Race from 10 to 100k!!

[LittleWanderer]

October 2019 - $31,770
November 2019 - $33,081
December 2019 - $34,820
January 2020 - $36,392
February 2020 - $35,701
March 2020 - $32,466
April 2020 - $36,157
May 2020 - $38,540
June 2020 - $39,514
July 2020 - $42,207
August 2020 - $44,045
September 2020 - $44,514

October 2020 - $45,564

Totally normal month for me.  I mean, savings wise, at least.  Half way seems so close, yet so far away. 

[catorbe]

October 2019 - $31,770
November 2019 - $33,081
December 2019 - $34,820
January 2020 - $36,392
February 2020 - $35,701
March 2020 - $32,466
April 2020 - $36,157
May 2020 - $38,540
June 2020 - $39,514
July 2020 - $42,207
August 2020 - $44,045
September 2020 - $44,514

October 2020 - $45,564

Totally normal month for me.  I mean, savings wise, at least.  Half way seems so close, yet so far away.

I'm back up to about $54,750 so if you add our totals together we're there!

[Gingersnaps]

Totally forgot to update on the 1st, at least it gave the markets a few days to recover!

01/07/2020 - £75,523.86
01/08/2020 - £76,466.46
01/09/2020 - £79,690.65
01/10/2020 - £95,664.71
01/11/2020 - £97,515.00

Could next month be the one!?

[kaposzta]

July 12, 2019: $66,565
Aug 1, 2019: $68,207 (+2.47%, +$1,642)
Aug 29, 2019: $69,931 (+2.53%, +$1,724)
Sept 29, 2019: $71,138 (+1.73%, +$1,207)
Oct 31, 2019: $71,517 (+0.53%, +$379)
Nov 29, 2019: $73,138 (+2.27%, +$1,621)
Jan 01, 2020: $74,276 (+1.56%, +$1,138)
Feb 06, 2020: $73,621 (-0.88%, -$655)
March 05, 2020: $74,517 (+1.22%, +$896)
No data for April, I lost my interest seeing the losses :)
May 05, 2020: $68,620 (-8.59%, -$5,897)
June 04, 2020: $70,345 (+2.51%, +$1,725)
July 02, 2020: $72,483 (+3.04%, +$2,138)
August 05, 2020: $74,655 (+3.00%, +$2,172)
Sept 03, 2020: $75,241 (+0.78%, +$586)
Oct 01, 2020: $77,551 (+3.07%, +$2,310)
Nov 05, 2020: $79,310 (+2.27%, +$1,759)

Investments went up substantially, one domain sale kicked in, so on the revenue side everything seems fine.
On the other hand, savings rate was an abysmal 40%, owing to the purchase of home furniture and home office stuff, Christmas presents and lots and lots of vitamins and anti-covid stuff for us and our families. We could buy almost everything with a large discount, so SR should improve in the next two months substantially (back to 65+%).

The plus side is that I ordered so many books in the past couple of months that were missing from my collection, that 1) my collection is almost complete, and 2) while decluttering a room I realized how hoarding books affect my life in a negative way, so I don't want to buy any new books in the next few months.

[Lelyy]

2016: $6,222
2017: $25,604
2018: $42,277
2019: $75,560

2020
1/1/2020: $75,560
2/1/2020: $75,958 (+$398)
3/1/2020: $70,838 (-$5120)
4/1/2020: $60,843 (-$9,995)
5/1/2020: $69,088 (+$8,245)
6/1/2020: $77,048 (+$7,960)
7/1/2020: $80,663 (+$3,616)
8/1/2020: $86,713 (+$6,049)
9/1/2020: $93,441 (+$6,728)
10/1/2020 $91,312 (-$2,129) 
11/01/2020 $93,362 (+$2,050)
11/06/2020 $100,357 (+6,5596)

I’ve reached 100k !!!
Thank you all for the motivation !
Good luck to all of you.. see you guys on the next forum!

*457/401k only*

[LittleWanderer]

I'm back up to about $54,750 so if you add our totals together we're there!

Excellent!!  Want to get married?  LOL.

[catorbe]

I'm back up to about $54,750 so if you add our totals together we're there!

Excellent!!  Want to get married?  LOL.

We're not over 100k by much so it'll have to be a cheap courthouse wedding!

[Stubblestache]

Above 35,000 :)
Bonus for Christmas and a tax-free COVID-relief over the next two paychecks is going to put me around 40,000 unless markets dump.
Christmas 2018 i had next to nothing. Reasonably happy with the progress, although worried i may come across as stingy on occasion. Rock bottom mentality still haunting me.

I feel this. I grew up poor and I'm used to worrying about money and that has never really left me, even though in almost any community other than the FIRE one, I'd be considered to be very comfortable financially.

[TyGuy]

Student Loan Debt:

01/12/19: $43,762
05/04/20: $21,456
06/05/20: $21,456
08/05/20: $21,456
11/09/20: $21,456

Payments will continue in January, currently payments have not been due and loans have been collect 0% interest. Normal interest rates are all below 4%


Net Worth:

03/04/19: -$30,065
05/04/20: $10,739
06/05/20: $18,006 ($7,267)
07/05/20: $8,594 (-$9,412)
08/05/20: $9,084 ($490)
09/01/20: $13,497 ($4,413)
10/01/20: $12,283 (-$1,214)
11/01/20: $15,692 ($3,409)

I've been continuing to put surplus income into renovations of my recently purchased home while also adding a small portion of my income to savings. I have one more large purchase this month and then I will be back to my normal savings rate of nearly 50% of my income. I have not include my home equity in this total and will continue not to do so, though equity is now at roughly 35K.  I'm looking forward to growing my stash once again! Congrats to those of you that have moved on from this thread.

[dizzy]

Yo yo yo, halfway to $100k!

Oct 2019- $1000
Nov 2019- $2340
Dec 2019- $2779
Jan 2020- $5658
Feb 2020- $5539
Mar 2020- $5024
Apr 2020- $5444
May 2020- $8302  (wherein I finally got some of unemployment)
June 2020- $20864 (wherein I got more unemployment plus the EIDL)
mid July 2020- $31724 (got the rest of the backpay, woohoo!)
7/31/20- $33340
9/2/20- $36366
9/17/20 - $42978
10/2/20- $43800
10/31/20- $47854
11/11/20- $53709

The one housecall I've been doing on the side for cash that they give me $$$ for has for the last 4 sessions added an extra amount to do a 2nd person.  WTF- $700 a week cash.  It will be through middle to end of December now.  And I'm happy bc they are doing great.
Another side cash gig ended, but that's ok and she's doing well (only $60/week).  I got paid finally for a couple music gigs I had in September and October.
New jobs are ok so far...getting there.  The one that is more disorganized spoke to me about doing 2 more shifts starting in Jan, I told them we will see.  They aren't sure yet the person will leave, but they think she will.
I scored a weekly music gig in Dec, really looking up.  I wish my boyfriend was feeling better (unemployed/depressed since March), but at least I am catching up to him so we can get out of the rat race sooner.  The last thing I would want is for him to have to worry about me financially, dude's got enough on his plate.
Feel like I finally have a good handle on my investments and seeing the rise...yeah yeah, I know markets are going up, I just like my diversification right now with a couple picks on the side.

[Dutch Comfort]

Tracking investments, emergency fund and additional pension investments (all to be used to retire together with SO!)
(not tracking company pension investments, house value and current accounts)

15 May 2020: EUR 17,034
15 Jun 2020: EUR 18,160
15 July 2020: EUR 18,809
5 August 2020: EUR 18,332
10 September 2020: EUR 18,999
15 October 2020: EUR 19,604
13 November 2020: EUR 22,707

Nice increase this month and above EUR 20K!. I calculated the amount I could add on a tax free basis to my additional pension account and funded that from our current account. Next month the last bit (hopefully) and the tax free account for this year is then totally funded! That will account for a nice 2020 tax refund in 2021!

Coming month will be tight with holiday spending (try to keep it down as much as possible) and providing extra meals to our parents (who were COVID affected, but on their way to recovery!).

@Lelyy : congrats!!!
@dizzy: halfway sounds soooooo good. I'm just hoping to be there in 2-3 years (trying to save around EUR 10K every year).
@Tinker and @Stubblestache : I totally feel it. While we're doing much better than the average, I still feel that worry in my head that we might be hit in the back by financial problems.

Only 7 weeks of 2020 left. Let's see if we can end this year with a nice big plus!

[mountain mustache]

Today is the first day I get to post here! This year I have finally paid off about $25k of medical debt that I've been working away at over the past 3 years. I finally feel like I am on the right track, and building some savings and getting to keep ALL of the money I earn. My goal is to get to $100k in the next 10 years, and also buy my first small home.

10/02/2020- $14835.83

11/13/2020- $16110.56

[Trifle]

Nice steady progress @mountain mustache!  Go you!

[okisok]

July 1: $94,885
August 1: $99,157
September 1: $96,161
October 1: $92,650
November 1: $94,512
November 14: $101,023

Some of the jump was making this month's credit card payment, some was market fluctuations. I'll hold off on making the jump to the next thread until I see what happens with the market.

[DieHard_772]

Our Investments and Savings (not including checking accounts)

9/28/18  - $22,949
10/28/18 - $23,952
11/28/18 - $27,878
1/28/19 - $28,853
2/28/19 - $31,682
3/28/19 - $32,684
4/28/19 - $35,011
5/28/19 - $35,838
6/28/19 - $38,276
7/28/19 - $40,607
8/28/19 - $40,508
9/28/19 - $42,168
10/28/19 -$42,209
11/28/19 - $44,478
12/28/19 -$46,408
1/28/20 - $49,115
2/28/20 - $50,466
3/28/20 - $48,609
4/28/20 - $55,026
5/28/20 - $59,256
6/28/20 - $60,807
7/28/20 - $64,342
8/28/20 - $65,454
9/28/20 -  $65,495
10/28/20 - $67,282
11/15/20 - $70,018

This week our investments (not including savings) hit $50,000 for the first time, so that's pretty awesome.


A few years back, we hadn't even started saving or investing in any systematic way. If go back and compare,
our progress is pretty significant:

Our Investments and Savings (not including checking accounts)

Every year before 2015 - Essentially $0 :(
10/10/15 - $1,220 +$1,220
11/17/16 - $5,111 +$3,891
10/17/17 - $15,143 +$10,032
11/28/18 - $27,878 +$12,735
11/28/19 - $44,478  +$16,600
11/15/20 - $70,018+$25,540

[DieHard_772]

Only 7 weeks of 2020 left. Let's see if we can end this year with a nice big plus!

@Dutch Comfort Yeah baby!

[DieHard_772]

2016: $6,222
2017: $25,604
2018: $42,277
2019: $75,560

2020
1/1/2020: $75,560
2/1/2020: $75,958 (+$398)
3/1/2020: $70,838 (-$5120)
4/1/2020: $60,843 (-$9,995)
5/1/2020: $69,088 (+$8,245)
6/1/2020: $77,048 (+$7,960)
7/1/2020: $80,663 (+$3,616)
8/1/2020: $86,713 (+$6,049)
9/1/2020: $93,441 (+$6,728)
10/1/2020 $91,312 (-$2,129) 
11/01/2020 $93,362 (+$2,050)
11/06/2020 $100,357 (+6,5596)

I’ve reached 100k !!!
Thank you all for the motivation !
Good luck to all of you.. see you guys on the next forum!

*457/401k only*

@Lelyy Congrats!

[Feivel2000]

96.957 €
+ 2.864 €

I had no out-of-the-ordinary savings this month. I added 1.412€ and got the same in increased values... Nice :)
Still on my way to 100.000 € by the end of the year. I expect a small X-Mas bonus and the re-evaluation of my Unit-Linked Life Insurance. That alone should let me make the jump... We will see.

	2020	2021	2022	2023
Jan	-	-	-	-
Feb	-	-	-	-
Mar	-	-	-	-
Apr	-	-	-	-
May	-	-	-	-
Jun	-	-	-	-
Jul	87.134 €	-	-	-
Aug	88.989 €	-	-	-
Sept	90.473 €	-	-	-
Oct	90.093 €	-	-	-
Nov	96.957 €	-	-	-
Dec	-	-	-	-

Spoiler: show

Assets		Debts
Flat	+ 84.000 €	Mortage	- 76.214 €
Unit-Linked Life Insurance	+ 47.304 €
Fixed-Term Deposit	+ 2.000 €
ETFs	+ 26.262 €
Stockpicks	+ 7.875 €
Peer-To-Peer	+ 2.540 €
Crypto	+ 3.190 €

[mgardner88]

First time poster but have been tracking by myself for a few months now. This doesn't include house equity, just 401k, IRA, and 457:

7/1/2020: $46,295
8/1/2020: $49,461 (+3,166)
9/1/2020: $51,488 (+2,027)
10/1/2020: $52,753 (+1,265)
11/1/2020: $53,942 (+1,189)

All of you are amazing, very inspirational.

[Feivel2000]

Welcome on board!

[Manchester]

I checked my ISA this morning. 

When the markets dropped earlier in the year I was 23% down on what I'd paid in.  Today I'm up 20% overall.  They're only modest amounts compared to some people on this forum, but none the less it's been a crazy year.

[Imma]

I checked my ISA this morning. 

When the markets dropped earlier in the year I was 23% down on what I'd paid in.  Today I'm up 20% overall.  They're only modest amounts compared to some people on this forum, but none the less it's been a crazy year.

Same here. I'm not sure what the lowest low was exactly, it was somewhere in late March when several members of my family had Covid. But I opened thid account 1 Jan 2016 and I'm at +35% overall now. That's a steady 7% a year. I remember the morning after the Brexit referendum. I had only been investing for a few months and I was massively in the red and now that blip is literally invisble in the graph. Even the Covid dip will look tiny in a few years.

[Manchester]

I checked my ISA this morning. 

When the markets dropped earlier in the year I was 23% down on what I'd paid in.  Today I'm up 20% overall.  They're only modest amounts compared to some people on this forum, but none the less it's been a crazy year.

Same here. I'm not sure what the lowest low was exactly, it was somewhere in late March when several members of my family had Covid. But I opened thid account 1 Jan 2016 and I'm at +35% overall now. That's a steady 7% a year. I remember the morning after the Brexit referendum. I had only been investing for a few months and I was massively in the red and now that blip is literally invisble in the graph. Even the Covid dip will look tiny in a few years.

It's especially impressive when you consider the impact Brexit has had.  If it were a smooth, sensible transition, I wouldn't have been surprised.  But considering our government are making a pigs ear out of leaving the EU, I'd have expected European/British stocks to struggle.  I guess it shows that you can't predict the stock market in any scenario!

Hope things are ok in Holland btw!

[Manchester]

Just set up the baseline contribution to my portfolio for next year. Two months early.
52% of every net paycheck will go straight to my freedom fund, up from 50% this year.

Plus whatever part of the remainder i can get away with not spending throughout the year, of course.

That's great.  Any saving rate of over 50% is really impressive when compared to the wider world.

[Imma]

I checked my ISA this morning. 

When the markets dropped earlier in the year I was 23% down on what I'd paid in.  Today I'm up 20% overall.  They're only modest amounts compared to some people on this forum, but none the less it's been a crazy year.

Same here. I'm not sure what the lowest low was exactly, it was somewhere in late March when several members of my family had Covid. But I opened thid account 1 Jan 2016 and I'm at +35% overall now. That's a steady 7% a year. I remember the morning after the Brexit referendum. I had only been investing for a few months and I was massively in the red and now that blip is literally invisble in the graph. Even the Covid dip will look tiny in a few years.

It's especially impressive when you consider the impact Brexit has had.  If it were a smooth, sensible transition, I wouldn't have been surprised.  But considering our government are making a pigs ear out of leaving the EU, I'd have expected European/British stocks to struggle.  I guess it shows that you can't predict the stock market in any scenario!

Hope things are ok in Holland btw!

Honestly I think the markets are still assuming everything will be worked out at the eleventh hour. If it isn't, we'll be in trouble and I can't imagine the stock markets not reacting if a deal becomes unlikely.

I know a bit about the customs part of Brexit due to my job and I am pretty much 100% certain that a no-deal situation would be a mess. On our side, I know an additional 1000 customs officers were hired and trained, and we think that should be enough, but I've heard UK Customs are behind on schedule and a lot of companies on both sides of the Channel aren't prepared either. And there are only weeks to go. It's in everyone's best interest to figure something out as sensible adults, but I guess they need to do it in a way that makes everyone feel like they've won.

[Manchester]

Monthly Update

My N/W increased by £2,450.86 to a new total of £39,073.12.  This is the second biggest monthly increase since I started tracking my N/W over 3 years ago.

Everything went well for my net worth this month.  The markets have gone mad and I was paid at pre-covid levels for the first time since March.  I think my target of hitting £40k by the end of the year is easily doable, however, there are a few hurdles.  My pay will go back down as we've gone back into lockdown in the UK.  I also think the stock market could face a correction soon.  I know it's counter-productive to try and time the market, but I don't think it's a great time to invest at the moment. 

[shinn497]

March 19 10450
Apr 19     12500
May 19    14800
June 19   17031
July 19    20100
Aug 19    23300
Sept 19   26300
Oct 19     29300
Nov 19    30500
Dec 19    33800
Jan 20     37100
Feb 20     37100
March 20 38413
Apr 20     32000
May 20     37000
June 20    42500
July 20     46300
Aug 20     50200
Sept 20     53400
Oct 20       55700
Nov 20      62000

Kind of surreal how much things picked up this year. I think continually investing in a broadly diversified set of ETFs helped a LOT. Gotta stay the ourse ;). I'm at the point where this is super easy as everything is automated Between betterment and fidelity. At this current path, I'll hit 100k+ in over a year.

[Manchester]

March 19 10450
Apr 19     12500
May 19    14800
June 19   17031
July 19    20100
Aug 19    23300
Sept 19   26300
Oct 19     29300
Nov 19    30500
Dec 19    33800
Jan 20     37100
Feb 20     37100
March 20 38413
Apr 20     32000
May 20     37000
June 20    42500
July 20     46300
Aug 20     50200
Sept 20     53400
Oct 20       55700
Nov 20      62000

Kind of surreal how much things picked up this year. I think continually investing in a broadly diversified set of ETFs helped a LOT. Gotta stay the ourse ;). I'm at the point where this is super easy as everything is automated Between betterment and fidelity. At this current path, I'll hit 100k+ in over a year.

Your N/W has doubled in the past year, that's so impressive.  If you can keep that trend up you'll be FI in no time ;)

[Imma]

You are doing great @Manchester and @shinn497 !!

I'm also not sure that to do with my money right now. I was thinking of increasing my monthly automatic transfer to post-tax investments (currently €300) now I have started a better paid job, but I think I'll leave it like that for a bit and increase my emergency fund first. It's currently €3000 which covers 3 months of expenses, in these uncertain times I'd like to double it. I have an automatic transfer to my pre-tax retirement account too but I've nearly maxed out that one. So that means even more money available in a few months. I guess this is the very definition of a Mustachian People Problem!

Do you have any debts that make sense to pay off? My student loan is €4000 @ 0% and mortgage €65000 @2,25% (conservative estimate of LTV = 70%) so it makes little sense to pay those off faster than necessary.

[Manchester]

You are doing great @Manchester and @shinn497 !!

I'm also not sure that to do with my money right now. I was thinking of increasing my monthly automatic transfer to post-tax investments (currently €300) now I have started a better paid job, but I think I'll leave it like that for a bit and increase my emergency fund first. It's currently €3000 which covers 3 months of expenses, in these uncertain times I'd like to double it. I have an automatic transfer to my pre-tax retirement account too but I've nearly maxed out that one out. So that meass even more money available in a few months. I guess this is the very definition of a Mustachian People Problem!

Do you have any debts that make sense to pay off? My student loan is €4000 @ 0% and mortgage €65000 @2,25% (conservative estimate of LTV = 70%) so it makes little sense to pay those off faster than necessary.

Thanks. :)


If I were in your position I personally wouldn't pay down either of the loans.  I'd probably spend the next couple of months bolstering your emergency fund.

Best case scenario is that you have a solid E/F, with cash available and the markets stagnate or drop.  Worst case is that you have a solid E/F and you miss out on further gains in the market.  But the stronger your emergency fund, the better placed you are to make risky decisions that could benefit more long term.

My S/O recently persuaded her boss to give her a 15% pay rise.  She'd have never had the balls to ask previously, but between us we have very strong E/Fs and we knew if everything went wrong we'd be able to support one of us being out of work for a very, very long time.  So her strong E/F has earnt ourselves more than a gain in the stock market would have.

[okisok]

July 1: $94,885
August 1: $99,157
September 1: $96,161
October 1: $92,650
November 1: $94,512
November 14: $101,023

It's official!
November 28th: $103,303.57

On to the next thread!

[TyGuy]

July 1: $94,885
August 1: $99,157
September 1: $96,161
October 1: $92,650
November 1: $94,512
November 14: $101,023

It's official!
November 28th: $103,303.57

On to the next thread!

Congratulations @okcisok !!!! You'll be through the next thread in no time!

[Trifle]

July 1: $94,885
August 1: $99,157
September 1: $96,161
October 1: $92,650
November 1: $94,512
November 14: $101,023

It's official!
November 28th: $103,303.57

On to the next thread!

Congratulations @okcisok !  Well done!

[Manchester]

July 1: $94,885
August 1: $99,157
September 1: $96,161
October 1: $92,650
November 1: $94,512
November 14: $101,023

It's official!
November 28th: $103,303.57

On to the next thread!

Nice one!  Congratulations and good luck in the next thread.

[shrimpwd]

                  401K   NW
1-1-2018     6455   24k
12-1-2018   9518   37k
4-1-2019    10960  49k
11-6-2019   13466  53k -start of race
12-29-19     14460   56k
2-02-20       14991  57k
3-01-20       14632   58k
4-01-20       13884   58k
5-01-20       17011   63k
6-01-20       19255   66.5k
7-01-20       20358   68.4k
8-01-20.      21993   70k
9-01-20       23312   72.3k
10-01-20      24777  74.4k
11-01-20      26407    75.7k

12-01-20      30697    81.5k

Did I mention the promotion? I think I mentioned the promotion... Woo, what a month's increase!

[Slanhirn]

Tracking net worth.

EOY 12.2016 - (-£10,250)
EOY 12.2017 - £4,360
EOY 12.2018 - £40,620
EOY 12.2019 - £62,523
01.2020 - £64,537 (+2,314)
02.2020 - £65,716 (+1,179)
03.2020 - £66,908 (+1,192)
04.2020 - £67,146 (+238)
05.2020 - £69,691 (+2,545)
06.2020 - £70,554 (+863)
07.2020 - £71,934 (+1,432)
08.2020 - £75,051 (+3,117)
09.2020 - £77,109 (+2,058)
10.2020 - £79,787 (+2,678)
11.2020 - £81,680 (+1,893)
12.2020 - £82,420 (+740)

Assets = £84,216
Student loans = (£1,796)

[Imma]

April 2019: €10094.35
May 2019: €11629.87
June 2019: €12728.63
July 2019: €13021,33
August 2019: €10363,95
September 2019: €10338.28
October: €11128.59
November: €11227,46
December: €11991,27
January: €12576,72
February: €11904,39
March: €10425,32
April: €11830,70
May: €12154,67
June: €14634,19
July: €15345,09
August: €16444,46
September: €17108,60
October: €16687,93
November: €17762,62

Goals for 2020:
Savings: €5250
Investments: €14750

Started a new job, got a pay raise + some extra benefits. All in all that means that even though I "only" got a raise of about 10%, after tax I make about €1000 more than I used to. One reason is that my new employer pays 75% of my pension contribution, instead of 1/3 at my previous job. (I don't include my future pension in this thread because that would make the calculation way too complicated).

I filled up my pre-tax for this year and found something to do with my new found wealth: I spent it! Not all of it of course. But I decided to add a pair of boots to my impressive shoe collection (2 pairs of pumps for work, brogues, hiking shoes and snow boots) now the weather is getting colder. I can't believe I used to walk around in heels all day every day, even in winter. I've worn them less than 10 times since Covid. I also got a smartphone stand for video calls and I still need to buy a new laptop. Plus we got fancy take-away food twice this month. All in all I'm becoming a real spendypants ;-) . I always delay purchases as long as possible, but this raise was a good excuse to finally bite the bullet on a few of them.

[Stubblestache]

July 2018: £20,385
October 2018: £24,504
January 2019: £25, 295
April 2019: £33,844
July 2019: £38,667
October 2019: £38,588
January 2020: £43,260
April  2020:  £38,094
July 2020: £49,062.35
August 2020: £50,172 just over halfway! :)
Sept 2020: £55,556
Oct 2020 : £56,42
Nov 2020: £57.565 absolute hammering in the markets this month!!!

Dec 2020 : £62,368

Christmas makes it a tough month to put a great deal away, lots of the gains between Nov and Dec were from market moves rather than new capital added.

[Ze Stash]

Net worth:
01/01/2019: -    109,47 €
01/02/2019:      269,41 € (+   378,88 €)
01/03/2019:      890,47 € (+   621,06 €)
01/04/2019:   1.767,70 € (+   877,23 €)
01/05/2019:   3.755,46 € (+1.987,76 €)
01/06/2019:   4.814,83 € (+1.059,37 €)
01/07/2019:   5.959,50 € (+1.144,67 €)
01/08/2019:   7.116,94 € (+1.157,44 €)
01/09/2019:   9.855,39 € (+2.738,45 €)
01/10/2019:   9.718,18 € (-    137,21 €)
01/11/2019: 10.726,98 € (+1.008,80 €)
01/12/2019: 11.773,70 € (+1.046,72 €)
01/01/2020: 12.979,27 € (+1.205,57 €)
01/02/2020: 14.363,54 € (+1.384,27 €)
01/03/2020: 15.039,09 € (+   675,56 €)
01/04/2020: 15.456,74 € (+   417,65 €)
01/05/2020: 16.903,74 € (+1.447,00 €)
01/06/2020: 17.847,51 € (+   943,77 €)
01/07/2020: 19.991,35 € (+2.143,84 €)
01/08/2020: 23.859,77 € (+3.868,42 €)
01/09/2020: 27.705,58 € (+3.845,81 €)
01/10/2020: 28.348,92 € (+   643,34 €)
01/11/2020: 29.975,77 € (+1.626,85 €)

01/12/2020: 32.157,81 € (+2.182,04 €)

Sadly only about 500 € of the increase were due to savings, the rest was market gains and a large gain on the small crypto position which now suddenly is more than 10 % of my net worth. I made a purchase that I had been delaying for months and this somehow lead to a whole spending spree. At least most of the christmas spending is done now. Decided to give myself a monthly allowance that I can save up seperate to the fire stash for any non-essential wants, so that I don't feel like I'm depriving myself and end up splurging.

[Optimiser]

Mar 2019 $14,000
Apr 2019 $12,700
May 2019 $9,500
Jun 2019 $11,500
Jul 2019 $17,000
Aug 2019 $19,900
Sep 2019 $19,900
Oct 2019 $26,200
Nov 2019 $34,500
Dec 2019 $37,200
Jan 2020 $43,700
Feb 2020 $45,400
Mar 2020 $45,300
Apr 2020 $52,800
May 2020 $59,400
Jun 2020 $63,400
Jul 2020 $70,900
Aug 2020 $78,500
Sep 2020 $80,700
Oct 2020 $80,300

Nov 2020 $108,900

What a crazy good month (or year really), although I can take basically no credit for it, at least not based on my actions in the last 30 days. My investment accounts were up about $9,000 and my home equity is up about $20,000 (I use the average of Zillow & Redfin). Normally I'd take the home equity increase with a big grain of salt, but my house is actually under contract right now for $12,000 more than what I'm using here. So I guess I'm on to the next thread. I can't believe that I was at $34,500 one year ago!

Thanks to everyone else in this thread for the support. And for those still here, keep at it, it will happen faster than you think!

[GatorNation]

I can finally join this club.  At the beginning of the year, my wife and I decided to get our finances in order and work on paying down our massive student loans.  We make a combined income of approx. $200k.  We are in our early 30s with a young child.  Started the year with a -$106,695.56 net worth and 11 months later (Dec 1 2020) have a net worth of $16,441.11.  A $123k increase in overall NW.  Below is the breakdown.

Assets       Jan 1, 2020        Dec 1, 2020
W sav      $21,593.00           $22,458.00
H sav       $5,097.00            $10,086.00
W 401k   $13,596.22            $25,825.00
H 401k    $38,325.11           $54,615.48
W iras       $2,757.33            $3,157.00
H ira          $10,610.22        $12,147.51
W other     $10,510.00         $597.76
H other      $3,430.67           $3,927.48
H HSA       $5,133.69            $8,722.00
home value$277,250.00   $287,050.00
car value   $16,000.00   $14,856.00
Total        $404,303.24   $443,442.23

Liabilities            Jan 1, 2020      Dec 1, 2020
H student loan    $64,753.43       $0.00
W student loan   $246,590.47     $234,450.59
mortgage           $195,574.90     $192,550.53
Credit Card        $4,080.00         $0.00
Total                 $510,998.80   $427,001.12
      
NW                   -$106,695.56   $16,441.11

[Tasse]

Jul 17	$6.2k
Aug 17	$6.8k
Sept 17	$8.2k
Oct 17	$9.0k
Nov 17	$9.9k
Dec 17	$11.1k
Jan 18	$12.1k
Feb 18	$13.6k
Mar 18	$15.1k
Apr 18	$16.6k
May 18	$17.7k
Jun 18	$18.5k
Jul 18	$20.2k
Aug 18	$20.8k
Sept 18	$22.2k
Oct 18	$21.7k
Nov 18	$22.5k
Dec 18	$22.4k
Jan 19	$24.7k
Feb 19	$27.2k
Mar 19	$29.3k
Apr 19	$31.3k
May 19	$31.5k
Jun 19	$33.3k
Jul 19	$35.1k
Aug 19	$36.7k
Sep 19	$38.6k
Oct 19	$40.2k
Nov 19	$42.6k
Dec 19	$44.6k
Jan 20	$49.0k
Feb 20	$46.5k
Mar 20	$42.7k
Apr 20	$47.5k
May 20	$50.6k
Jun 20	$53.5k
Jul 20	$58.5k
Aug 20	$63.0k
Sept 20	$63.2k
Sept 20	$62.9k

Nov 20: $69.9k

I was hoping to hit $66k by the end of the year and shot right past it instead, despite a slightly-below-target savings rate. I feel like I just hit $50k and I'm at $70k already??

EDIT: Market dropped at the last minute to put me barely below 70k. That's okay, I needed more time to adjust to the idea. ;)

[FrugalFukuoka]

2019-Jan: $9500
2020-Jan: $25,000
2020-Dec: $54,000

Total savings rate for 2020 at 31% up from 22% last year.
Portfolio return also well above 10% which I am very happy about all things considering.

Very happy about the results, but I know I can do better.
Some unfortunate expenses there (1k on camping gear which we didn't use because the camping site was submerged in water, causing us to spend another 1k on accommodation).
We've also spent about 2k on DIY renovating our condo which will hopefully reflect when we try to sell it in a few years. For 2021 we're planning to re-do the kitchen. Currently also looking at about 2k for that.

Goal for 2021 is to definitely get us up to $80,000, which hopefully will prove to be a conservative estimate.

[Dave15]

25-6-2018            € 29.879,12 ------> Started Tracking
25-12-2018          € 41.939,62
26-12-2019          € 64.000,00
03-02-2020          € 72.170,00
28-02-2020          € 74.154,00
25-03-2020          € 71.579,00
09-05-2020          € 76.221,00
01-06-2020          € 78.816,00
02-08-2020          € 82.500,00
26-10-2020          € 91.218,00

Forgot to track for the last couple months, but everything is slowly moving in the right direction. Graduation might just happen in Q1 next year after all, so I've got tat to look (and work!) forward to during the second wave.

Good luck and lots of health to all the participants and readers on here!

25-6-2018            € 29.879,12 ------> Started Tracking
25-12-2018          € 41.939,62
26-12-2019          € 64.000,00
03-02-2020          € 72.170,00
28-02-2020          € 74.154,00
25-03-2020          € 71.579,00
09-05-2020          € 76.221,00
01-06-2020          € 78.816,00
02-08-2020          € 82.500,00
26-10-2020          € 91.218,00
01-12-2020          € 100.247,00

Received a €5k windfall, not totally unexpected but still rather shocking to see this push me over the finish line! Since I've done nothing to deserve this kind of luck, I've started donating a little something to a charity of my choice per month. Currently, I'm feeling very strange: happy, grateful but also a little bit like I've been running a marathon and within 5k from the finish line, some guy tells me to stop because I've already won. Well, onward and upward- and should the market crash once more in the coming months, I'll be back in this warm nest in no-time.

When I joined this thread in mid-2019, fresh out of the 50k savings one, I honestly thought I'd never make it out of here.

Thanks for all the encouragement and best of luck! This thread and its inhabitants are awesome!

[bcbaseballman]

2018
1/31 : (5949.05)
2/28 : (5288.30)
3/31 : (4273.93)
4/30 : (2592.07)
5/31 : (629.70)
6/30 : 1,206.77
7/31 : 2,703.97
8/31: 5,651.70
9/31: 8,039.01
10/31: 7,803.49
11/30: 9,531.28
12/31: 9,296.79

2019
1/31/19: 13,493.35
2/28/2019: 15,766.50
3/31/2019: 19,286
4/30/2019: 19,283
5/31/2019: 18,676
6/30/2019 :22,362
7/31/2019: 24,646
8/30/2019: $27,199
9/31/2019: $30,664
10/31/2019: $33,343
11/30/2019: $35,249
12/31/2019: $39,079

2020
1/31/2020: $44,514
2/29/2020: $48,891
3/31/2020: $46,104
4/30/2020: $52,720
5/31/2020: $55,177
6/30/2020: $59,720
7/31/2020: $65,792
8/31/2020: $71,970
9/30/2020: $72,466
10/31/2020: $72,288

11/30/2020: $80,093

Holy crap it was a good month. We closed on our new house this month and have started the renovation process for it. It is going to be a long process but I am excited for it!

The spread sheet has been updated and is ready to fill in: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aBcGP8d7UD2oJif5IMSY9xmi8sIcRWKYRUswL1FE-ZM/edit?usp=sharing

Congrats @Dave15  and @Optimiser see you in the next thread hopefully the first of next year!

[Gingersnaps]

01/07/2020 - £75,523.86
01/08/2020 - £76,466.46
01/09/2020 - £79,690.65
01/10/2020 - £95,664.71
01/11/2020 - £97,515.00
01/12/2020 - £112,302.49

Wow, it's graduation time! I had a windfall, the market is nuts and I finally have access to 1 of my husbands accounts that I wasn't always getting a monthly update on.
Feel a little iffy about putting my windfall into the market as its so high but trying not to overthink it.

I'll see you on the next thread @okcisok @Optimiser and @Dave15, I like your idea of a charitable donation from your windfall and think I'll follow in your footsteps.

[mckaylabaloney]

6/1/2020: $19,606.73
7/1/2020: $26,480.37
8/1/2020: $40,657.65
9/1/2020: $52,868.32
10/1/2020: $53,926.77
11/1/2020: $61,241.09
12/1/2020: $78,742.07

Crazy month in the markets (I'm up something like $14k over last month in gains alone). I feel like I say this all the time around here, but it's one thing to know that your investments will grow faster and faster over time, and another thing to see it happen. And I am just at the beginning of my investing life, really; I cannot quite imagine what my monthly gains might look like shortly before ER.

Congrats to @okcisok, @Optimiser, @Dave15, and @Gingersnaps! Everyone is killing it.

[Rosy]

GOAL: $100K by Dec 31, 2021

$  4,588 June 2017
$ 10,117 Dec 2017
       
$ 10,715 Jan 2018
$ 31,034 Dec 2018
       
$ 31,094 Jan 2019
$ 50,000 Dec 2019

$ 53,000 Jan 2020
$ 56,000 Feb 2020
$ 58,000 Mar 2020
$ 64,000 Apr 2020
$ 67,000 May 2020
$ 70,000 Jun  2020
$ 73,100 Jul   2020
$ 75,600 Aug 2020 - YAY! I broke $75K!
$ 80,000 Sep 2020 - Someone pinch me, I saved $30K since this January.
$ 81,800 Oct 2020
$ 82,600 Nov 2020
$ 85,000 Dec 2020

The projection for 2021 - 100K by July 2021.
We'll see...

@Imma - it is exciting and so satisfying to see us all gaining momentum, despite our struggles in the beginning:)
We really are getting there!

[shinn497]

(All dates at beginning of the month)

March 19 10450
Apr 19     12500
May 19    14800
June 19   17031
July 19    20100
Aug 19    23300
Sept 19   26300
Oct 19     29300
Nov 19    30500
Dec 19    33800
Jan 20     37100
Feb 20     37100
March 20 38413
Apr 20     32000
May 20     37000
June 20    42500
July 20     46300
Aug 20     50200
Sept 20     53400
Oct 20       55700
Nov 20      62000
Dec 20      66000

Nov was a nice month ;)

[haypug16]

November 2020 Update
3/31/2017 (52,848.85) - Found MMM
3/31/2018 $(14,916.69) - 1 year in
3/31/2019 $9,917.20 - 2 years in
3/31/2020 $22,896.16 - 3 years in
4/30/2020 $32,841.74
5/31/2020 $41,382.08
6/30/2020 $49,125.78
7/31/2020 $54,499.66
8/31/2020 $61,881.00
9/30/2020 $60,837.47
10/31/2020 $60,621.36
11/30/2020 $69,864.27

Haven't updated in a couple months. August through October were pretty flat but November made a come back. Hoping to finish off the year at $75k