Race from 10 to 100k!!

[Runge]

Can anyone fix the spreadsheet?  It crashes in Firefox and Safari continually and automatically for me.  I want to add in my November net worth ($12,826).  And see how far I've come.  Thanks.

I tinkered with the spreadsheet some. Let me know if you're still having issues.

[carozy]

Yes, unfortunately, still problems.  Although now it takes a bit longer to load but still crashes right away once loaded.  On Firefox it says "Something went wrong.  Please Reload."  (Crash) or "There's something wrong with this spreadsheet."  (Crash).  I haven't tried it on Safari because that's my personal Mac and I'm at work right now.  Thanks for adding my net worth and for trying to fix it!

[Runge]

I just took out most of the arrayformula() functions, which it seems really bogs down the spreadsheet. Other than that, I'm not sure what else would slow it down. I'm not an expert on spreadsheet efficiency/optimization.

[Primm]

Still not working on FF or Safari on a Mac. It appears to load but then crashes immediately on loading.

[Runge]

Hmm...Try clearing your cache? It might be trying to load an older version of the spreadsheet before it updates to the newer version. If that doesn't work, I'll disable some sheets and see if we can identify the issue from that.

[seanc0x0]

Still not working on FF or Safari on a Mac. It appears to load but then crashes immediately on loading.

It also crashes for me in Safari, but works 100% in Chrome. Don't have FF installed on this box. I'm running MacOS 10.9.5. 

Not a huge deal for me since I usually use Chrome, but there seems to be some incompatibility with something in the spreadsheet for Safari/FF. It's not likely a cache issue, since I can't remember the last time I fired up Safari on this machine (probably when it was Snow Leopard ;) )

[SpareChange]

Works fine for me...Chrome on a Win 7.

[Runge]

Still not working on FF or Safari on a Mac. It appears to load but then crashes immediately on loading.

It also crashes for me in Safari, but works 100% in Chrome. Don't have FF installed on this box. I'm running MacOS 10.9.5. 

Not a huge deal for me since I usually use Chrome, but there seems to be some incompatibility with something in the spreadsheet for Safari/FF. It's not likely a cache issue, since I can't remember the last time I fired up Safari on this machine (probably when it was Snow Leopard ;) )

Well maybe people should be just using Chrome. :D Kidding of course. I've got it loaded up in IE, but it's super sluggish. Not sure what's going on.

I'm going to make a copy of the whole spreadsheet and then delete all of the pages except the net worth. I'll then add back in one page at a time. Maybe this will help pin-point the problem. Let me know if you still have trouble loading it.

[carozy]

Thanks Runge for trying to fix it!

[Wiggle]

End of November Update:
Cash/Savings: $3,092
Mutual Funds (non-retirement, house savings): $10,294
Work Retirement Accounts: $28,650

NW: $42,036 (increase of $756)

Not terrible, I saved a bit of cash and added my normal amount to my work RRSPs but didn't really make any gains on those with the fluctuations.

Got paid early and won't be making anymore big financial moves this year so here is my end of December/end of 2014 update:
Cash/Savings: $3,805
Mutual Funds (non-retirement, house savings): $10,240
Work Retirement Accounts: $29,092

NW: $43,137 (increase of $1,101)

[McStache]

Just joined in!  I was able to backdate entries using Mint.  I started at about 20k and am up to just shy of 50k.

[tarheeldan]

Welcome, FliXFantatier and McStache!

[trailrated]

Ending the year with a large bump due to a bonus, a windfall, and some people paying me back :) Figured it won't change much in the next few days. Incredibly grateful for an amazing year.

[Paulie]

Ending the year with a bit under 17k in investments. Not too bad! At the end of next year I'm hoping to end at 40k. So 100k is still not near, but steady and slowly we're getting there ;)

[Pooperman]

Ended the year by breaking the 25k barrier! I estimate the 100k barrier will fall by the end of 2016, with the 50k barrier falling next year!

[tarheeldan]

That's  a very sweet bump indeed, Trailrated! Congrats all on their progress. I'm in Thailand and my Quicken is back stateside so I can't  update until I get back - can't  complain haha

[ohyonghao]

Last month: $73,869.62
This Month: $77,388.38

Feel pretty good about the progress made this year.  In our budget I see we started the year at $32,700.35 and slowly climbed our way up to $77,388.38, a difference of $44,688.03.  We've learned so much this year about investing and look forward to the progress we can make in 2015.  Hopefully next year will be the last year we're in this part of the race and we can graduate to the $1mil thread (though our FIRE goal is actually much lower than $1mil).

Some of our plans for 2015 include maxing out Traditional IRA's (no match on my 401k, so I figure Trad. IRA's where I get to choose which bank (Vanguard) is better than whatever one struck a deal with my out sourcing company since we haven't been able to set aside more than the IRA max anyway), and maxing out our new HSA, which gets us up to what a 401k could have.  Another goal is to refinance our house from a 30 year FHA mortgage to a lower rate conventional 15 year mortgage.  The one large foreseeable event for next year is painting our house's exterior.

Here's to wishing you all a fantastic 2015, now put down those razor blades and bring out the beard wax.

[carozy]

Would someone mind entering in my net worth for Dec. 31, 2014?

$14,319

I'd appreciate it.  The spreadsheet will open but won't let me record my net worth.

Thanks and happy new year!

[JLee]

Ending the year right around 30k in investments/retirement. ~50k NW if I count equity in my house (128k left on 150k appraisal). A bit higher if I count vehicles (all paid off), but I'll go with 50k.  I'd love to see 100k at the end of 2015, but I think even 75k would be ambitious enough!

[SingleMomDebt]

Trailrated Nice jump up!

I ended the year right under 30K. Least it is going up!

[SpareChange]

Solid month to end a great year. Scored some good overtime to offset a few expenses. Net worth up 4400 for the month, and 44k for the year. Doesn't include my 401k match for 2014, which apparently comes as a lump sum in another month or so. Very proud of the progress our spreadsheet has made! Here's to a great new year for every row on it! :)

[Mazzinator]

End of May
Savings $75k
Student loans -$71k

Net worth $4k

End of dec
Savings $111k
Student loans -$56k

NW $55k

[Runge]

It's been a decent year for me all things considered.

I'm at 16837.97 for the end of the year, up 2.07% from last month. Most of the gains was due to contributions though as the majority of my portfolio lost value, but that's no problem. It allowed me to buy a few things on sale. .

Congrats to everyone who's been participating in this. It's awesome to see everyone's progress, even the slow ones like me. :D Here's to an even more successful 2015!

Month|	NV|	Change|	% Change
May 2014|	11,192.56|	--|	--
June 2014|	12,600.36|	1,407.80|	12.58%
July 2014|	12,179.92|	-420.44|	-3.34%
August 2014|	14,695.45|	2,515.53|	20.65%
September 2014|	14,534.07|	-161.38|	-1.10%
October 2014|	15,774.94|	1240.87|	8.61%
November 2014|	16,496.95|	722.01|	4.51%
December 2014|	16,837.97|	341.02|	2.07%

[seanc0x0]

Finally got the chance to run the numbers for December, been very busy. Only up 5.69% this month, due to market headwinds. Since I'm mostly in the Canadian market, I've been hit pretty hard by the precipitous drop in oil prices. Still plowing money into the market, though! The other headwind I'm facing is a temporarily reduced income... we had a kid in December, and both my DW and I are taking time off (2 months for me, 11 for her). This year may be a bit lower savings than last.

Numbers: $9700 or thereabouts.  I was hoping to break $10000 by the end of the year, but the market gods were not kind. I'll hit it a month late, though, so it's all good. :)

[kickel]

Good year overall, however the last month didn't pan out to well. I ended up purchasing a car. 06 Honda Hybrid which set me back a little, in addition to the market down turn. Overall it still went up so I can't complain too much! hopefully in the next few months I'll be able to graduate from this thread into into the race to 1 million. Until then 100,000 here I come

[Grog]

Me too I'm racing towards 100k, but I didn't initially posted since I was already at more than 10k when I started reading MMM (January 2014). Anyway I've decided to put down my progression to both keep track and analyze what I did.
I am in full mustachian mode since august 2014 (biking everywhere, homemade lunch, no shopping for materialistic shit, and so on).

My total assets in middle september 2012, when I finished my master (I'm now 29, working and living in Switzerland) and started working as a researcher at my university, was 11k chf:
1k swiss franc in a cash account
10k gold bullion inherited by my grandfather, never known him, it's actually the only thing I have left of him.

After ~28 months I've now a total of 66k swiss francs (switch job in between, started working in industry for a small bump in pay):
16k company pension plan
15k retirement account
10k bullion (I struggle to sell it, there is my fucking name engraved in it! from my grandpa!)
25k taxable account investment

I'm very happy for the moment (+55k in 28 months, ~2k/month in switzerland is very difficult), but is amazing to see that my total at the end of 2014 was 35k, and I did manage to save 31k only in the last 12 months.....

By end of 2015 I should reach 100k, also +89k in 40 months. It's amazing only to think about it :)

[givemesunshine]

I've called my end of January NW early as I've been paid and won't be adding any more to savings this week - up to $23700 from $20895 with more medical payments in the mix so pretty happy.

My Super (Australian pension scheme - inaccessible before 65 years old, so not included in this challenge) is also up $3.5K in a month (and $27.5K over 12 months) so happy with my overall progress.

Looking forward to seeing some good results from other challengers next week!

[trailrated]

Down a few k due to a $2,780 medical bill and paying insurance for the next 6 months... ahhhh next month I will be back up again

[Pooperman]

Up about $3k this month to about $28,750 in Net Worth and $14,500 in invested assets*.

*ignores some numismatic investments (silver), and some other things with a total combined value of around $2k.

[SingleMomDebt]

I did it! I surpassed the $30K line in Networth ($30,781).

With a bit of a downward fluctuation in stocks, I didn't think it was going to surpass, but it did :) I'm so proud of myself. Godspeed to 100K!

[ohyonghao]

I did it! I surpassed the $30K line in Networth ($30,781).

With a bit of a downward fluctuation in stocks, I didn't think it was going to surpass, but it did :) I'm so proud of myself. Godspeed to 100K!

Congratulations!  That's an exciting mark to reach.  It's bitter sweet at the end of the month to be seeing the market drop.  On one hand it lowers my networth, on the other hand it allows me to buy more stock at the beginning of the month :-D

[FoundPeace]

Went up by $4218 to$ 43,320 because I am now partially vested in my employers 401(k) contributions!

January was also my last month living rent-free, so I shouldn't be increasing my NW by such leaps and bounds anymore :(. Still, not bad for 1 year of a full-time job after graduation.

[ohyonghao]

Ouch, stocks just went on sale, which put a bit of a damper on my NW this month.  Originally it had went up by the same amount as my take home pay, mostly due to the 5th paycheck.

Dec: $77,499.77
Jan: $82,878.52

Increase of $5,378.75

[Runge]

Slow and steady here...

Dec 2014: 16837.97
Jan 2015: 17374.40

Not much of an increase and mainly due to contributions. Glad to start seeing every one else's numbers.

[SpareChange]

Great month! Up 6607.29, to just over 40K. Received my 401k match. Worked some OT. Paid off my last student loan. Debt free now :).

[McStache]

Broke the 50K mark!

[Middlesbrough]

First vacation of my working career and a little market headwind leaves me slightly in the hole for the month. Let us not repeat this next month.

[carozy]

I decided to start tracking on my own.  It keeps crashing when I try it with my Mac.  I don't want to try to get Chrome on my Mac, I'll just make a Google spreadsheet and start tracking that way.

[tarheeldan]

Broke the 50K mark!

Congratulations! Halfway, woohoo!!

I juuuust missed the mark in Jan but should be there very soon!

[kickel]

Well that wasn't a good month I still managed to save a little in my investment accounts but with stocks on sale, and a few unexpected expenses My NW decreased. Not all bad though looking forward to a great February.

[ash7962]

Jan was my bonus month and I used most of it to frontload my 401k, so paid minimal tax up front causing my Jan increase to look huge.  The only downside here is that now my regular pay checks are much higher due to not funding my 401k as much every check.  I'll have to keep a close eye on lifestyle inflation and maybe set up an automatic taxable investment account transfer to combat the potential lifestyle creep.

[ohyonghao]

Great month! Up 6607.29, to just over 40K. Received my 401k match. Worked some OT. Paid off my last student loan. Debt free now :).

Congratulations!  Great being debt free.  Now you'll be making the interest rather than paying it.

[SpareChange]

Great month! Up 6607.29, to just over 40K. Received my 401k match. Worked some OT. Paid off my last student loan. Debt free now :).

Congratulations!  Great being debt free.  Now you'll be making the interest rather than paying it.

Thanks! It is a great feeling.

[Kananas]

Hello guys!

This seems like a good group for me. I don't know the exact number of our net worth when this thread was started, but I guess it was somewhere around 30000€. At the beginning of Jan 2015 our net worth was 51469€ and up 2387€ from Dec 2014. I will post our Feb 2015 stats as soon as my latest deposits are shown at my index fund accounts.

I'm hoping to reach that magical 100k at the end of 2016.

[seanc0x0]

I didn't add anything to the stash this month, since I've been waiting for the Gov't to pay my parental leave benefits. EI is not fast, it has taken over a month to process. I'm very glad I'm no longer living paycheque to paycheque!  Never the less, I've managed a respectable 4.4% increase, from $9700 to $10130 or so due to market increases and a dividend payment. I've finally reached the starting line!

I'm hoping to have a much larger contribution next month, as I'll have the parental leave benefits pay from EI and the top-up (to 90% of my salary, I love academia!) from my employer.

[Mazzinator]

End of dec
Savings $111k
Student loans -$56k

NW $55k

Current totals..
Savings $114k
SL -$55

NW $59k

[Kananas]

Net worth 6th of Feb:
53219€
up 1750€ from Jan.

Looks like I'm little behind you Mazzinator. Checked your previous posts (saw your income) and looks like I'm gonna stay behind you too. :)

[Wiggle]

Got paid early and won't be making anymore big financial moves this year so here is my end of December/end of 2014 update:
Cash/Savings: $3,805
Mutual Funds (non-retirement, house savings): $10,240
Work Retirement Accounts: $29,092

NW: $43,137 (increase of $1,101)

End of January update:
Cash/Savings: $3,823
Mutual Funds (non-retirement, house savings): $10,697
Work Retirement Accounts: $31,979

NW: $46,499 (increase of $3,362)

I should have a pretty juicy tax return as well next month (yes I know this indicates I need to adjust my deductions).

[tyler1215]

Got hit with a couple of medical bills right at the end of the month, resulting in a second straight month of NW decrease.  Doesn't look so bad due to some bills falling on the last day of January and the rest falling in February.  Be looking for a negative NW at the end of February.  Two steps back; allowing me more running room to bust through the 100k barrier at the end of 2015.  Job well done by everyone and good luck in February!!

[Guizmo]

I crossed the 100k mark last month. Woo hoo!