Two Big Celebrations as we push onward to 2030!
Ten-Year Anniversary My wife and I were married 10 years ago yesterday. Our marriage is very strong, and she's amazing. Beautiful on the inside and out, intelligent, fun, ambitious, independent, fantastic mom, and just plain rocks. Here's a little highlight of our past ten years:
2007 -Married, bought small condo. Both got jobs teaching (well, I was starting year two). 2010 - My wife got a job teaching middle school spanish and esl in my district. 2011 - We decided that paying $4.00 gasoline for that commute was absurd, and we wanted to start a family. We moved to the town where we both taught and bought a house at the very low point of the housing crisis in our area. 2012 - Dear Son was born! 2014 - Found this website...my wife and I made some big changes to how we wanted our life to go. 2015 - Dear Daughter was born! 2016 - Wife gets a job in administration working as a consultant. (very lucky timing, job came up about 2 weeks after she finished her ed specialist degree) 2017 - We have two kids who are developing nicely, we live in a family friendly area with lots of outdoor things to do, and are enjoying life. Working towards FIRE so we can enjoy even more time together!!!
During those years, we've taken a lot of fun domestic trips, and made lots of good memories with family and friends. Both of us have accomplished things in our profession that we sought to do when we entered the field.
And now for celebration #2: June Net worth Update...our net worth passed a half million this month!!!
Let's GOOOOOOOO! Here it is:
Pre Tax Retirement $95,053
Roth IRA Retirement $35,274
The Stache $130,327
Short Term Inv. $41,800
Cash $36,200
Pensions $148,829
Home Equity $126,804
Car Value $9,700
Life Insurance $8,600
Net Worth $502,260
The first 250k came in the first 7 years of marriage. The second 250k came in last 3 years.
Looking at the last decade, the thing that sticks out the most is that LOTS OF LUCK was involved. Basically, I'm realizing more and more that I was born on third base, hit a single, and the world gives me credit for hitting a home run. I'm lucky that I found the right person to marry early on. Lucky that both of us had families that got us off in life on the right foot with many privileges. Lucky that our careers have taken positive arcs. Lucky to have found this site to optimize all of those privileges. Lucky to have to healthy children.