standing in front of a group of people in my underwear. I feel a bit exposed!
So without further ado… how did we, ehhh, do?
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I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season! This update marks the completion of our first year of monitoring our Net Worth progress. I will be taking a deeper dive into the 2018 numbers in another post, but for now how did we fare in December?
We recently had a conversation with another couple. During the discussion they mentioned that they only contributed enough to their 401k accounts to get their employer match. They maintain that they do not earn enough to max out their 401k contributions. Now that sounds like a fairly typical argument; however, from past conversations we learned this couple has an annual income over $250,000 per year! How crazy is that!
Maxing out 401k contributions would amount to less than 15% of this couple’s income. This conversation really underscored the point: Most of Us Do Not Live Below Our Means
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November is done and gone, and the Thanksgiving left-overs are finally gone with it. I’ll be trying to burn off that weight for the next few months! Did our net worth grow as much as my waistline?
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