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Wanted to pen down my quick thoughts on hitting this milestone, as I figured this would be interesting for those who have similar financial goals.
1)I was super excited when I crossed this number during my monthly reconciliation process.
2) That excitement lasted for just 1 day – life continued to be the same. I wake up, brush my teeth, feed my baby, eat the same food, work and chat with the same people, watch TV, spend time on my hobbies, and go to sleep.
3) I was much more excited as I reviewed this blog and realized that my assets have grown ~$200k in less than a year (see my financial milestones posts). This made me realized a few things: a) I always felt that my financial condition was not changing when I was looking at my numbers on a day-to-day basis; b) but with a longer time horizon, the perspective became clearer. It is a long game of discipline, boring but critical, and when done consistently overtime, the results do show.
4) I started projecting forward on my next milestones. Well, what can I say, I am human – always looking forward and always planning for the next steps. Never satisfied. Never enough.
5) I start to really wonder what I would do when I hit my FI number. “Will the one more year syndrome kick in?”, “Should I hit a bigger number to FATFire?”
6) Still felt equally worried about losing my job, despite the huge cushion I have built.
7) With 6, started dreaming more on what should I really do if I do get fired. Something that feeds the soul more than feeding the bank account.
In all, felt really grateful and privileged to be in this position.
Godspeed and stay ****ed.
1)I was super excited when I crossed this number during my monthly reconciliation process.
2) That excitement lasted for just 1 day – life continued to be the same. I wake up, brush my teeth, feed my baby, eat the same food, work and chat with the same people, watch TV, spend time on my hobbies, and go to sleep.
3) I was much more excited as I reviewed this blog and realized that my assets have grown ~$200k in less than a year (see my financial milestones posts). This made me realized a few things: a) I always felt that my financial condition was not changing when I was looking at my numbers on a day-to-day basis; b) but with a longer time horizon, the perspective became clearer. It is a long game of discipline, boring but critical, and when done consistently overtime, the results do show.
4) I started projecting forward on my next milestones. Well, what can I say, I am human – always looking forward and always planning for the next steps. Never satisfied. Never enough.
5) I start to really wonder what I would do when I hit my FI number. “Will the one more year syndrome kick in?”, “Should I hit a bigger number to FATFire?”
6) Still felt equally worried about losing my job, despite the huge cushion I have built.
7) With 6, started dreaming more on what should I really do if I do get fired. Something that feeds the soul more than feeding the bank account.
In all, felt really grateful and privileged to be in this position.
Godspeed and stay ****ed.
