Happy

Are You Happy?

April 23, 2018 by Mr. 1500 Days 57 Comments

Note: I originally sent this content to my email list last week. I received such a positive response, I decided to publish it here. This version is slightly longer.What I write about in this post is the most important thing I learned in my journey to financial independence. Hell, it's one of the most important things I've ever learned. Only took me 4 decades! Better late … [Read more...] about Are You Happy?

Sappy Happy Crappy Thanksgiving Post

November 23, 2015 by Mr. 1500 Days 74 Comments

We're taking the rest of the week off. Please enjoy my touching, heart-warming, moving, uplifting and nausea inducing prose today. It's Thanksgiving week in America. Thanksgiving is the holiday where we Americans:stuff our faces with even more food than usual gather with family and get drunk fight with family after getting even more drunk watch football more … [Read more...] about Sappy Happy Crappy Thanksgiving Post

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

Gains: $1,355,801

Overall
Gains since 1/1/2013: $3,882,579
Net worth***: $4,698,622

* 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!