January 3rd, 2020 at 02:59 pm
CCF suggested this idea and I thought it would be fun. Post a comparison of where you were 10 years ago and where you are now, and talk about what happened in the interim. So here goes.
12/31/09: Total financial assets (not including home)
$395,673.73
12/31/19: Total financial assets (not including home)
$1,329,432.03
12/31/09 Mortgage balance: $92,285.99
12/31/19 Mortgage balance: $0.00
So our net worth went up by $1,026,044.29.
Major financial events of the last 10 years, and I'm probably forgetting some
Bought my car in 2012, paid off in 2013
Bought my wife's van in 2013, paid off in 2016
Daughter attended college 2014-2018, all loans by her and us have been repaid
Paid off mortgage in 2019; now totally debt-free
Began a job transition in April 2016 that was completed in November 2017 and now earn more than double what I made at the old job
I think those are the real biggies. Obviously, lots of smaller things, car repairs, home repairs, travel, medical expenses, and all of the other normal stuff. It's pretty powerful to look back like that.
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December 14th, 2019 at 02:11 am
It turned out to be an expensive few days, some of which was anticipated and some that wasn't.
Wednesday night we attended a whiskey tasting at a local liquor store that we go to regularly. In addition to the tasting, they held a raffle for the right to purchase 1 of 11 different hard to find bottles. My wife won one and I won one so we came home with 2 bottles at $100 and $150. Not something we were expecting but we'll get to enjoy them for months to come.
Yesterday and today we were in NYC. That was a planned trip for my wife's birthday which is next week. We had bought show tickets a few months ago. Of course, there were also travel costs (though the hotel was free on reward points), meals, and some incidental spending. We also ended up at a piano bar last night after the show which ran us another $107 in addition to the $130 for dinner, plus lunch yesterday and today, parking, etc. Worth every penny though as we had a great time.
Fortunately, it's all stuff we can comfortably afford to do while still meeting all of our investing goals and remaining debt-free.
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