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Vacation Consternation (And The Best Pizza In The World)

August 1, 2018 by Mr. 1500 Days 24 Comments

I cannot sit still. When I had a job in an office building, I'd get up every couple of hours, go outside and walk around for a while. Same thing at my home office where I'd walk loops around the block in between writing computer code. And I don't even like being in town for long periods of time. I live to get out of the house and on the road.However, I think we overdid it … [Read more...] about Vacation Consternation (And The Best Pizza In The World)

Cavorting In Cuba

July 2, 2018 by Mr. 1500 Days 14 Comments

Summertime is funnertime!Funnertime? Really dude? What the hell kind of a word is that?OK, it's a bad one. One that I just made up. I'm in Las Vegas right now and it's about 1,000 degrees outside, so the heat must be melting whatever brain I have left. Sorry, I won't use that word again.What I meant to say is summer is when the family and I let loose. The girls are out of … [Read more...] about Cavorting In Cuba

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

Overall
2023 investment gains: $469,547
Investment gains since 1/1/2013: $2,996,325
Net worth***: $3,812,368

* 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!