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Bad Bosses, Conniving Coworkers, And Team Buiding Terror

December 14, 2020 by Mr. 1500 Days 24 Comments

My career as a software developer lasted from 1998 to 2017. I enjoyed the part of my job where I wrote software. Solving problems with computer code was a rewarding challenge. However, I didn't like all of the crap that went along with it including:Bad bosses. One was a scheming, paranoid, racist, control-freak of a person, He would ask me and my teammates not to share … [Read more...] about Bad Bosses, Conniving Coworkers, And Team Buiding Terror

Ask The Readers: Could FIRE Set Fire To Your Marriage?

August 20, 2018 by Mr. 1500 Days 43 Comments

Minneapolis peeps (Minneapolans?)! Are you around this Thursday? I'll be at some meetups in your lovely city:The Minnesota State Fair: I'll be hanging out here most of the day. At happy hour, I'm meeting up with my buddy, the Physician on FIRE at the Ball Park Cafe, a block east of the giant yellow slide. Minnehaha Falls: I'll be here around 6:30, hanging out with my … [Read more...] about Ask The Readers: Could FIRE Set Fire To Your Marriage?

I’ll Figure Out What I Want To Be When I Grow Up

August 15, 2018 by Mr. 1500 Days 32 Comments

On Monday, I asked you what your ideal work was. Today, I'll tell you what mine is. I'm fortunate to have found work that I loved not once, but twice. I consider myself very fortunate because many never find the work that was meant for them.An Outsider Goes Inside I've always hated to be inside. Climbing this beats a day at the office any and all times:And, it's way … [Read more...] about I’ll Figure Out What I Want To Be When I Grow Up

Ask The Readers: Your Perfect Work

August 13, 2018 by Mr. 1500 Days 22 Comments

If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. - Steve Jobs on work I have a couple pieces of information that you may find interesting:Early Retirement is not a goal. It's a tool that gets you time back. That's … [Read more...] about Ask The Readers: Your Perfect Work

How to Kick Ass at Work

March 25, 2014 by Mr. 1500 Days 46 Comments

“Most people work just hard enough not to get fired and get paid just enough money not to quit.” – George Carlin I saw this quote on The Simple Dollar recently and unfortunately, it really hits home. We have a big remodel going on and I try to do as much as I can myself. I've already run the electricity and plumbing. Soon, I'll be painting, tiling, hanging doors and putting up … [Read more...] about How to Kick Ass at Work

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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

Overall
2022 investment gains: -$755,166
Investment gains since 1/1/2013: $3,421,433
Net worth***: $4,237,476

* 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!

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