Race to 2024 - please join :)

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 91.7% chance of not running out of money. A few more months and it should be well over my 95% confidence threshold.

However, my work situation has changed a LOT recently, for the better. Right now work has me planning to spend only a few hours each week through October actually working (with a few weeks of actual full work weeks however) to get the same income. As that will allow me plenty of free-time to do a lot of the things I had been putting off until retirement, I've decided that I'll work through then at least (for the practically free money/extra cushion with a great work/life balance during that time), and probably until right before my birthday in 2025 (February) just to boost the SS a bit considering I'll be off at least 5, if not 6, of the weeks from November to February.
Well, family medical came up that was going to prevent my retirement plans (travel) anyway, so I kept working this year. However, things are easing up on that front and work tasks have picked up significantly so I sent out my retirement e-mail today, with my last day being Halloween.

So what's next? Well, I'm shopping for a sailboat so I can hopefully spend the next years sailing and diving the Caribbean and beyond. I've also got dental work upcoming (I have a terrible dental phobia and have neglected dentists for a while, so I'm getting all new teeth so I can smile brightly in my retirement!). Between trips to look at boats, dental work, then buying a boat, it should be a pretty busy start to retirement and I'm looking forward to it!

I didn't end up pulling the plug when originally planned, or the last adjustment to the plan, but the time is here now and I'm ready to join the ranks of the retired.
 
Well, family medical came up that was going to prevent my retirement plans (travel) anyway, so I kept working this year. However, things are easing up on that front and work tasks have picked up significantly so I sent out my retirement e-mail today, with my last day being Halloween.

So what's next? Well, I'm shopping for a sailboat so I can hopefully spend the next years sailing and diving the Caribbean and beyond. I've also got dental work upcoming (I have a terrible dental phobia and have neglected dentists for a while, so I'm getting all new teeth so I can smile brightly in my retirement!). Between trips to look at boats, dental work, then buying a boat, it should be a pretty busy start to retirement and I'm looking forward to it!

I didn't end up pulling the plug when originally planned, or the last adjustment to the plan, but the time is here now and I'm ready to join the ranks of the retired.
Congratulations!
 
Goal post moved due to inflation: looks like we will be FI next year sometimes. I am going to keep working until DD finish college or medical school whichever comes later!
We hit FI number last quarter. Everything we add to nest egg is now cherry on top. I have mentally set a hard date of 12/31/2030 to finally stop working. DD should be launched by then. Let's see if I can keep it!
 
Net Worth Excluding Real Estate and Personal Property
06/20/2017 - $1,205k
10/02/2017 - $1,273k - Nice little quarter, I would say.
1/1/2018 - $1,354k - Still headed in the right direction. Let's see what 2018 has to offer.
4/1/2018 - $1,398k - Smaller increase this quarter as the market hasn't helped. Luckily my contributions more than made up for the lack of market returns.
07/02/2018 - $1,461k - Q2 was similar story to Q1. Moving in the right direction though.
10/01/2018 - $1,537k
01/01/2019 - $1,328k - Ouch, what a terrible December
04/01/2019 - $1,520k - Q1 got back much of what Q4 lost!
07/01/2019 - $1,576k - Nice quarter and a new high. Still chugging along.
10/01/2019 - $1,594k - While I'm way up from January. I'm not that far up from same period prior year. But, I'll keep piling it in and hope the market helps me along the way.
01/01/2020 - $1,729 - Excellent Q4 for 2019, which more than made up for Q4 2018. Here's hoping 2020 brings more of the same.
04/01/2020 - $1,453k - Wow, the last 3 weeks have been brutal. Down $276k from last quarter and $67k from last year!
07/01/2020 - $1,763k - Amazing that this market has been so resilient and I am grateful for it. However, I am still expecting a W recovery, at best. All the money that was lost in Q2 is gone forever, unemployment is still extremely high and our deficits are out of control. You all may have even seen in a different thread that I have recently purchased October SPY puts with the thought that once Q2 earnings are realized and valuations are proven to be out of whack, we'll have a retest.
10/01/2020 - $1,948k - Well, those SPY puts haven't worked out so well. Finally closed them out at a loss a few weeks back. Anyway, another good, yet mystifying quarter. I did a separate thread where I celebrated eclipsing $2M. That lasted for about 2 days and I still haven't gotten back. Hopefully for the year end update I'll make it. Considering where my portfolio was on March 23, this update is really remarkable.
01/01/2021 - $2,194k - What an absolute mess of a year. While very thankful for how my portfolio performed, it is completely illogical. While the rest of the world was burning down, stocks marched higher. I'm fearful that 2021 takes it all back. That being said, I hope I am once again wrong, as doing so seems to be very profitable... And, I wish you all a very Happy New Year and Cheers to (fingers crossed) life getting back to normal
04/02/2021 - $2,422k - Was travelling yesterday so missed the 4/1 balance. Up nearly $1M from one year ago....freaking amazing. Being so close to my number, $3M, I'm wondering if I should start to adjust my allocation to a more conservative approach. Current I'm something like 83/8/9. On the one hand, it's what got me here so if it ain't broke don't fix it, on the other hand, I don't want to see it go away in a correction. I'm young enough that I could continue to w*rk for a couple more years if needed, but I don't really want to. Also, now seems like the worst time to buy bonds. No clue what to do. Anyway, hope you all had a nice quarter, as well
07/05/2021 - $2,704k - Another amazing quarter. Of course owning NVDA has helped. Still worried about a pull back. Being so close to my number with still some years left has me nervous, not wanting to give it all back.
10/01/2021 - $2,672k - It was a rough last few weeks. High for the Q was actually $2,792.
01/01/2022 - $2,985k Really nice year; even hit the $3M mark a couple times in the last few months. Just bought a vacation home, so about $100k of this is now gone per Dec 28th, but being so close to the end of the year, I just left it in to keep 2021 clean. Original goal was $3M; with inflation I'm thinking I might need to up that to $3.5M or $4M
04/01/2022 - $2,899k Rough quarter plus I removed some funds for the vacation home I mentioned last quarter. But, Q1 finished better than it looked like it was going to a few weeks ago. So, cheers to that. Here's hoping for a better Q2.
07/01/2022 - $2,409k Very rough quarter. Basically back to where I was April of 2021. Here's hoping for a better second half
10/01/2022 - $2,294k Still going the wrong direction. Considering inflation, war in Europe, etc, etc. we may be in for a long recession. No worries. We've been through this before in '01/'02 and '08/'09 so we can get through it again.
01/01/2023 - $2,502k Got some of what we've lost back. Here's looking at a more profitable 2023. Happy New Year, everyone!
04/01/2023 - $2,906k Nice Q1! Still below all-time high, but working our way back there. Also, still reviewing whether I need to up our target number and whether to adjust our AA to a more conservative approach. Getting too close to the end to have the sequence of return risk that we went through in 2022.
07/01/2023 - $3,213k This is our first quarter that has ended over the $3M mark, all thanks to NVDA. Finally for the first time in 13 years had to sell some as it was becoming way too large a % of our portfolio
10/03/2023 - $3,132k Slightly down this quarter. Would be up quite a bit more had I not sold the NVDA, but no looking back, it was too risky of a % of our NW considering where we are in this journey. Also, nothing wrong with getting over 5% on a huge chunk of cash!
01/01/2024 - $3,453k Really nice run at the end of the year and this is with nearly $900k in money market! We have exceeded our original target ($3M), but have increased it to $4M recently due to inflation. Also, as mentioned in other posts, to line up with DD's high school graduation 06/25 and one final bonus 03/26, I'm targeting a 4/26 exit date. One other big factor is when our company will go public. I have a large portion of stock that is basically illiquid until we go public. It's too much to walk away from, but signs seem to point to this year, so we'll see.
04/01/2024 - $3,695k Another decent quarter and still sitting on a ton of cash. :dance:
07/02/2024 - $3,752k - Eke'd up a bit. Fairly tame quarter.
10/01/2024 - $3,991k - Oh, so close to $4M! Really good quarter considering that I am sitting on nearly $1M in cash. Really need my company to hurry up and go public so I can cash that out and put in my notice!
01/01/2025 - $4.196k - Got a little help from some small inheritances. Looking like 2026 for me with some things happening at work that I can't walk away from. Happy New Year, everyone!
04/02/2025 - $4,243k - Market has been terrible, but a bonus helped a bit.
07/01/2025 - $4,514k - Market really helped this quarter, so still moving in the right direction and really amazing to see how far we've come since my first post in 2017! The big news of the quarter is that I changed jobs and really need to at least give this one 3 years to reap the stock benefits, so looking more like 2028 for me :confused:
10/01/2025 - $4,783k - Really nice quarter. Still trucking along.
01/01/2026 - $4,883k - Good end to the year, though about $45k below the all time high which we hit about a week ago. Q1 should be a nice update as some stock vests and bonus pays out. Happy New Year, everyone!
 
Hello 2024 Tribe. Yeah, it's probably going to be 2024 for us, too, unless DW gets religion about trimming lifestyle, so I'm down. I'm 50 and DW is 53. We're both maxing our 403bs, including makeup provisions, have no kids and have no debt except a $290K mortgage at 4.1%. We have $1.2M invested and I'm mentally aiming for $3M like the OP. What's remarkable to me as I project forward is how many important elements of our plan come together 5-8 years from now if present trends continue. In that time period we will likely pay off our mortgage, secure the opportunity to qualify for lifetime health insurance through DW's work (she's a Fed), DW will likely retire first, and our portfolio should stray into the targeted $2.5M - $3M range, I'll qualify for some incentive pay at work, and other things. That is going to be an interesting enough period that it's almost motivating enough to keep at the grindstone until then :)
Wow, I forgot about this thread, so it’s fun to revisit my own 2016 thinking. Almost none of this stuff played out as expected. 🤣 But it’s all good.
 
The market was slowing down and my stellar PLTR investment has stalled a bit too. I took some profits, but will the rest ride (I think). I sold enough to have tripled my money, but the rest is riding a rollercoaster up and down almost daily.

$4.7M total and $3.2M investments

Goal attainment 107.4% investments and cash only and 171.1% including net rental cash flows.
t-IRA/401(k): 28%
Roth IRA: 31%
Brokerage/Cash: 10%
Rental RE Equity: 20%
Home/Cabin Equity: 11%

Here's to another year like the last! @Exit 2024 where are your updates?

We just keep on going...

$4.54M total and $3.11M investments.

Goal attainment 104.3% investments and cash only and 167.5% including net rental cash flows.
t-IRA/401(k): 28%
Roth IRA: 31%
Brokerage/Cash: 10%
Rental RE Equity: 20%
Home/Cabin Equity: 11%
 
Q1 2016 - $953k, have a lot of heavy lifting to do in order to get ready for 2024 FIRE
Q2 2016 - $987k, very encouraged by the progress, looking forward to join 2 comma club this year.
Q3 2016 - $1,026k, and finally joined two comma club
Q4 2016 - $1,069k, so far so good
Q1 2017 - $1,131k, big news - paid off house and have zero debt now.
Q2 2017 - $1,187k, chugging along, hoping to cross 40% if the target by end of July
Q3 2017 - $1,248k, yey! looking forward to the midpoint of the race
Q4 2017 - $1,317k, that was blockbuster year, hope to have more of those going forward !!!
Q1 2018 - $1,348k, not bad
Q2 2018 - $1,394k, nice quarter!
Q3 2018 - $1,491k, looking forward to cross half-way mark this year!
Q4 2018 - $1,412k, terrible December killed that quarter, still positive for the year though
Q1 2019 - $1,534k, yey!!! Finally crossed half way mark
Q2 2019 - $1,597k, have exactly 5 years to go according to original plan
Q3 2019 - $1,649k, still racing
Q4 2019 - $1,737k, for the full 2019 our NW went up by 10.8% of the target
Q1 2020 - $1,587k, At this point we are just happy to have our paychecks and that we work from home.
Q2 2020 - $1,787k, thankful for Q2 market gains, new all time high!!!
Q3 2020 - $1,912k, this year is shaping up to be interesting
Q4 2020 - $2,028k, crossed $2M mark on out NW, not complaining at all
Q1 2021 - $2,099k, nice small milestone!
Q2 2021 - $2,216k, we can really see how growth accelerates after the first $1M
Q3 2021 - $2,233k, green for the quarter - that what counts
Q4 2021 - $2,361k, six years of racing here
Q1 2022 - $2,316k, slightly down, will see how it will go this year ...
Q2 2022 - $2,113k, rough quarter and we are back to Q1 2021
Q3 2022 - $2,047k, not as bad as was previous Q, but still red. But we can buy cheap now
Q4 2022 - $2,162k, finally some gains, but stull red for the year.
Q1 2023 - $2,273k, slowly recovering from the 2022 losses, looks like OMY is in books for us due to inflation
Q2 2023 - $2,413k, we hit all time high, slowly closing those gaps between current state and the target
Q3 2023 - $2,378k, down again, looks like 2024 FIRE will not materialize, oh well, OMY - here we go
Q4 2023 - $2,581k, we hit all time high but due to inflation we are changing target to $3M excluding RE
Q1 2024 - $2,748k, all time high this again, our tentative FIRE date moved to End 2026-Early 2027.
Q2 2024 - $2,794k, this Q was our originally planned FIRE date but we did not hit original target
Q3 2024 - $2,981k, HUGE quarter put us at just slightly short of the original $3M target for total NW
Q4 2024 - $3,058k good quarter and we crossed our original $3M target for total NW!!!
Q1 2025 - $3,058k flat quarter
Q2 2025- $3,261k, nice growth this Q, thanks for markets all time highs
Q3 2025- $3,464k, did not post update on time but we hit our High again
Q4 2025- $3,547k, and are officially starting Coast FIRE, hoping to report real FIRE by mid of 2027.
All amounts include RE at purchase price ($325k total), without RE we finished year at $3,222k
 
We hit FI number last quarter. Everything we add to nest egg is now cherry on top. I have mentally set a hard date of 12/31/2030 to finally stop working. DD should be launched by then. Let's see if I can keep it!
Congratulations on the FI! Five years will fly fast :)
 
01/01/2026 - $4,883k - Good end to the year, though about $45k below the all time high which we hit about a week ago. Q1 should be a nice update as some stock vests and bonus pays out. Happy New Year, everyone!
Always great to see your result and this time you are approaching very round number, brokrken :)
 
what's happening now?
In terms of what? Our retirement?

Spouse is officially retired as of this month, we stopped all contributions to all retirement accounts for 2026 - so technically on Coast FIRE path right now. I am trying to get less working hours for myself and rump up our travel. By end of the year will try to propose to the manager my own lay off with exit in April-May of 2027.

But again a some things need to happen or not happen between now and then for everything to align for the my exit. Not all of them could be influenced by me (market, inflation, etc.)
Will see ... :cool:
 
This has been our inspiration thread. I've been retired. Wife retiring July 4th weekend. $2.886 in investments. Good enough for us since we have no children. Just a couple of potatoes (English Bulldogs). No debt/home paid off.
 
This has been our inspiration thread. I've been retired. Wife retiring July 4th weekend. $2.886 in investments. Good enough for us since we have no children. Just a couple of potatoes (English Bulldogs). No debt/home paid off.
Congratulations !!!! You made it !!!
 
Net Worth Excluding Real Estate and Personal Property
06/20/2017 - $1,205k
10/02/2017 - $1,273k - Nice little quarter, I would say.
1/1/2018 - $1,354k - Still headed in the right direction. Let's see what 2018 has to offer.
4/1/2018 - $1,398k - Smaller increase this quarter as the market hasn't helped. Luckily my contributions more than made up for the lack of market returns.
07/02/2018 - $1,461k - Q2 was similar story to Q1. Moving in the right direction though.
10/01/2018 - $1,537k
01/01/2019 - $1,328k - Ouch, what a terrible December
04/01/2019 - $1,520k - Q1 got back much of what Q4 lost!
07/01/2019 - $1,576k - Nice quarter and a new high. Still chugging along.
10/01/2019 - $1,594k - While I'm way up from January. I'm not that far up from same period prior year. But, I'll keep piling it in and hope the market helps me along the way.
01/01/2020 - $1,729 - Excellent Q4 for 2019, which more than made up for Q4 2018. Here's hoping 2020 brings more of the same.
04/01/2020 - $1,453k - Wow, the last 3 weeks have been brutal. Down $276k from last quarter and $67k from last year!
07/01/2020 - $1,763k - Amazing that this market has been so resilient and I am grateful for it. However, I am still expecting a W recovery, at best. All the money that was lost in Q2 is gone forever, unemployment is still extremely high and our deficits are out of control. You all may have even seen in a different thread that I have recently purchased October SPY puts with the thought that once Q2 earnings are realized and valuations are proven to be out of whack, we'll have a retest.
10/01/2020 - $1,948k - Well, those SPY puts haven't worked out so well. Finally closed them out at a loss a few weeks back. Anyway, another good, yet mystifying quarter. I did a separate thread where I celebrated eclipsing $2M. That lasted for about 2 days and I still haven't gotten back. Hopefully for the year end update I'll make it. Considering where my portfolio was on March 23, this update is really remarkable.
01/01/2021 - $2,194k - What an absolute mess of a year. While very thankful for how my portfolio performed, it is completely illogical. While the rest of the world was burning down, stocks marched higher. I'm fearful that 2021 takes it all back. That being said, I hope I am once again wrong, as doing so seems to be very profitable... And, I wish you all a very Happy New Year and Cheers to (fingers crossed) life getting back to normal
04/02/2021 - $2,422k - Was travelling yesterday so missed the 4/1 balance. Up nearly $1M from one year ago....freaking amazing. Being so close to my number, $3M, I'm wondering if I should start to adjust my allocation to a more conservative approach. Current I'm something like 83/8/9. On the one hand, it's what got me here so if it ain't broke don't fix it, on the other hand, I don't want to see it go away in a correction. I'm young enough that I could continue to w*rk for a couple more years if needed, but I don't really want to. Also, now seems like the worst time to buy bonds. No clue what to do. Anyway, hope you all had a nice quarter, as well
07/05/2021 - $2,704k - Another amazing quarter. Of course owning NVDA has helped. Still worried about a pull back. Being so close to my number with still some years left has me nervous, not wanting to give it all back.
10/01/2021 - $2,672k - It was a rough last few weeks. High for the Q was actually $2,792.
01/01/2022 - $2,985k Really nice year; even hit the $3M mark a couple times in the last few months. Just bought a vacation home, so about $100k of this is now gone per Dec 28th, but being so close to the end of the year, I just left it in to keep 2021 clean. Original goal was $3M; with inflation I'm thinking I might need to up that to $3.5M or $4M
04/01/2022 - $2,899k Rough quarter plus I removed some funds for the vacation home I mentioned last quarter. But, Q1 finished better than it looked like it was going to a few weeks ago. So, cheers to that. Here's hoping for a better Q2.
07/01/2022 - $2,409k Very rough quarter. Basically back to where I was April of 2021. Here's hoping for a better second half
10/01/2022 - $2,294k Still going the wrong direction. Considering inflation, war in Europe, etc, etc. we may be in for a long recession. No worries. We've been through this before in '01/'02 and '08/'09 so we can get through it again.
01/01/2023 - $2,502k Got some of what we've lost back. Here's looking at a more profitable 2023. Happy New Year, everyone!
04/01/2023 - $2,906k Nice Q1! Still below all-time high, but working our way back there. Also, still reviewing whether I need to up our target number and whether to adjust our AA to a more conservative approach. Getting too close to the end to have the sequence of return risk that we went through in 2022.
07/01/2023 - $3,213k This is our first quarter that has ended over the $3M mark, all thanks to NVDA. Finally for the first time in 13 years had to sell some as it was becoming way too large a % of our portfolio
10/03/2023 - $3,132k Slightly down this quarter. Would be up quite a bit more had I not sold the NVDA, but no looking back, it was too risky of a % of our NW considering where we are in this journey. Also, nothing wrong with getting over 5% on a huge chunk of cash!
01/01/2024 - $3,453k Really nice run at the end of the year and this is with nearly $900k in money market! We have exceeded our original target ($3M), but have increased it to $4M recently due to inflation. Also, as mentioned in other posts, to line up with DD's high school graduation 06/25 and one final bonus 03/26, I'm targeting a 4/26 exit date. One other big factor is when our company will go public. I have a large portion of stock that is basically illiquid until we go public. It's too much to walk away from, but signs seem to point to this year, so we'll see.
04/01/2024 - $3,695k Another decent quarter and still sitting on a ton of cash. :dance:
07/02/2024 - $3,752k - Eke'd up a bit. Fairly tame quarter.
10/01/2024 - $3,991k - Oh, so close to $4M! Really good quarter considering that I am sitting on nearly $1M in cash. Really need my company to hurry up and go public so I can cash that out and put in my notice!
01/01/2025 - $4.196k - Got a little help from some small inheritances. Looking like 2026 for me with some things happening at work that I can't walk away from. Happy New Year, everyone!
04/02/2025 - $4,243k - Market has been terrible, but a bonus helped a bit.
07/01/2025 - $4,514k - Market really helped this quarter, so still moving in the right direction and really amazing to see how far we've come since my first post in 2017! The big news of the quarter is that I changed jobs and really need to at least give this one 3 years to reap the stock benefits, so looking more like 2028 for me :confused:
10/01/2025 - $4,783k - Really nice quarter. Still trucking along.
01/01/2026 - $4,883k - Good end to the year, though about $45k below the all time high which we hit about a week ago. Q1 should be a nice update as some stock vests and bonus pays out. Happy New Year, everyone!
04/01/2026 - $5,200k - First time I've posted a quarter end number that starts with a 5! While the market has not helped my portfolio, I had a huge slug of stock that vested and a really nice bonus, as well, that was more than able to offset the market turbulence.
 
04/01/2026 - $5,200k - First time I've posted a quarter end number that starts with a 5! While the market has not helped my portfolio, I had a huge slug of stock that vested and a really nice bonus, as well, that was more than able to offset the market turbulence.
brokrken, congratulations!!!
That is as huge milestone, and as always I admire your ability to grow portfolio, well done !!!
 
Not a nice end to the quarter. Just got home from a vacation in Europe trying to ease the purse strings before the kids leave home.

$4.5M total and $3.0M investments

Goal attainment 102.7% investments and cash only and 167.6% including net rental cash flows.
t-IRA/401(k): 28%
Roth IRA: 31%
Brokerage/Cash: 9%
Rental RE Equity: 20%
Home/Cabin Equity: 12%

The market was slowing down and my stellar PLTR investment has stalled a bit too. I took some profits, but will the rest ride (I think). I sold enough to have tripled my money, but the rest is riding a rollercoaster up and down almost daily.

$4.7M total and $3.2M investments

Goal attainment 107.4% investments and cash only and 171.1% including net rental cash flows.
t-IRA/401(k): 28%
Roth IRA: 31%
Brokerage/Cash: 10%
Rental RE Equity: 20%
Home/Cabin Equity: 11%

Here's to another year like the last! @Exit 2024 where are your updates?
 
Q1 2016 - $953k, have a lot of heavy lifting to do in order to get ready for 2024 FIRE
Q2 2016 - $987k, very encouraged by the progress, looking forward to join 2 comma club this year.
Q3 2016 - $1,026k, and finally joined two comma club
Q4 2016 - $1,069k, so far so good
Q1 2017 - $1,131k, big news - paid off house and have zero debt now.
Q2 2017 - $1,187k, chugging along, hoping to cross 40% if the target by end of July
Q3 2017 - $1,248k, yey! looking forward to the midpoint of the race
Q4 2017 - $1,317k, that was blockbuster year, hope to have more of those going forward !!!
Q1 2018 - $1,348k, not bad
Q2 2018 - $1,394k, nice quarter!
Q3 2018 - $1,491k, looking forward to cross half-way mark this year!
Q4 2018 - $1,412k, terrible December killed that quarter, still positive for the year though
Q1 2019 - $1,534k, yey!!! Finally crossed half way mark
Q2 2019 - $1,597k, have exactly 5 years to go according to original plan
Q3 2019 - $1,649k, still racing
Q4 2019 - $1,737k, for the full 2019 our NW went up by 10.8% of the target
Q1 2020 - $1,587k, At this point we are just happy to have our paychecks and that we work from home.
Q2 2020 - $1,787k, thankful for Q2 market gains, new all time high!!!
Q3 2020 - $1,912k, this year is shaping up to be interesting
Q4 2020 - $2,028k, crossed $2M mark on out NW, not complaining at all
Q1 2021 - $2,099k, nice small milestone!
Q2 2021 - $2,216k, we can really see how growth accelerates after the first $1M
Q3 2021 - $2,233k, green for the quarter - that what counts
Q4 2021 - $2,361k, six years of racing here
Q1 2022 - $2,316k, slightly down, will see how it will go this year ...
Q2 2022 - $2,113k, rough quarter and we are back to Q1 2021
Q3 2022 - $2,047k, not as bad as was previous Q, but still red. But we can buy cheap now
Q4 2022 - $2,162k, finally some gains, but stull red for the year.
Q1 2023 - $2,273k, slowly recovering from the 2022 losses, looks like OMY is in books for us due to inflation
Q2 2023 - $2,413k, we hit all time high, slowly closing those gaps between current state and the target
Q3 2023 - $2,378k, down again, looks like 2024 FIRE will not materialize, oh well, OMY - here we go
Q4 2023 - $2,581k, we hit all time high but due to inflation we are changing target to $3M excluding RE
Q1 2024 - $2,748k, all time high this again, our tentative FIRE date moved to End 2026-Early 2027.
Q2 2024 - $2,794k, this Q was our originally planned FIRE date but we did not hit original target
Q3 2024 - $2,981k, HUGE quarter put us at just slightly short of the original $3M target for total NW
Q4 2024 - $3,058k good quarter and we crossed our original $3M target for total NW!!!
Q1 2025 - $3,058k flat quarter
Q2 2025 - $3,261k, nice growth this Q, thanks for markets all time highs
Q3 2025 - $3,464k, did not post update on time but we hit our High again
Q4 2025 - $3,547k, and are officially starting Coast FIRE, without RE we finished year at $3,222k

Q1 2026 - $3,428, down quarter but we still managed to stay above $3M for investable only. Stopped all contributions to 401k and HSA for 2026, spouse retired as of March.

Just noticed - in the quote above is exactly 10 years of the progress, it is crazy to look back and see where we started this race 😅
 
In terms of what? Our retirement?

Spouse is officially retired as of this month, we stopped all contributions to all retirement accounts for 2026 - so technically on Coast FIRE path right now. I am trying to get less working hours for myself and rump up our travel. By end of the year will try to propose to the manager my own lay off with exit in April-May of 2027.

But again a some things need to happen or not happen between now and then for everything to align for the my exit. Not all of them could be influenced by me (market, inflation, etc.)
Will see ... :cool:
what do you mean coast fire? Why do it? To put more into taxable?
 
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