Recent content by exnavynuke

5150 I deem it the year of Van Halen.

Well, I was anticipating pushing to 2025 due to not having enough money to retire until then. However, due to side income, a bit of increase in salary, and reasonable market performance since my last update, it seems I've almost reached my number. If I retired today, FIRECalc says I'd have a...

Elite Dangerous (space flying) and Microsoft Flight Simulator currently. Though since MW2 just came out and warzone 2 is about to launch, I'm mostly playing CoD for the next couple months probably.

RTX 3080 Ti, not sure why it wasn't showing, edited now

Built a new gaming PC setup. Hopefully this one will last me another 5+ years before it's time to upgrade any of the new parts. PCPartPicker Part List CPU: Intel Core i7-12700KF 3.6 GHz 12-Core Processor ($358.97 @ Amazon) CPU Cooler: be quiet! Dark Rock Pro 4 50.5 CFM CPU Cooler ($89.90 @...

Yeah, my investments are back down to about where I finished 2020 at now, so there's a strong likelihood that 2024 will not be enough time to get to where I'd like to be. I'll probably be pushing to 2025 myself.

I've been learning Spanish very slowly for about 3 years. I had a 840 day streak on Duolingo, but many of those days were just "do a quick lesson to keep the streak alive" days. I have almost 500 crowns there. I have got some online tutoring (1 on 1) for a bit in there as well. Last year I...

I didn't get a chance to answer poll (it's closed) but I have VA disability, which is COLA adjusted, so pretty much the same thing.

I'm 45, planning on retiring before I'm 50. The optimistic goal was 2024, I'll likely be pushing that now, but maybe not. Either way, the initial withdrawal rate is "planned" to be ~6.4%, but that drops to about ~5.5% in 2024 as one bill falls away. Then, in 2027 it drops again to ~4% when the...

In the military, this was a BIG thing. Less so once I went to the civilian world, but still "encouraged" for sure. A friend started a brewery, it's called Mandatory Fun Beer Works in collaboration with a meadery they're part of. https://www.facebook.com/MFBeerWorks/

Yeah, I just want to reiterate that using online shipping sites like Parcelmonkey etc. can save you a LOT of money on shipping. I recently sent a ~20lb package across the country (GA to CA). UPS and USPS prices were around $60 for the cheapest and slowest option for either. Through parcelmonkey...

Investments down about 5.6% since the start of the year. Not a great quarter, but hopefully things turn out better for the rest of the year.

Wordle 270 6/6 ⬜⬜🟨🟨⬜ 🟨🟨⬜⬜🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟨🟩🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Mexico trip went very smoothly. Three of us went (friend, myself, and my sister). We had a lot of fun doing some easy dives with my sister the first few days (I just finished training her in January, so these were her first dives post certification) and ate a bunch of good food. The last few...

95% or better is my goal. My FIRE plans include lots of "wiggle room" though. For instance, my planned spending levels are equivalent to my current expenses despite knowing that I'll have paid off my car right before my currently planned FIRE point and that I'll pay off my house about 3-4 years...