Congrats BlueHouse, very happy for you!
Asauer has been posting in here since the start in 2015.
I found some others on page 1, who are still active in the forum, but don't think have posted in this thread recently: Clean Shaven, Gray Matter, marty998, RWD, nereo, and FIreDrill. Most of them appear to have a very healthy net worth right now. Not sure if they already retired or still plan to retire soon.
If you @ them in the message they will get pinged ;)
Example: @Clean Shaven @Gray Matter @marty998 @RWD @nereo @FIreDrill
Hmm... I never got the ping... perhaps I just missed it and it goes away after a while.
I can't believe I posted in this thread in 2015. I doubly can't believe it was 2012 when I joined the forum. Madness.
Lots has happened -
- a couple of real estate purchases, one to help out a family member who I then sold it to, and then another last year - a beautiful one which I decided not to move into because the thought of cleaning three bathrooms made me cry! $42,000 a year rent is great, but the bathrooms are the real reason ;)
- there's been some good stockmarket gains, mostly all from a basic Australian Index Fund. I've missed the tech bubbles and the WSB type fun. I know from experience that most people will advertise the one winner and quietly hope no one notices the ten losers.
- several promotions at work. I'm good at what I do. Most accountants would run a mile from complex multinational consolidations but I eat that shit up breakfast and then do it again for lunch with group tax accounting. I don't have to worry about job security, I have masses of holiday time banked, my boss appreciates me and my team respect me. I really couldn't ask for more in that regard, and I'm happy now after the most recent promotion this month to stay at the level where I'm at (two rungs below CFO). The pay rise was eyepopping, but I see it as a reward for efforts over the past 15 years , not just the past year.
- I discovered running! And Parkrun <3, and marathons, and just simply trying to be better than the day before. Running has helped me lose weight and get in shape, get my ass off the couch, and generally make me feel better about myself. The satisfication of setting new PR's every year is immense :) My best 5k time has gone from 28 mins to just under 22 now.
I have a higher net worth now then I ever thought I would have back then, and technically I'm well past FI*. But life hasn't really happened, and honestly it would be a little lonely if I pulled the plug on work. The stache is on autopilot / easy street, the money just keeps rolling in. I just wish I had someone to share it with. I can't quite put my finger on it... normal people find their crowd, meet their match... it just doesn't seem like it's going to ever happen for me.
And that makes me a little sad. Because I'd never be able to spend down all of the stache on
myself.
*You can't eat bricks in Australia - our rental yields are too low, so I'd have to rejig the portfolio into equities where I could live off dividends. But then the leverage disappears, and why ruin a good thing when rates are 2.5%?