$1.13M in net worth We crossed the seven-digit threshold on January 31, 2024. Boom. We are now millionaires. How did we celebrate? Well, we didn’t celebrate right away. Cautious to a fault, we thought at first this fancy new balance would just be a blip and that our number would slide back down south of
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2023 Net-Worth Update
Heading into 2024 with $1 million in reach Usually I do net-worth updates in June, but we hit an exciting milestone at the end of 2023 so I wanted to share some off-cycle news. We hit $975,000! That means that, unless we have a truly ugly year, we will no doubt hit seven figures in
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Year Two Financial Update: 77% to Goal
We started year two of our Big Plan to achieve financial independence in the middle of the pandemic, and we finish it this month, with Mayor de Blasio having recently declared New York City open. When that announcement was made at the end of April, it felt too soon to me, and I (renowned immunologist)
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The ESPP: The Free Money Nobody Talks About
Personal finance experts and bloggers of all stripes don’t always agree on everything. But one consensus issue is this: Never leave free money on the table. Workplace plans like the RRSP (for Canadians) and 401Ks (for Americans) get all the attention where free money is concerned, and certainly these are prevalent plans through which employers