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Demand The Best For Yourself

October 13, 2020 by Mr. 1500 Days 7 Comments

How long are you going to wait before you demand the best for yourself?-Epictetus I've had a project idea for a couple of years now. It has loads of potential but I just haven't been able to muster up the motivation to execute. I wondered why for a long time and realized that much of what's holding me back is fear of failure, lack of confidence, and impostor syndrome. … [Read more...] about Demand The Best For Yourself

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*

2020: Investments only
1/1: $2,035,040
2/1: $2,118,622
3/1: $2,078,857
4/1: $1,979,773
5/1: $2,491,119**
6/1: $2,526,338
7/1: $2,605,803
8/1: $2,790,942
9/1: $3,102,689***

Overall
Gains since 1/1/2013: $2,516,646
Net worth****: $3,252,689
2020 investment gains: $1,067,649

* 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.

** We cash-out refinanced our primary home and invested the money, hence the huge increase in the investment part of our portfolio. It also didn’t hurt that our tech stocks had a stupendous month.

*** Tesla.

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

Finally, we still have about $370,000 in mortgage debt (which I love!). No regrets about the debts!

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