I wrote to my elected officials sharing how I support broad-based student loan forgiveness. If you don’t write to yours. It’s easy to confirm who your elected officials are and nearly all their websites have built in “contact me” forms. It’s good practice to help ensure your voice is heard and they work to support […]
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Net Worth Update December 2017: $80,471
Net Worth Update: $80,471 Woot! Officially over the $80,000 net worth barrier. After reading the Globe piece noting median net worth in Boston ($8 for US blacks vs $247,500 for whites), it puts our position in further local perspective. We’re sooo close to have $200,000 in retirement savings alone. As the year wraps up, I’ll […]
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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 […]
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
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Net Worth Update June 2017: $38,883
Money Prowess June 2017 net worth update. Poor financial decisions haunt future self. Credit card debt and student loan burdens.
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Net Worth Update May 2017: $33,537
Money Prowess Net Worth Update for May 2017 shows progress, but just barely. Student loan treading water and financing tax planning mistakes.
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Net Worth Update April 2017: $32,939
Money Prowess Net Worth Update April 2017. Slow progress. Saving for down payment. Student loans growing. Early retirement is a marathon (and I hate running marathons).
