Blazing a Trail Towards Financial Independence
Fall has arrived. The heat is gone, the leaves are changing, and college football is actually here. September brought a whirlwind of activity and there seems to be no letup anytime soon. Did our rental home sale finally go through? Read on to find out.
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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?
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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?
[Read more…] about Net Worth Update 26: Back At It
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?
[Read more…] about Net Worth Update 25: The 2010s – In Like a Lamb, Out Like a Lion
The turkey is picked clean and all the leftovers are finally gone. I’ve loosened up my belt a notch or to. It must mean November has come to a close. Did we stuff our savings as much as we stuffed our faces?
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