Author Topic: Hit a big milestone today!  (Read 2695 times)

irishbear99

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Hit a big milestone today!
« on: February 19, 2015, 04:02:07 PM »
My TSP hit 6 figures for the first time today! Woohoo!

Of course, it's barely over the mark so the next dip will bring it back to 5 figures, but that's ok. I'm still celebrating (in my head).

tomsang

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Re: Hit a big milestone today!
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2015, 05:21:30 PM »
Congrats!  It is always nice to break through a milestone.

Workinghard

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Re: Hit a big milestone today!
« Reply #2 on: February 19, 2015, 05:31:39 PM »
Exciting watching the climb up even when there are dips!

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Re: Hit a big milestone today!
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2015, 06:31:46 PM »
I'm looking forward to this for my 401k too.

It'll be a couple years for me yet but it will be fun to have that number in my 401k :)

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Re: Hit a big milestone today!
« Reply #4 on: February 23, 2015, 04:14:02 PM »
Nice!

May I ask how long it took to get there?

irishbear99

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Re: Hit a big milestone today!
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2015, 04:18:57 PM »
May I ask how long it took to get there?

Twelve years, but don't view that as normal. Prior to 2011, I was pretty ignorant about personal finance and did not make good decisions about how much I was saving, asset allocation, etc. In fact, there was a period of 4-5 years where I didn't even contribute enough to get the full match (let the facepunches commence). Plus, 2008 saw about a 25% dip. I started 2012 with about $36k in there, and have steadily increased my contributions and rebalanced to an appropriate AA for my age. 2015 will be the first year I max it out. I plan to continue doing so; so I expect the next 100k will come much faster.

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Re: Hit a big milestone today!
« Reply #6 on: March 03, 2015, 08:54:40 AM »
Congrats!  Mine is a mere $1,000 short of a milestone, and I'm just waiting with bated breath for it to cross the threshold!

 

Wow, a phone plan for fifteen bucks!