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Being Yourself is Sexy

July 5, 2017 by Mr. 1500 Days 51 Comments

I started blogging way back on January 1st 2013. I didn't have any expectations. I just knew that I enjoyed writing and thought that holding myself publicly accountable on my journey to financial independence would be fun.My first big break came about four months later on Budgets are Sexy. My wife wrote about how we bought stock for our children to teach them about … [Read more...] about Being Yourself is Sexy

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**

2021: Investments only
1/1: $3,379,746
2/1: $3,616,567
3/1: $3,532,156
4/1: $3,686,009
5/1: $3,892,234
6/1: $3,787,772
7/1: $3,950,516
8/1: $4,034,920
9/1: $4,194,210
10/1: $4,108,593
11/1: $4,634,732

Overall
2021 investment gains: $1,254,986
Investment gains since 1/1/2013: $4,048,689
Net worth***: $4,864,732

* 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, so now count it as an investment.

** 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!