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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2250 on: May 04, 2022, 12:52:41 PM »
I bought a house in October 2019 that’s about a 30 minute drive into the city and to the office. I basically emptied my investment account to scrounge together enough money to put 5% down. I do have a government pension/golden handcuffs, but it still probably wasn’t the smartest decision to be house poor.

I’ve been saving/investing steadily since then, and have far surpassed the 5% total I had put down on the house. On top of that, house values around here have basically doubled since I bought in 2019. I sold my place this past month to downsize and move into the city/10 minute local road commute to the office. Even after putting 20% down on the new place, I was left with quite a healthy sum of money.

The profit off of the sale + my investments have boosted my portfolio from:
September 2019: 17k ish
May 2022: 206k

To say I’m ecstatic is an understatement. I don’t want to cheer for a down market, but timing wise, this could not have worked out better for me.

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2251 on: May 04, 2022, 01:41:30 PM »
This thread popped up again on my notifications and I realized I have something to celebrate.

Situation:

We're retired for 4 years.
We have 4 types of income streams. Of them:
   1) Farmland won't produce any income for this year and next year.   
   2) Stocks are down 13+% for the year.
As for costs:
   a) Inflation is 6% or more (but not many hundreds of percent like some places) so costs are up.
   b) Food is up 33% on top of that because we're hosting a refugee from Ukraine.
   c) We're funding startup business costs for our guest, which will be several thousand dollars.
   d) STILL waiting on our $6K IRS refund since November.
   e) Charitable contributions will remain at least $12K for the year.

And you know what I'm celebrating?

Because we can help someone turn their life back around, absorb all those financial shocks, and we'll be JUST FINE. 

In fact, we'll continue to prosper.



Because we'll be JUST FINE.

   

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2252 on: May 05, 2022, 04:12:24 AM »

That is a lot to celebrate @SwordGuy!  Well done.   

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2253 on: May 05, 2022, 05:11:38 AM »
I bought a house in October 2019 that’s about a 30 minute drive into the city and to the office. I basically emptied my investment account to scrounge together enough money to put 5% down. I do have a government pension/golden handcuffs, but it still probably wasn’t the smartest decision to be house poor.

I’ve been saving/investing steadily since then, and have far surpassed the 5% total I had put down on the house. On top of that, house values around here have basically doubled since I bought in 2019. I sold my place this past month to downsize and move into the city/10 minute local road commute to the office. Even after putting 20% down on the new place, I was left with quite a healthy sum of money.

The profit off of the sale + my investments have boosted my portfolio from:
September 2019: 17k ish
May 2022: 206k

To say I’m ecstatic is an understatement. I don’t want to cheer for a down market, but timing wise, this could not have worked out better for me.

Congrats, and hopefully you have put those gain dollars to work.

That's a huge upgrade to your commute life also!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2254 on: May 13, 2022, 03:44:18 PM »
This thread popped up again on my notifications and I realized I have something to celebrate.

Situation:

We're retired for 4 years.
We have 4 types of income streams. Of them:
   1) Farmland won't produce any income for this year and next year.   
   2) Stocks are down 13+% for the year.
As for costs:
   a) Inflation is 6% or more (but not many hundreds of percent like some places) so costs are up.
   b) Food is up 33% on top of that because we're hosting a refugee from Ukraine.
   c) We're funding startup business costs for our guest, which will be several thousand dollars.
   d) STILL waiting on our $6K IRS refund since November.
   e) Charitable contributions will remain at least $12K for the year.

And you know what I'm celebrating?

Because we can help someone turn their life back around, absorb all those financial shocks, and we'll be JUST FINE. 

In fact, we'll continue to prosper.



Because we'll be JUST FINE.

 

Wow that's wonderful that you can help someone that much. Must be a great feeling.

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2255 on: May 14, 2022, 12:31:09 PM »
On Monday, I start a new job with much better benefits and a 30% pay raise. The commute is exactly the same, under 5 miles. And I'm contributing to the betterment of society (medicine) versus the red tape of the legal system. I've already mapped out my new budget and how I can increase my investments without too much lifestyle creep.

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2256 on: May 15, 2022, 07:35:58 AM »
On Monday, I start a new job with much better benefits and a 30% pay raise. The commute is exactly the same, under 5 miles. And I'm contributing to the betterment of society (medicine) versus the red tape of the legal system. I've already mapped out my new budget and how I can increase my investments without too much lifestyle creep.

Nice!  All of that sounds like a big upgrade, congratulations :)

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2257 on: May 25, 2022, 10:15:39 AM »
I bought a house in October 2019 that’s about a 30 minute drive into the city and to the office. I basically emptied my investment account to scrounge together enough money to put 5% down. I do have a government pension/golden handcuffs, but it still probably wasn’t the smartest decision to be house poor.

I’ve been saving/investing steadily since then, and have far surpassed the 5% total I had put down on the house. On top of that, house values around here have basically doubled since I bought in 2019. I sold my place this past month to downsize and move into the city/10 minute local road commute to the office. Even after putting 20% down on the new place, I was left with quite a healthy sum of money.

The profit off of the sale + my investments have boosted my portfolio from:
September 2019: 17k ish
May 2022: 206k

To say I’m ecstatic is an understatement. I don’t want to cheer for a down market, but timing wise, this could not have worked out better for me.

Congrats, and hopefully you have put those gain dollars to work.

That's a huge upgrade to your commute life also!

Thank you! Bought myself a Concept 2 rower as a treat for the home gym, and the rest is going into investments.

Definitely a lot more free time!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2258 on: May 31, 2022, 09:24:46 PM »
My Public Service Loan Forgiveness just came through! Just over $53K forgiven. In the last ten years of working for a public university, I paid off more than I originally borrowed and saw my balance only tick down a hair. So glad the rules were clarified last fall to include my situation - I didn't previously qualify and expected to be paying off almost 3x the original principal until I turn 70 twenty years from now.

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2259 on: May 31, 2022, 09:59:09 PM »
My Public Service Loan Forgiveness just came through! Just over $53K forgiven. In the last ten years of working for a public university, I paid off more than I originally borrowed and saw my balance only tick down a hair. So glad the rules were clarified last fall to include my situation - I didn't previously qualify and expected to be paying off almost 3x the original principal until I turn 70 twenty years from now.
Awesome!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2260 on: June 01, 2022, 06:45:28 PM »
Nice, @ABK!  It's such a great feeling to get that monkey off your back, isn't it?  I had $52K forgiven at the end of last year... makes for a really great day for net worth gain, too!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2261 on: June 01, 2022, 08:17:24 PM »
I haven't posted anything in a couple years so clearly I'm more of a lurker haha. But my first post was 2 years ago with me saying that our investments were at 57k. 2 years later they are at 227k. Feeling good! We're getting so close to 250k I'm so excited!
I remember reading one of MMM's early articles about having little green employees and mentioning VTSAX and I dreamed of having a bunch of employees of our own. At that time (2.5 years ago) we didn't even have the 3k minimum extra to invest in VTSAX. It's amazing how time flies.
Anyway, I'll probably post again in another 2 years haha!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2262 on: June 11, 2022, 10:23:37 PM »
I paid off my medical loan! I had saved up enough to have corrective eye surgery then was offered a 24 month no interest credit card. I got the card and left my money in savings, paying 1/22 of the total amount each month to get it paid off well before any interest hit. Now no more withdrawals leaving my savings each month! I've already sent a letter to close the account. No worries about my credit score as I have great credit.

My new job is going well. They pay my cell phone bill, cover any mileage expenses, and promptly reimburse charges on my personal credit card. At the end of this month I'll get my first full month paycheck and will be able to finalize the rough budget I made when I got the job.

I posted a few years ago in this thread that my net worth had gone up to $80k from $20k in a few years of following. Now I'm up to $113k and have bought a house in addition to the surgery. It really works!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2263 on: June 12, 2022, 05:33:30 AM »
Congratulations to both of you @StachingforLife and @okisok !!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2264 on: June 24, 2022, 02:10:47 PM »
Was approved last week for about a 40% pay increase at my current job; i.e. getting promoted next week.  This wasn't supposed to happen until September, but I was contacted by another company for basically the same position I have now.  Decided to see what they offered, and it was substantially more than I was previously making.  Really worked out perfectly because I do like my job and the people I work with.  Great that the bosses moved up the promotion after seeing what my market value was.

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« Reply #2265 on: June 24, 2022, 02:32:50 PM »
Was approved last week for about a 40% pay increase at my current job; i.e. getting promoted next week.  This wasn't supposed to happen until September, but I was contacted by another company for basically the same position I have now.  Decided to see what they offered, and it was substantially more than I was previously making.  Really worked out perfectly because I do like my job and the people I work with.  Great that the bosses moved up the promotion after seeing what my market value was.

Nicely played! Congrats.

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2266 on: June 24, 2022, 03:35:05 PM »
Whoa! Hell yes! That's a big pile of little green workers!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2267 on: July 12, 2022, 06:50:11 PM »
Just knocked off three hefty credit card balances

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2268 on: July 14, 2022, 03:19:33 PM »
Just knocked off three hefty credit card balances

3 all at once? Quick succession? Any method in particular you used?

That’s awesome though! Must be a huge relief! Congratulations!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2269 on: July 24, 2022, 11:59:19 AM »
Completely not financial related, but one of my good friends from college has lived on opposite sides of the country from me since we graduated. I've seen her twice in 15 years. She just moved - to less than 2 hours away from me!!!!!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2270 on: July 24, 2022, 01:01:29 PM »
I have a few things to celebrate.

1) Our Ukrainian artist friend, who's staying with us during the invasion of Ukraine, got a new kind of visa.  They'll be able to stay in the US longer and will be able to apply for a work permit and other assistance. 

2) We weren't expecting to receive any money this year from our farm because, as part of the transition to a new sharecrop farmer, we're leveling the farmland.    It should increase the yield in years to come.   Sadly, it ended up costing way more because between the time we agreed to do that and it could be arranged, the invasion of Ukraine happened and prices of key items like fuel went way up.   The farmer is paying the extra costs with an interest free loan to us, to be paid off over 7 years.   It's a good deal.   They are very skilled at what they do and farm all the land (around 8000 acres) around our farm, so it's beneficial for them, too.   This farmer pays his hands $60k a year plus benefits.   In a small town in Arkansas, that's real money you can easily raise a family on.   His feeling is that they will work hard for him because he pays so much better than others -- and they do.

But, I digress.   I'm celebrating that in that red state that's so against them damn liberals and their socialistic policies, that FDR and the liberals set up farm credits for improving the land (which leveling is) and allowing the land to restore itself by lying fallow  (which we have to do in order to level it).    Yep, farm country appears to be riddled with socialist policies designed to help farmers.   Who knew?    So we'll get some cash from our farm this year after all!


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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2271 on: August 15, 2022, 07:20:16 AM »
I accepted a job offer for a $10K raise, an extra week of vacation, and higher 401K match.
The best part is that we get to move closer to family and I finally get rid of my dreaded 1+hr commute and instead will get to live within 10 mins of work!  It has taken me way too long to find new job without this horrid commute and this is the last week that I have to make it!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2272 on: August 15, 2022, 08:04:55 AM »
I accepted a job offer for a $10K raise, an extra week of vacation, and higher 401K match.
The best part is that we get to move closer to family and I finally get rid of my dreaded 1+hr commute and instead will get to live within 10 mins of work!  It has taken me way too long to find new job without this horrid commute and this is the last week that I have to make it!

That's wonderful news!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2273 on: August 15, 2022, 03:48:01 PM »
I accepted a job offer for a $10K raise, an extra week of vacation, and higher 401K match.
The best part is that we get to move closer to family and I finally get rid of my dreaded 1+hr commute and instead will get to live within 10 mins of work!  It has taken me way too long to find new job without this horrid commute and this is the last week that I have to make it!

Outstanding! Congratulations!!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2274 on: September 01, 2022, 11:43:02 PM »
1. I was at a happy hour with 3 coworkers and they explained they are laying low this holiday weekend as they have all had unexpectedly large expenses recently. In an attempt to relate with said coworkers I explained I too incurred a large expense recently - $3,500 for my husband's braces. One co-worker asked me in disbelief whether I really paid in cash. I thought, "this isn't normal?" Then I remembered these were the same coworkers that were stunned to learn I had $3,000 readily available to purchase on-the-spot a digital baby grand piano found on Facebook Marketplace. I forget sometimes that the MMM lifestyle is rare.

2. I gifted the little brother a $280 trumpet. This year he chose to play the trumpet in his middle school band class. Mom worked cleaning the homes of white collar professionals for years to afford my braces and trombone. I type on a keyboard, move the computer mouse, and talk to people to afford the same expenses at double mom's salary. I owe her a lot and am thankful for the opportunities the MMM lifestyle has provided to my family.
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« Reply #2275 on: October 03, 2022, 03:55:52 PM »
Another PSLF victory!  Low 5 figure amount forgiven.  Had applied nearly 6 months ago, didn't hear much back other than a letter saying they had received the application.  Honestly wasn't expecting it to ever happen, didn't seem real - especially since I didn't qualify until the updated rules in 2020.

It's my MILs bday this week.  I think I'll treat the four (MIL, FIL, wife, me) of us to a dinner.  Still hasn't sunk in yet, having student loan debt hanging over my head had become a normal feeling - it was all I had known as an adult.  The air is just a little sweeter today!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2276 on: January 06, 2023, 04:04:34 PM »
Just paid off half of my student loans! After stressing about them for 2 years, I'm so happy. Only half way to go!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2277 on: January 07, 2023, 02:26:35 AM »
Congrats @aimlesstourist and @simonsez on your recent student loan victory/milestone!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2278 on: June 02, 2023, 07:12:08 AM »
It's been quite the week here for us. This past week:
 
1. We paid off our student loans. Like, they're at $0. I closed the SL account in my YNAB. I hid the "Debt" section of my YNAB. (Mortgage is in "Housing".) THEY. ARE. GONE.

2. I'm taking a promotion within my organization effective later this month; I negotiated an additional 7% in salary increase. That additional increase will allow me to max out my 403b for the first time EVER (which was the priority for me) and see an ever-so-slight increase in take-home pay.

**does a little happy dance**

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2279 on: June 02, 2023, 09:01:00 AM »
It's been quite the week here for us. This past week:
 
1. We paid off our student loans. Like, they're at $0. I closed the SL account in my YNAB. I hid the "Debt" section of my YNAB. (Mortgage is in "Housing".) THEY. ARE. GONE.

2. I'm taking a promotion within my organization effective later this month; I negotiated an additional 7% in salary increase. That additional increase will allow me to max out my 403b for the first time EVER (which was the priority for me) and see an ever-so-slight increase in take-home pay.

**does a little happy dance**

Congrats!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2280 on: July 05, 2023, 06:44:07 AM »
Replaced my own brakes and rotors for the first time- most of that time was spent on one stubborn bolt that wouldn't loosen for anything. Finally got it moving after spending 20 minutes working at it with a breaker bar.

It almost looks like the person who had the car before me had never changed them in the car's life o_o;
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v467/norvilion/OldBrakes_zpsc98951f6.jpg

Good job! Did you try PB Blaster lubricant? Did you go with AutoZone's free-lifetime-replacement brake pads?

Happy Independence Day everyone!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2281 on: July 05, 2023, 07:08:21 AM »
Replaced my own brakes and rotors for the first time- most of that time was spent on one stubborn bolt that wouldn't loosen for anything. Finally got it moving after spending 20 minutes working at it with a breaker bar.

It almost looks like the person who had the car before me had never changed them in the car's life o_o;
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v467/norvilion/OldBrakes_zpsc98951f6.jpg

Good job! Did you try PB Blaster lubricant? Did you go with AutoZone's free-lifetime-replacement brake pads?

Happy Independence Day everyone!

This is kinda like spamming.  You're posting useless crap to get yourself to the 100 post mark so you can post off-topic.  Or are you actually interested in how their brakes are functioning 10 years later and whether they've utilized the lifetime warranty of the brake pads?

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2282 on: July 05, 2023, 08:27:48 AM »
Replaced my own brakes and rotors for the first time- most of that time was spent on one stubborn bolt that wouldn't loosen for anything. Finally got it moving after spending 20 minutes working at it with a breaker bar.

It almost looks like the person who had the car before me had never changed them in the car's life o_o;
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v467/norvilion/OldBrakes_zpsc98951f6.jpg

Good job! Did you try PB Blaster lubricant? Did you go with AutoZone's free-lifetime-replacement brake pads?

Happy Independence Day everyone!

This is kinda like spamming.  You're posting useless crap to get yourself to the 100 post mark so you can post off-topic.  Or are you actually interested in how their brakes are functioning 10 years later and whether they've utilized the lifetime warranty of the brake pads?

I don't see anything spammy about it. Zombie posts usually happen because someone is reading through old threads and responds to something of interest without noting the date.

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« Reply #2283 on: July 05, 2023, 09:52:58 AM »
Replaced my own brakes and rotors for the first time- most of that time was spent on one stubborn bolt that wouldn't loosen for anything. Finally got it moving after spending 20 minutes working at it with a breaker bar.

It almost looks like the person who had the car before me had never changed them in the car's life o_o;
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v467/norvilion/OldBrakes_zpsc98951f6.jpg

Good job! Did you try PB Blaster lubricant? Did you go with AutoZone's free-lifetime-replacement brake pads?

Happy Independence Day everyone!

This is kinda like spamming.  You're posting useless crap to get yourself to the 100 post mark so you can post off-topic.  Or are you actually interested in how their brakes are functioning 10 years later and whether they've utilized the lifetime warranty of the brake pads?

I don't see anything spammy about it. Zombie posts usually happen because someone is reading through old threads and responds to something of interest without noting the date.
Haha it happened to me on another thread. I forgot to mention in my response that I love a good necropost.

I fully agree that it doesn't seem spammy. We also have Forum Rules and the person who seems to be flirting with them is not cleverscreenname, IMO.

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2284 on: July 05, 2023, 01:36:45 PM »
I DIY the majority of my family's car repairs, and I use Duralast brake pads, so yes I'm actually interested. 10 years is a perfect amount of time to find out if he has cashed in on free replacements.

Thank you, Ixtap. I was only 1 month behind the previous poster in June, so I didn't receive the red 120-day warning.

I think I'm being followed around here on the forum. Like, are you guys full here? Can the servers not handle just 1 more username? Which sucks, because I find welding to be a very awesome, impressive, and useful skill. I wish I could weld, and I've seen pictures of the literal ART of welding (a handmade custom exhaust on a souped up Honda forum.) Even the other members wrote "Holy perfect welds, Batman!"

All though the server crashing would seriously be a bad thing!
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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2285 on: July 05, 2023, 02:24:10 PM »

I DIY the majority of my family's car repairs, and I use Duralast brake pads, so yes I'm actually interested. 10 years is a perfect amount of time to find out if he has cashed in on free replacements.
Sorry, but the person you were replying to has not logged in on the forum for nine years.

I think I'm being followed around here on the forum. Like, are you guys full here? Can the servers not handle just 1 more username? Which sucks, because I find welding to be a very awesome, impressive, and useful skill. I wish I could weld, and I've seen pictures of the literal ART of welding (a handmade custom exhaust on a souped up Honda forum.) Even the other members wrote "Holy perfect welds, Batman!"

I didn't start by following you around, but when posts are made to a topic someone has already contributed to, it shows up when clicking on 'show new replies to your posts', which is where I took notice.  I originally tried to be helpful, twice suggesting you ask the moderators to move the off-topic discussion of electric cars to an on-topic area, but you weren't interested.  In one of your first messages, you stated---

... I guess I have to get chatty and spew unhelpful dribble for awhile (100 is awfully high, I don't even have that many on TMC or Endless-Sphere, and I've been on both for over 8 years and read thousands of threads.)

If you have relevant information to discuss, I don't think anyone will hold it against you.  'Spewing unhelpful dribble' (your words) is quite annoying though.

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« Reply #2286 on: July 05, 2023, 02:40:07 PM »
If you have relevant information to discuss, I don't think anyone will hold it against you.  'Spewing unhelpful dribble' (your words) is quite annoying though.
Agreed. My post was facetious and silly, but I don't have it in me to be truly annoying. "Spew unhelpful dribble" was copied from Nereo anyways. Anyways, I pledge to keep all my posts intellectual and non-annoying.
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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2287 on: August 23, 2023, 08:36:45 AM »
My wife and I both own our vehicles now, no more car payments!

Our youngest just started school, no more child care payments!!

FIRE here we come XD

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2288 on: August 24, 2023, 01:23:55 AM »
My wife and I both own our vehicles now, no more car payments!

Our youngest just started school, no more child care payments!!

FIRE here we come XD

Congratulations @footwear!  Those are some good milestones.  Pedal to the metal!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2289 on: August 24, 2023, 09:35:33 AM »
@Trifle pedal to the metal...i see what you did there!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2290 on: January 23, 2024, 10:14:26 PM »
I don't have many people to talk to this about so I figured I'd share here a milestone I just reached

just turned 30 recently and also passed the 200k NW mark! never thought I'd get here, and taking a quick minute to smile and be happy with myself

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2291 on: January 24, 2024, 12:41:07 PM »
I don't have many people to talk to this about so I figured I'd share here a milestone I just reached

just turned 30 recently and also passed the 200k NW mark! never thought I'd get here, and taking a quick minute to smile and be happy with myself
Congrats on the milestone! Good job!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2292 on: January 24, 2024, 01:09:00 PM »
I don't have many people to talk to this about so I figured I'd share here a milestone I just reached

just turned 30 recently and also passed the 200k NW mark! never thought I'd get here, and taking a quick minute to smile and be happy with myself

Bravo!

That's a seriously important step!   Yeah, you!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2293 on: February 05, 2024, 04:29:59 AM »
I don't have many people to talk to this about so I figured I'd share here a milestone I just reached

just turned 30 recently and also passed the 200k NW mark! never thought I'd get here, and taking a quick minute to smile and be happy with myself
Awesome work @igooglesearchthings. $200k at 30 is impressive!

I came here to celebrate that my SO & I just hit a combined AUD$1m in Superannuation (Australian retirement fund). Yesterday it was soooo close at $999,965. Today, the markets were kind to me and it’s now at $1,005,438!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2294 on: February 05, 2024, 04:43:15 AM »
Congratulations @The Beebsta !  Great work.  Enjoy that second comma!!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2295 on: February 08, 2024, 06:48:46 AM »


Crazy how much easier the second one was....

The third one was a little bumpy due to inflation but rode it out and arrived. 


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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2296 on: February 25, 2024, 03:43:23 PM »
We switched our health insurance to a HDHP with HSA in 2015.

Since then, we've paid all our health care expenses out of pocket and invested our HSA in index funds.

On Friday my HSA balance exceeded $100k for the first time.

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2297 on: February 26, 2024, 09:35:19 AM »
We switched our health insurance to a HDHP with HSA in 2015.

Since then, we've paid all our health care expenses out of pocket and invested our HSA in index funds.

On Friday my HSA balance exceeded $100k for the first time.
That's worth celebrating!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2298 on: February 27, 2024, 07:44:18 AM »
We switched our health insurance to a HDHP with HSA in 2015.

Since then, we've paid all our health care expenses out of pocket and invested our HSA in index funds.

On Friday my HSA balance exceeded $100k for the first time.

Congrats! That's amazing!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #2299 on: March 20, 2024, 07:21:05 PM »
We switched our health insurance to a HDHP with HSA in 2015.

Since then, we've paid all our health care expenses out of pocket and invested our HSA in index funds.

On Friday my HSA balance exceeded $100k for the first time.

Congratulations!

 

Wow, a phone plan for fifteen bucks!