We’ve past the midpoint on the year and started the downhill portion. And the world around us seems just as crazy as ever. As crazy as everything is and has been, we tried to Get Out in July in more ways than one.
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Net Worth Update 30 – Max Q
Max Q is a state in the aerospace industry where a rocket reaches its maximum dynamic pressure. It puts the rocket at the very edge of its design capacity. In some respects, May felt that way. There was (and still is) a lot going on. There is never a dull moment! With that in mind, how did we do?
[Read more…] about Net Worth Update 30 – Max QNet Worth Update 29: Bizarro World
This year seems like an extended episode of the Twilight Zone. Every day something new and extremely weird seems to crop up. Often times things seem to be completely out of sync. Take the stock market for instance: the economy is essentially frozen, millions upon millions are unemployed, people aren’t paying rent and there is an oil price war… yet the market surged upward in April. With that in mind, how did we do?
[Read more…] about Net Worth Update 29: Bizarro WorldNet Worth Update 28: March Madness
Wow. Where to begin? March felt more like a year in and of itself. If it was a roller coaster, we’d have thrown up and been begging to get off… and that was only after the first couple weeks. Truly, the world will be a different place after this month. Putting aside the global pandemic, open ended quarantines, the unprecedented cessation of the economy, and burgeoning unemployment rate, how did our finances do in March?
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It’s time for our first Net Worth Update of the year… wait, the Decade! We made substantial progress in the last few years of the 2010s after wondering in the financial wilderness for the first half. I am excited to see how far we can go with a whole decade (and compounding) to work with.
But first things first… how did we do in January?
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And just like that, another decade bites the dust. I started the decade as a recent college grad with nearly a net worth hovering near -$50,000 and almost zero financial IQ and ended the decade married, with children, a rental house, and a net worth over $500,000. What a ride!
Speaking of that net worth… wanna see how we did in December?
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