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02-12-2020, 06:50 PM
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#2181
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Nov 2016
Posts: 9,525
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Congratulations to all of you milestone achievers. I very happy for all of the success you have had.
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02-13-2020, 05:50 AM
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#2182
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: San Diego
Posts: 71
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Originally Posted by ugeauxgirl
Congratulations! Y'all retired yet?
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Thanks. We’re both taking time away from work right now, but may dabble with less stressful/highly flexible employment in the future. Work being optional is a beautiful thing. We are definitely enjoying our freedom.
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02-15-2020, 09:33 AM
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#2183
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: near L.A.
Posts: 302
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2/15/20 = 948k, previous milestone I posted here was 12/15/2019 = 830k. contribution = about 3k, the rest is by the market. This feels unreal.
I might actually hit 1m this year.
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02-15-2020, 09:56 AM
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#2184
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Colorado
Posts: 8,971
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Originally Posted by ER_Hopeful
2/15/20 = 948k, previous milestone I posted here was 12/15/2019 = 830k. contribution = about 3k, the rest is by the market. This feels unreal.
I might actually hit 1m this year.
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The first million is the hardest. Congratulations to you and keep GOING!
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02-15-2020, 11:37 AM
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#2185
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Kearneysville
Posts: 244
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Last week passed $2 million tax deferred savings. Would have happened sooner but I got a bit conservative middle of last year.
Hopefully can get it over $2.5 in a few years, then I will punch out of the rat race.
(Single income, 1 child, only made over $100k the last 8 years, slow and steady saving. 56)
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02-15-2020, 04:24 PM
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#2186
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: May 2019
Posts: 367
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Congrats on the milestones everyone! I love to hear success stories. Keeps me motivated to continue to save money.
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02-16-2020, 01:35 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Albuquerque
Posts: 842
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Congratulations to all the new millionaires and multimillionaires! I am very impressed since it took me 30 years to get there.
I can talk with my older brother about finances since we are both retired millionaires but avoid the subject with my other siblings. They are in their 60's but have nothing saved and will be working as long as possible and/or living on social security. Several of my neighbors are millionaires, two from selling their Los Angeles homes but they also have investments, two are financial advisors, and another neighbor has a large inheritance. We don't usually share specifics but it would probably not be awkward to do so.
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02-16-2020, 03:40 PM
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#2188
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Dryer sheet wannabe
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 18
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I retired after 28 years at a great company, took my pension in cash, saved 16% of my salary while there. I left with 855K in April of 2016. I never added another dime, nor have I taken any $$. I work (2) part time jobs. I intend to work 7 more years and pick up a small municipal pension at 60. I've got (3) years in and I love what i'm doing. My goal was 1.1M by age 55, I'm 53 and I'm at 1.17M. I'm going to do a small 72T on 800K next year, and live a little.
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Share your FIRE Milestones
02-22-2020, 10:36 AM
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#2189
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Jun 2017
Posts: 504
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Share your FIRE Milestones
I’ll share: my spouse is the spender and I’m the saver. We have both compromised a bit in the middle but they were never interested in the savings and let me manage it all.
They saw a 8yr senior coworkers 401k balance the other day and realized they had 1.6x that amount. I finally saw some of that energy I feel around savings!
Good things happen when you max your tax deferred space and let it ride. Even with good dual income I’m often surprised at how lavish many of our peers live. For me, it is correct to say surprised - I’m almost uncomfortable with our spend but it works with our plan.
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02-24-2020, 08:14 PM
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#2190
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 66
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Not the milestone I was looking for but here it goes, today is the first time I ever lost over $300k in a single day. Hopefully it won't happen very often...
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02-24-2020, 09:22 PM
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#2191
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 1,018
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Originally Posted by Rainbowdash
Not the milestone I was looking for but here it goes, today is the first time I ever lost over $300k in a single day. Hopefully it won't happen very often...
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Unless you have sold holdings today, you have lost nothing.........
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Well of course it is my opinion, why would I express someone else's??
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02-26-2020, 07:26 AM
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#2192
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 661
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rainbowdash
Not the milestone I was looking for but here it goes, today is the first time I ever lost over $300k in a single day. Hopefully it won't happen very often...
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Why did you panic sell? You locked in a $300k loss? yikes.
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02-26-2020, 07:32 AM
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#2193
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Fairfield County, CT
Posts: 480
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ponyboy
Why did you panic sell? You locked in a $300k loss? yikes.
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Unrealized losses are still losses.
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02-26-2020, 10:01 AM
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#2194
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Nov 2015
Posts: 661
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bltkmt
Unrealized losses are still losses.
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meh...we can agree to disagree. Its fake loses.
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02-26-2020, 10:09 AM
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#2195
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 66
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People celebrate unrealized gains all the time here, when somebody reaches a milestone, they don't sell everything
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02-26-2020, 10:13 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Fairfield County, CT
Posts: 480
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Nothing fake about the losses if they do not recover.
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02-26-2020, 10:40 AM
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#2197
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Mid-Atlantic
Posts: 2,676
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ANYWAY, back to the topic of the thread.
Oof, I just barely passed my last big milestones...on the way down! Luckily, I'm still in the accumulation phase, so it's just another chance to keep buying in while the market is down!
Right? Right?!?
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02-26-2020, 11:07 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Nov 2009
Posts: 6,698
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I looked this morning to see if I had passed the $1.6M mark going down. I just barely missed dipping under $1.6M, about $50k down from the start of the year.
Some of that reduction was due to making estimated tax payments on a stock fund I liquidated in late December, taking a big gain, before buying into a similar stock fund which is growth oriented instead of growth+income oriented (to regain ACA subsidies). Some of it was due to paying off a mortgage on my ladyfriend's out-of-state house in preparation for her selling it soon and paying me back. So, the reduction wasn't all due to market losses, thankfully.
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Retired in late 2008 at age 45. Cashed in company stock, bought a lot of shares in a big bond fund and am living nicely off its dividends. IRA, SS, and a pension await me at age 60 and later. No kids, no debts.
"I want my money working for me instead of me working for my money!"
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02-29-2020, 02:53 PM
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#2199
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Crownsville
Posts: 3,746
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From 2/19 to 2/28, my net worth fell about $224,000, which I think is a new record for me. FWIW, peak-to-trough, I lost about $224,000 in the Great Recession. Good times!
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02-29-2020, 07:55 PM
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#2200
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 1,018
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It's a sting. Was tough to log in and look at my balances today, but this is part of the game. I predict that the bottom has already been reached, JMO. The virus thing is real, but in the grand scheme of things, and considering all other economic indicators, I am not all that concerned.....
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