Our average monthly gain for the year is a little over $4k, so November was a pretty standard month. Hopefully we can finish the year with a strong December. We’re sneaking up on a quarter million.

And…… recovery. After two brutal months October brought us a full recovery with a big month. Gaining over $17k in one month would be pretty exciting if we didn’t know that we were just regaining what we had lost. However, an additional bright spot is that in October we bought a new car. With cash. I received a pay out check for a small start up that I invested a few thousand dollars in several years ago and then we took a few thousand from our savings account to pay the rest. It’s nice to be able to buy a new car and not really feel any financial pain from it, and not have to take on any debt.

And the stock market beat down continued in September attempting to crush my hopes and dreams along with it. I believe the last two months have been the two worst months we’ve ever experienced as far as our Net Worth is concerned. Fortunately, our path is pretty mechanical at this point, so there’s much chance of us getting worried and screwing something up based on fear.

August delivered a fairly brutal beat-down. Previous to this it had been over a year of consistent gains even with the struggling economy. One positive is that our savings account hit $40,000 which is a goal we put in place at the beginning of the year. Our overall net worth goal is going to be a little harder to hit after this month, but at least we’ve crossed one financial security goal off the list.

Worst month we’ve had in quite a while, but there are a lot of fears about the economy right now and it’s probably going to be a bumpy ride for a while. We’re glad to still be positive and pressing forward every month.

The last couple of months haven’t been as great as the first couple months of the year, but we are still moving strongly in the right direction. Most of our gains for the last 2 months have come from our additions to the savings account. Staying educated and motivated continues to bring results over time. Inching closer to a quarter million dollars…

Not quite as impressive as some of the months we’ve been seeing lately, but thankfully still positive. The stock market struggled through May and prevented any impressive gains. Fortunately, I can still make up for those small losses with things I do control, like how much we put into savings.

April was another great month, even though we ended up owing more than expected on our taxes. I’ve made some adjustments so we should be closer next year. I encourage everyone to track your financial progress. It’s pretty motivational, at least for me, to see this kind of growth. Onward to a quarter million.

Nothing dramatic, but another solid month of gains. Looks like we’ve just about hit $150k in the three retirement accounts, which is more than our entire net worth was just a year ago.

February was a solid month with some great gains. We broke through $200k and it feels good. Consistently paying attention to our finances is paying dividends.