RetiredGypsy
Full time employment: Posting here.
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- Mar 17, 2008
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33 and at the beginning of the month crossed $100,000 in investments for the first time. It feels good. Real good.
It's about a fifth of what I should have, had I been able to stay in the military. The early retirement pension for disability is helping get by, plus the savings I made sure to stockpile knowing my career was done in, so I'm still able to sock away a little percentage to do what I can to make that investment grow. I was also able to invest most heavily in the deepest pits of 2008-2009. That's helped the most, I think.
What I'm able to put in per year averages out to hitting the limit on an IRA, paltry compared to what some put away to hit FIRE, but I can only live the life I have.
For the last decade my returns have just about matched my average contributions, sometimes greatly exceeded it, but even so I think when I start drawing on it in the next 20-30 years, it will have grown into a nice sum.
$100,000! Woohoo!
It's about a fifth of what I should have, had I been able to stay in the military. The early retirement pension for disability is helping get by, plus the savings I made sure to stockpile knowing my career was done in, so I'm still able to sock away a little percentage to do what I can to make that investment grow. I was also able to invest most heavily in the deepest pits of 2008-2009. That's helped the most, I think.
What I'm able to put in per year averages out to hitting the limit on an IRA, paltry compared to what some put away to hit FIRE, but I can only live the life I have.
For the last decade my returns have just about matched my average contributions, sometimes greatly exceeded it, but even so I think when I start drawing on it in the next 20-30 years, it will have grown into a nice sum.
$100,000! Woohoo!