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Advice for a 23 Year Old?

September 25, 2017 by Mr. 1500 Days 56 Comments

A reader from the United Kingdom wrote to me last week: I've recently graduated and landed a fairly swanky job. So naturally I'm planning an escape strategy.... Do I want to have my nose to the corporate grind-stone forever? No. Do I fancy retiring from formal work at 43? Um, yeah!Long-story-short, I've just stumbled on your blog and I really like it. (I also really like … [Read more...] about Advice for a 23 Year Old?

Ask the Readers: Tell Me about Your Summer Adventures

September 18, 2017 by Mr. 1500 Days 49 Comments

All of my recent Ask the Readers have been deep and serious! I've been asking about focus, sleep issues and even death. No fun! Besides, why should y'all have to figure out my problems? I should just hire a therapist! The kids are back in school. There is new snow in the mountains. It's still dark at 6am. Summer is quickly fading. Summer Adventures We were traveling fools … [Read more...] about Ask the Readers: Tell Me about Your Summer Adventures

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
10/1: $4,353,063
11/1: $4,027,929

Gains: $915,108

Overall
Gains since 1/1/2013: $3,441,886
Net worth***: $4,257,929

* 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!