health

How I Earned $75,000 By Dumping Health Insurance Without Losing Healthcare (or peace of mind)

October 9, 2022 by Mr. 1500 Days 25 Comments

Health care in America, is a big scary mess. We spend more on healthcare than most, but manage to have poorer outcomes. Not good.Mindy and I are fortunate to have had excellent health. We're pushing 50, but only have to see the doctor for routine checkups. Same for our children. On top of this, we've been fortunate to have had excellent health insurance through Mindy's … [Read more...] about How I Earned $75,000 By Dumping Health Insurance Without Losing Healthcare (or peace of mind)

It’s Never Too Early for New Year’s Resolutions: Want to Step Out With MY Gang?

July 29, 2019 by Mr. 1500 Days 5 Comments

Hi there, Mrs. 1500 today.If you've been keeping up with my antics, you'll remember that this year has seen me run a 5K in January, a half marathon in May, and just last week Mr. 1500 and I rode RAGBRAI with Mr. Waffles on Wednesday (and Mrs. WoW providing support), Big Ox, Little Bird, and several people we met at Chautauqua last fall.But careful observers will … [Read more...] about It’s Never Too Early for New Year’s Resolutions: Want to Step Out With MY Gang?

Fitness, Frugality, and FIRE

May 6, 2019 by Mr. 1500 Days 44 Comments

At the age of 45, I'm healthier than I've been in decades. My weight is about 155, a two-decade low. Yesterday I ran a 5k faster than I've ever run one before. It's all because of FIRE.About The Time A Friend Said FIRE Would Kill MeWhen I first discovered FIRE way back in 2012, I embraced it almost immediately. I say "almost" because I thought Mr. Money Mustache was … [Read more...] about Fitness, Frugality, and FIRE

My goal was to build a portfolio of $1,000,000 by February of 2017; 1500 days from the birth of this blog (January 1, 2013). And hey look, I’ve since retired!

Investments only (primary home excluded)
1/1/13 (The Start): $586,043
1/1/14 (1 Yr Later): $869,635
1/1/15 (2 Yrs Later): $987,351
1/1/16 (3 Yrs Later): $1,057,961
1/1/17 (4 Yrs Later): $1,257,128
1/1/18 (5 Yrs Later): $1,527,701
1/1/19 (6 Yrs Later): $1,549,440
1/1/20 (7 Yrs Later): $2,035,040*
1/1/21 (8 Yrs Later): $3,379,746**
1/1/22 (9 Yrs Later): $4,762,642
1/1/23 (10 Yrs Later): $3,112,821

2023: Investments only
1/1: $3,112,821
2/1: $3,582,368
3/1: $3,716,852
4/1: $3,861,599
5/1: $3,694,445
6/1: $4,089,141
7/1: $4,384,858
8/1: $4,539,865
9/1: $4,468,622
10/1: $4,353,063

Gains: $1,240,242

Overall
Gains since 1/1/2013: $3,767,020
Net worth***: $4,583,063

* The big jump between 2019 and 2020 was partly because we bought another home, but kept the previous (much more expensive) one as a rental. We have since sold it.

** Tesla.

*** Includes our primary home equity in addition to our investment portfolio.

Finally, we still have about $290,000 in mortgage debt (which I love!). No regrets about the debts!