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Fitness Update: Food Porn Edition

November 2, 2018 by Mr. 1500 Days 19 Comments

Quick note: Mrs. 1500 is getting in on the fitness act! If you haven't already, see her Wednesday post and then join us for a run in May of 2019. I have a hard time controlling my diet when I'm on vacation. And by hard time, I mean that my modus operandi is to completely submit to my sweet tooth. And really, I should call it my food tooth because I love to eat.At Greece … [Read more...] about Fitness Update: Food Porn Edition

Soylent Update #4: Bacon to the rescue? (and Mrs. 1500 tries it!)

October 16, 2014 by Mr. 1500 Days 8 Comments

This week, the blog takes a slight diversion while I experiment with soylent, a liquid food substitute. At the end of each day, I’ll write a brief post telling you how it went. Below is my update for Thursday. The Thursday Rant returns next week.I won't be be providing an update tomorrow (Friday). Instead, I'll be posting 10 Questions early from one of my favorite new … [Read more...] about Soylent Update #4: Bacon to the rescue? (and Mrs. 1500 tries it!)

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
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

2022: Investments only
1/1: $4,762,642
2/1: $4,404,447
3/1: $4,214,068
4/1: $4,499,622
5/1: $4,007,476
6/1: $3,929,270

Overall
2022 investment gains: -$833,372
Investment gains since 1/1/2013: $3,343,227
Net worth***: $4,159,270

* 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!