Bold Life Changes Derek and I have big goals. When I started publishing our net worth, we were -$4328. It’s hard to get to early financial independence saddled by a big debt burden and low net worth. We’re now up to over $80k! But, we still feel (and are) so far from the type of […]
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Net Worth Update October 2017: $70,224
Net Worth: $70,224 Month Change: +$4246 My growing graduate student loan continues to haunt me. 2017 Net Worth Tracker: January: $14,107 February: $21,285 March: $30,016 April: $32,939 May: $33,537 June: $38,883 July: $41,518 August: $57,943 September: $65,997
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Net Worth Update September 2017: $65,977
Net Worth: $65,977 Month Change: +$8035 Check out those Assets! My 401(k) went up by almost $6,000. I didn’t crack the stock market. I had a big fat bonus check so 14% of that went into my 401(k) in addition to my 14% of my regular salary. That plus some gains (and potentially timing […]
I’m teaching myself how to build an effective website at the same time I’m figuring out how to produce useful content and distribute it to grow an audience. I’d like to take you behind the scenes into what it takes to build up this business as I go along. Here’s my first foray. I’ll tell you […]
Do you want to make money by barely lifting a finger? Who doesn’t! Referral links are a powerful tool in a marketer’s arsenal. They’re basically outsourcing marketing to end users, who they’re hoping will happily and readily encourage others to sign up for the product too in exchange for a little incentive. I now have […]
As I’m building up this site, I’m hyper conscious of the fact it’s costing more to build and maintain than I’m able to earn from it. I’d love to have a web developer and designer on retainer who I work closely with to realize my vision. But, it’s not realistic right now for me to […]
Recently, I spied bed slats, nicely bundled with tape, next to the trash bins in front of a building a few doors down from our house. I scooped them up. Lu’s spent the past few months sleeping on a mattress on the floor of her room since we upgraded her from a crib. We need […]
So you went to college! Hooray! Hopefully you even grabbed a degree or two before you got out. If you’re like us, you’re one of the 44.2 million Americans who have student loan debt.
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Net Worth Update August 2017: $57,943
Our net worth leaped up over 16k in one month! This is all due to investing in a speculative new stock that increased 10x overnight. Just kidding. That just about never happens. I finally got paid an annual performance bonus in one large lump sum. Net Worth: $57,943
