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« Reply #1150 on: December 16, 2015, 06:52:41 AM »
We have passed 100k net worth (for about a week until we can pay the last semester's tuition, but I like seeing those six figures) - not including car or any housing appreciation!  Woop woop!

I also did some calculations and we are about 5 years from rice and beans FI, 7 from my definition of FI (husband's a bit higher for travel).  Trying to focus on the light, not how long the tunnel is ...

I ALSO - it's a big month for me - talked myself into reducing our mortgage payment.  The money will go to paying off the family loan which enabled the house in the first place (win-win for all, long story), low interest but family puts it on top of the priority list.  However, when that is paid off I will be investing the surplus in a taxable "mortgage" investment account.  It's taken me two years to talk myself into it: although it helps that with the principal we've paid down on both loans we can sell the house, pay off my parents, and still come out ahead as of a couple of months ago.

Ooh ooh - AND my husband is *this* close to being able to max out his 401k ... maaaaybe 2016, 2017 at the latest depending on how graduation/job hunt plays out. 

It's been a good year :-)


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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #1151 on: December 16, 2015, 10:29:19 AM »
That sounds like quite the year, indeed, smallife!

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« Reply #1152 on: December 17, 2015, 05:12:24 AM »
That sounds like quite the year, indeed, smallife!
Thanks! It feels a bit surreal to start seeing things take off!

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« Reply #1153 on: December 17, 2015, 08:39:08 AM »
I've got another small celebration today: I feel confident upping our 401k contributions from 15% to 17%. Not a huge change, but it is one step closer to maxing it out!

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« Reply #1154 on: December 18, 2015, 02:56:05 PM »
Today we made a huge payment to pay off the last of our medical debts, leaving only the student loan (at under 2% interest) and mortgage. The mortgage will be dead once the house is sold (we're planning on listing in 2-3 months), and then the mortgage payments will pay off the student loan in less than a year! By this time next year we should be in or at least preparing for our "extreme savings" phase with zero debt.

Oh man, this feels good!

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« Reply #1155 on: December 21, 2015, 10:41:00 AM »
$17,992 worth of TSP contributions are now invested or will be processed before 12/31.

While I didn't *technically* hit the max, I'm declaring it (literally) close enough for government work. And I'm about to drop all $5500 for my 2015 IRA as well, so (ignoring the $8 as a rounding error) I've maxed all tax-deferred accounts for the first time.

It took me over a year to get SR high enough to even make it possible, and the huge processing delays mean that I kept adjusting by the wrong amount. But I think I've gotten it dialed in now. The election to drop back from nearly $1000/PP to the required $692 is should apply to my first 2016 check and all others thereafter.

I'm liking the new normal.

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« Reply #1156 on: December 22, 2015, 01:15:28 AM »
Today I hit ~£97,000 of equity, with a ~£30,000 student loan I'm not currently repaying which is at 1.5% interest right now.  I've got my medical degree which is a passport to work in many countries.  Makes staying 2 hours late last night slightly more bearable.  Also got an extra £82.00 in the form of a relatively unusable billable service (cremation form).  Sad but I'll add it to the stache.

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« Reply #1157 on: December 22, 2015, 03:35:56 PM »
We are currently hosting our 100th Airbnb guest in our basement apartment! Total income for 2015 (pretax): $10,650.
It was a cobblestone cellar two years ago. We did most of the work ourselves, and learned a ton along the way.
Coolest part: guests from Hawaii bring you chocolate-covered Macadamia nuts as a gift!!!

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« Reply #1158 on: December 22, 2015, 03:48:21 PM »
Because I feel like an a**hole saying this to my 29 year old friends, I'll say it here.

This year I managed to grow my net worth from 198K to approximately 325K (depending on the market the next week and a half).  If I can do that for two more years, I'm safe enough, right?  Unfortunately a lot of it (70K) is equity in my illiquid ~610K condo, but that balance should shift towards about 50/50 in the next two years, and my savings rate should pick up now that I've had and paid for my wedding (hopefully a one-time 2015 expense).

I'm pretty excited that I paid for my own degrees (private BA, public MA and JD) and own my house by the end of my 20s, having not come from money or parental support.  I suspect part of the stress in the next few years will be accepting a less stressful path forward, figuring out children, and starting to reimagine a life where I'm not working 80 hours a week.   Not a bad problem to have, but one I don't have much experience with.


(I just realized I posted in the wrong place when I saw this thread light up.  I will erase my other post. Sorry all!)

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« Reply #1159 on: December 22, 2015, 04:05:25 PM »
It is small, but I was pretty happy with after making a days worth of calls to have a debt adjusted to 1k lower due to an accounting error on their part.

Little bit every day!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #1160 on: December 24, 2015, 08:40:55 PM »
It is small, but I was pretty happy with after making a days worth of calls to have a debt adjusted to 1k lower due to an accounting error on their part.

Little bit every day!
That is not small! You just earned over $100 an hour to... talk! xD

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« Reply #1161 on: December 26, 2015, 10:54:38 PM »
Don't know where to put this but I will celebrate my father in this post.

My cousin goes to a private high school where tuition is over $23K. Cousin said something to denigrate public schools and my dad responded, saying 'Your father went to public high school and college which led to a career where he can pay for your private school.."
Zing.

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« Reply #1162 on: December 28, 2015, 08:15:54 AM »
'Your father went to public high school and college which led to a career where he can pay for your private school.."
Zing.

Hahahah, that is awesome.  I've read that graduates of private school do better, but only if you don't control for parents' background, income, marital status, etc.  meaning, if you have parents that can send you to private school, you're winning, regardless of whether you actually go.

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« Reply #1163 on: December 29, 2015, 09:23:23 AM »
Hello everybody! As we're preparing our 2016 financial plan, I've reflected on how far we've come over the last 3 years.
End of 2012:
- $15,000 student loans
- $15,000 other loans
- $22,000 credit card
- $15,000 total investments
= $37,000 in debt

2013/2014 (most importantly): bought a house, got married, had a baby!!!

End of 2015:
- no debt (except mortgage)
- two masters degrees
- $200,000 in home equity (thank you San Diego real estate market)
- $130,000 in investments/savings
- new job paying 30% more
- planning to max all retirement accounts in 2016, plus some investment accounts to get over a 50% SR
- mint says net worth is just shy of $350,000

(No, the wifey is not a sugar momma, but she is my inspiration to save more and spend less money, so I can spend more time with my family)

Happy New Years!!!

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« Reply #1164 on: December 29, 2015, 10:41:57 AM »
Well done!

I think I'll recap as well.
In 2015 I,
-Cut avg monthly spending from 1700 to 1100
-Started a new position with a 40% raise
-Moved back to the city where my gf is (meant less financial and relational costs)
-Funded my roth IRA for the 1st time; put 18% of gross income in retirement accounts
-Funded my emergency fund
-Upped my networth from ~5K to over 35K
-Paid off the last 4K in student loans
-Spent half the year caretaking for a friend's house with a rent of only 300/mo
-Started a taxable acct with 3K
-Fully funded a cash reserve for large purchases (with no short term purchases to foresee)
-Started a side business (for which I will not see any income in 2015)
-Decided that while I would love to buy a house, the appreciation over the past few years (incl. 13% this year) in my city has deterred me. So I have not begun savings for a house.
-Also the gf finished her phd and now makes well more than me so that's awesome for her and takes away a source of stress

So all in all, I finally started getting serious about retirement and have built a reserve of cash as a safety net
In 2016 I will:
-Use my increased cash flow (plus end contributing to my cash reserves and taxable acct) to put 50% of gross income in retirement accounts
-Earn 14% more gross income by moving to a different position at my employer (starting Feb 1)
-Earn 10% more gross income from contracts near completion as of this month and take on new contracts (the side business may become how I decide to save for a down payment, not sure yet).

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #1165 on: December 30, 2015, 11:51:02 AM »
Well, it's slow as hell in the office this week and I took off half the day so I could do a Tuesday night thing in Birmingham, 100 miles away. I just got in, sat down and started checking email, and found a couple of personnel system notifications, so I pulled up the site. AND I JUST GOT AN EARLY STEP RAISE. 9 months ahead of the automatic one. This means my boss was happy enough to voluntarily fill out the paperwork to request it for me after my annual eval (Oct).

It's $2379/yr, or $91.50 per check, $92.42 if the 1% global raise goes through for 2016. Even after taxes, that means $1800+ to invest. \m/ ^_^ \m/

The final note at the bottom says "thank you for your hard work and dedication"... xD

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« Reply #1166 on: December 30, 2015, 11:52:01 AM »
Well, it's slow as hell in the office this week and I took off half the day so I could do a Tuesday night thing in Birmingham, 100 miles away. I just got in, sat down and started checking email, and found a couple of personnel system notifications, so I pulled up the site. AND I JUST GOT AN EARLY STEP RAISE. 9 months ahead of the automatic one. This means my boss was happy enough to voluntarily fill out the paperwork to request it for me after my annual eval (Oct).

It's $2379/yr, or $91.50 per check, $92.42 if the 1% global raise goes through for 2016. Even after taxes, that means $1800+ to invest. \m/ ^_^ \m/

The final note at the bottom says "thank you for your hard work and dedication"... xD
That's awesome! Congrats!

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« Reply #1167 on: December 30, 2015, 02:40:26 PM »
After 3+ years of resume box-checking, I landed a really nice job for 2016.  Commute is cut in half, slightly less hours, better training, and my income will basically double.  The timing could not be better, as my other celebration is my firstborn being due in February!

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« Reply #1168 on: December 30, 2015, 03:54:17 PM »
After 3+ years of resume box-checking, I landed a really nice job for 2016.  Commute is cut in half, slightly less hours, better training, and my income will basically double.  The timing could not be better, as my other celebration is my firstborn being due in February!

Congratulations! Both on the job and on the baby!!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #1169 on: December 30, 2015, 04:57:47 PM »
After 3+ years of resume box-checking, I landed a really nice job for 2016.  Commute is cut in half, slightly less hours, better training, and my income will basically double.  The timing could not be better, as my other celebration is my firstborn being due in February!

That's wonderful.  Congratulations, and BIGGER congratulations on the near arrival of your child!

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« Reply #1170 on: December 31, 2015, 01:37:43 PM »
Paid off $18,000 in debt in 2015. Surpassing my goal of $15k in 2015.

I finished paying off all of my private student loans before June 1, 2015 and am aggressively paying off our Yaris we bought November 25, 2014 (it'll be paid off before March 1, 2016).

I'm quite proud as this was the first year my fiance and I both had full time jobs with benefits the entire year (we both got our jobs mid 2014).

We are 25 and after 3 years of aggressively paying down debt the end is in sight!!!

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« Reply #1171 on: December 31, 2015, 01:43:24 PM »
UPDATE.  I forgot that I had to pay off the remaining 14K on my roof assessment in my condo, but then the market picked up and my last paycheck was higher than expected due to having completed my 401K contributions.  So instead of an increase from 198 to 325 in a year, it was 198 to 330K.  Not shabby for 29, but think next year can be even better (and be less heavily weighted towards equity in my appreciating condo).  At the very least, I shouldn't need to shell out 64K for my roof again next year.  I'd be at 400K if I hadn't had to do that!

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« Reply #1172 on: January 01, 2016, 04:33:39 AM »
Paid off $18,000 in debt in 2015. Surpassing my goal of $15k in 2015.

I finished paying off all of my private student loans before June 1, 2015 and am aggressively paying off our Yaris we bought November 25, 2014 (it'll be paid off before March 1, 2016).

I'm quite proud as this was the first year my fiance and I both had full time jobs with benefits the entire year (we both got our jobs mid 2014).

We are 25 and after 3 years of aggressively paying down debt the end is in sight!!!

Dang! you guys are off to a great start! 2016 should be a banger of a year for you :)

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« Reply #1173 on: January 01, 2016, 12:42:10 PM »
Got paid on Dec 31 so I can say this year's NW went from 5 to 40K. It will dip down to 39.5Kish by Jan 31 before getting paid again but woohoo.

Also my invested assets are > my cash savings which is a new first now.
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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #1174 on: January 02, 2016, 07:28:41 AM »
My First celebration Thread, recap of Year 2015. Note this is all canadian dollars, which may as well be canadian rupees now, but my expenses are in CAD$ so I guess it does not matter that much :


1) Networth increased 125K in 12 months, even with poor stock market performance

2) Paid off my house in 2015 (worth around 225K)

3) Zero other debt

4) Worked only around 900 hours and made 120K after taxes

5) Should be FI in about 5 years at age 43

Currently in Mexico for 1 month to escape canadian winter !


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« Reply #1175 on: January 03, 2016, 02:04:21 PM »
My estimate of our net worth for 2015 was $557k, and $600k for 2016... but we're at $603k today!!!  And to think I was actually feeling morose about it, because we haven't had any movement since October--ha!  Perspective is everything.


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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #1176 on: January 04, 2016, 08:30:21 AM »
I paid off a credit card! Yippee!!!

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« Reply #1177 on: January 04, 2016, 01:32:19 PM »
My First celebration Thread, recap of Year 2015. Note this is all canadian dollars, which may as well be canadian rupees now, but my expenses are in CAD$ so I guess it does not matter that much :


1) Networth increased 125K in 12 months, even with poor stock market performance

2) Paid off my house in 2015 (worth around 225K)

3) Zero other debt

4) Worked only around 900 hours and made 120K after taxes

5) Should be FI in about 5 years at age 43

Currently in Mexico for 1 month to escape canadian winter !

What do you do for a living GettingThere? I'm also Canadian and working 900 hrs to get 120k after taxes looks awesome...

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« Reply #1178 on: January 04, 2016, 01:38:52 PM »
My 2015 highlights:

- Discovered this awesome blog and forum. One of the greatest communities I've seen so far on the vast internets.
- Acquired first rental property. So far so good.
- joint NW (SO and I) is now over 60k (started the year in the red zone).
- Got rid of credit margin debts.
- Didn't carry any credit card debt over the year and never planning to do so in the future.
- Started Index investing and everything goes as planned.

2016 will be exiting as I track this NW and our financial objectives. SO is in the boat too so it makes it a bit easier to focus on our goal, FIRE in 10 years!

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« Reply #1179 on: January 06, 2016, 11:16:26 AM »
My First celebration Thread, recap of Year 2015. Note this is all canadian dollars, which may as well be canadian rupees now, but my expenses are in CAD$ so I guess it does not matter that much :


1) Networth increased 125K in 12 months, even with poor stock market performance

2) Paid off my house in 2015 (worth around 225K)

3) Zero other debt

4) Worked only around 900 hours and made 120K after taxes

5) Should be FI in about 5 years at age 43

Currently in Mexico for 1 month to escape canadian winter !

What do you do for a living GettingThere? I'm also Canadian and working 900 hrs to get 120k after taxes looks awesome...

I'd be thrilled to work 900 hours for $120k CAD and I'm in the US.. :P

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« Reply #1180 on: January 09, 2016, 12:05:46 AM »
I paid off my loans before graduation day, and took on extra work for the first half of the year which will add a security net for when there may be less work next year.

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« Reply #1181 on: January 09, 2016, 02:09:21 AM »


What do you do for a living GettingThere? I'm also Canadian and working 900 hrs to get 120k after taxes looks awesome...

I'm a CPA and have my own tax return & consulting company. I work about 600 hours during the 10 weeks tax season and the rest of the year I have an employee that does consulting work.   I supervise her and do client relationships, which is about 5-10 hours a week.

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« Reply #1182 on: January 09, 2016, 06:16:47 AM »
I paid off my loans before graduation day, and took on extra work for the first half of the year which will add a security net for when there may be less work next year.

That is sooooo smart, FB! Congrats on graduation and being off on a great financial start. :)

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« Reply #1183 on: January 09, 2016, 06:25:20 AM »
Although not a big accomplishment, I'm counting every bit as a celebration. I'm going through the house continuing the purge of excess possessions, have already gotten rid of much on freecycle and given to Goodwill, and the rest I've sold. This week I put another $1500 in the bank from these sales (and some other bits), all ready to be invested.

Not only do I get the benefit of more cash, less stuff means a cleaner/more organized house, less emotional burden, & fewer things to pack and move when we downsize this year. Each of these small steps carries me forward to my goal (and I get to be happier, too :)

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« Reply #1184 on: January 10, 2016, 10:20:46 AM »
Although not a big accomplishment, I'm counting every bit as a celebration. I'm going through the house continuing the purge of excess possessions, have already gotten rid of much on freecycle and given to Goodwill, and the rest I've sold. This week I put another $1500 in the bank from these sales (and some other bits), all ready to be invested.

Not only do I get the benefit of more cash, less stuff means a cleaner/more organized house, less emotional burden, & fewer things to pack and move when we downsize this year. Each of these small steps carries me forward to my goal (and I get to be happier, too :)

I vote it counts as a celebration as well. This has been one of my main focuses the last few months, and I'm doing terrible at it! Part of the problem is that a lot of  the stuff that is taking up space is valuable (but only in well defined niches), and thus needs to be posted on ebay/etc, which is a good amount of work that I have had a hard time getting myself to do. So congrats on getting that stuff done!

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« Reply #1185 on: January 12, 2016, 10:32:24 PM »
*FINALLY packed my lunch all week this week (the week isn't over yet, but my lunches for Wed, Thu, Fri are already in the fridge and ready to go) after thinking about it for MONTHS. I even bought 4 divided tupperware containers to make it easier (they are awesome). It is SO easy to pack my lunches! Just had to DO IT instead of thinking about doing it! Hummus, baby carrots, hard boiled egg, fruit, string cheese, etc. Very fast and easy.

*Have been steadily increasing the amount of breakfasts I eat at home (instead of the local coffee shop on the way to work) and will have eaten breakfast at home all week this week!

*Sold my wedding dress (which I had already bought used). Not only does that decrease my total cost outlays for the dress by 65%, but it also means that someone else gets to enjoy the dress (it's a fabulous dress!).

*The startup I worked at several years ago was acquired and I get one last (maybe two) payouts. No idea how much it will be, but any amount is awesome! If anything, it might pay for repairing our sidewalk this week or maybe for our new water heater :) Had no idea this last payment was coming, so it was a pleasant surprise! I'll find out how much next week :)
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« Reply #1186 on: January 18, 2016, 02:03:14 PM »
December was our lowest spending month since we started keeping track with Mint in September.  January might have been even lower if that deer hadn't hit me ($1000 deductible gone!).

Had the market tank just in time for me to put lots of $ into 457(b), 401(k), 529s and backdoor Roth.

Earned my first 50 cents blogging (thank you purchaser of book from Amazon.com, when I only linked to a song).  400 more books sold and I'll break even!




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« Reply #1187 on: January 18, 2016, 04:24:24 PM »
Just realised my wife and I hit a nice milestone at the end of 2015. Broke million dollar net worth target (Australian dollars).

House value:   $1,286,000.00
Savings:         $57,000.00
Super (401k): $175,000.00
Mortgage:     -$493,000.00
Net worth:     $1,025,000.00

Next milestone target is to pay off house, projected in 5-6 years time.

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« Reply #1188 on: January 20, 2016, 09:05:32 PM »
Just realised my wife and I hit a nice milestone at the end of 2015. Broke million dollar net worth target (Australian dollars).

House value:   $1,286,000.00
Savings:         $57,000.00
Super (401k): $175,000.00
Mortgage:     -$493,000.00
Net worth:     $1,025,000.00

Next milestone target is to pay off house, projected in 5-6 years time.

Nicely done - keep it up! :) I'm also looking forward to the time when my Mortgage line reads "0"

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« Reply #1189 on: January 25, 2016, 11:13:35 AM »
--Paid off the mortgage early.  Bought the house for $210k in '96 and now worth $610k
--Finally got a Will and the Health Directives finalized, I know - should have done this long ago
--Passed $1.2M in retirement savings (excluding house)
--Found this site!
--Seriously started looking at the retirement date
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« Reply #1190 on: January 26, 2016, 07:59:22 PM »
--Paid off the mortgage early.  Bought the house for $210k in '96 and now worth $610k
--Finally got a Will and the Health Directives finalized, I know - should have done this long ago
--Passed $1.2M in retirement savings (excluding house)
--Found this site!
--Seriously started looking at the retirement date

With ~$1.8mil net worth you could sell your house, buy another one in a LCOL area and retire.  Congratulations!

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« Reply #1191 on: January 27, 2016, 02:11:49 PM »
Just began the journey and happy to be aboard..

Switched over to Republic Wireless

Cut cable

Got some new bikes and a trailer

Opened FI savings accounts...

Jeff

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« Reply #1192 on: January 28, 2016, 05:39:45 AM »
Just began the journey and happy to be aboard..

Switched over to Republic Wireless

Cut cable

Got some new bikes and a trailer

Opened FI savings accounts...

Jeff

Welcome stacyboy68 - you'll find a ton of good info here and even more support. Kudos on so many adjustments early on!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #1193 on: January 28, 2016, 10:45:35 AM »
--Paid off the mortgage early.  Bought the house for $210k in '96 and now worth $610k
--Finally got a Will and the Health Directives finalized, I know - should have done this long ago
--Passed $1.2M in retirement savings (excluding house)
--Found this site!
--Seriously started looking at the retirement date

With ~$1.8mil net worth you could sell your house, buy another one in a LCOL area and retire.  Congratulations!

Certainly possible but we like where we live.  Never say never though.  May rent it out for a bit and travel.

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #1194 on: January 28, 2016, 09:32:28 PM »
Not really a celebration for me...but on another forum I'm on, someone posted a thread about 'talk me out of buying a truck'.  I think I convinced him to up/max his 401k with the extra money he said he had. :P

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #1195 on: January 29, 2016, 04:14:25 AM »
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Not really a celebration for me...but on another forum I'm on, someone posted a thread about 'talk me out of buying a truck'.  I think I convinced him to up/max his 401k with the extra money he said he had. :P

Nice! 

on a related note, I think I convinced my sister (who came in to ~150K 18 months ago and has 0K left) that she should start building a "f off" fund a la https://thebillfold.com/a-story-of-a-fuck-off-fund-648401263659#.h0qgv5aab . I think she thinks that fund should be 500 dollars (or approximately one day of expense), but it's something!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #1196 on: January 29, 2016, 07:49:34 AM »
Just accepted a new job offer last night! In terms of salary, it is only a 7% increase, but the job is 37,5 h a week instead of 40 h, I get an extra week vacation, and I get employer matching in a RVER (equivalent of a 401k). Also, it cuts my commute time from an 18 minute drive to a 10 minute drive or 25 minute bike ride. And most importantly, I'm SUPER excited about the new work. Yay!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #1197 on: January 29, 2016, 08:11:57 AM »
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Just accepted a new job offer last night! In terms of salary, it is only a 7% increase, but the job is 37,5 h a week instead of 40 h, I get an extra week vacation, and I get employer matching in a RVER (equivalent of a 401k). Also, it cuts my commute time from an 18 minute drive to a 10 minute drive or 25 minute bike ride. And most importantly, I'm SUPER excited about the new work. Yay!

That is awesome!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #1198 on: January 29, 2016, 08:47:45 AM »
Just accepted a new job offer last night! In terms of salary, it is only a 7% increase, but the job is 37,5 h a week instead of 40 h, I get an extra week vacation, and I get employer matching in a RVER (equivalent of a 401k). Also, it cuts my commute time from an 18 minute drive to a 10 minute drive or 25 minute bike ride. And most importantly, I'm SUPER excited about the new work. Yay!

Two thumbs up!!

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Re: Celebrations Thread
« Reply #1199 on: January 29, 2016, 09:30:12 AM »
Thanks so much for the virtual high fives!
I forgot an important tidbit - they're looking for a new office, and number 1 priority is bike parking and showers, because 75% of employees come to work on bikes.