Today I reached a milestone that I'm very proud of and I figured that it was an opportune time to create a thread that I can go back to year after year and add to my progress... hopefully inspiring new members and (future) new members to the community. I started tracking my net worth every Monday, Wednesday, Friday in mid-November 2012. I've kept track of my contributions to my retirement accounts over those years and this year I even added an extra graph to my charts to start tracking my total net income and total expenses each month, plotted on the same chart as a 4% yearly withdrawal rate (divided by 12) so that I have yet another visual of my progress. When my expenses line and 4% line intersect, YAY financial independence!
Anyway, I hit my first big milestone today, $50k in net worth. When I started this journey tracking my progress, I began at just over $13k. I had a big hit around April 2013 when I purchased my house (and furniture, and washer/dryer, etc.), but other than that, it has been a VERY steady UP. I'm really proud of myself for being able to accomplish this so quickly. I know that for a lot of you, 37k in sixteen months is a meager amount, but it's certainly a start to what I hope will be greater and greater of a jump each year due to compounding. My next big goal is $100k. I don't know when I'll hit it, but I know I'm on the right track!