Tag: FI Journey
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Why Achieving Financial Independence Isn’t Enough
Financial independence is a goal that many people strive for throughout their lives. They may not refer to it as that, but that’s what traditional retirement is. Putting our nose to the grindstone, working 40+ years to get the social security credits. All while hoping beyond all hope we saved enough to last us from…
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July 2023 Net Worth
Our July 2023 net worth growth benefited greatly from the market upturn. Signalling the end of a 20 month bull market. The stock market cycle is back to what it appeared to be before 2022 and with it our optimism for the growth of our portfolio. We managed to pick up 65k of REITs for…
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June 2023 Net Worth
June 2023 net worth, by some miracle (dividends, cold hard cash, and market increases) we made it back to 100k. Technically still below out net worth prior to selling the house but the first 100k is ALWAYS the hardest. Now that we hit this milestone without it being tied up in less liquid holdings (physical…
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May 2023 Net Worth
I sit here writing this from a small town outside the NY capital city that 90% of people haven’t heard of and 99% ignore as they drive by. The move across country is complete and we can refocus on saving and investing every free penny that falls into our life. Despite the decrease in Net…
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April 2023 – 1099 Dividend income
This time last year we were not dividend or real estate focused. I was low-key obsessed with buying rentals but kept letting deals go because at the end of the day, I didn’t want yet ANOTHER job to take up my time. The whole point of FIRE is time freedom, there’s no freedom when the…