Considering my first foray into churning. Normally I ignore these offers, but one I got in the mail for a bank account seems like a pretty decent return.

I’d get $500 if I have $7000 direct deposited within 90 days of the account opening. I don’t think bank transfers count, only job and government funds allowed.

Anything I should watch out for? Seems like amazing returns if there isn’t some gotcha in the fine print I missed.

In a recent conversation with my parents, they asked what I’ll do if my job is taken by AI.

I responded, “Guess I’ll just be a bum!”

They don’t know it but I’m roughly a few years out from my RE number and could possibly make it work if my job went away today. Thanks past me for starting down this path so that I don’t have to fear mass layoffs in the present!

Yeah our C-suite was heavily pushing RTO, but money talks. When our office lease was up for renewal they ultimately decided it made more sense to save that money and allow us to go fully remote.

I’ve been quietly ignoring the hybrid mandate for the past year, so being remote isn’t a new thing. But my setup after snagging all the office hardware is much nicer!

Our office is being shut down and we are going fully remote. I got an email today saying they decided to give away monitors and such for free! Home office upgrade incoming! 😁

A bit of a bummer this weekend. I got news my expensive hobby is raising monthly rates by 40%. I knew it was likely a price change was coming since we just moved to a new facility and they got a bunch of new gear despite not raising prices for years, but damn there’s some serious sticker shock.

Oh well, guess my FIRE number is increasing.

Yes! Just keep consistent and ignore any market swings. This is a marathon.

*When I started investing, I was in the red for the first 6 months. It was nerve wracking and I definitely questioned it, but I stuck with my plan and you can see from my post below how well that’s worked out so far.

I’m personally a full on Boglehead. I think the simpler the better, so I stick with the 3 fund philosophy. If I was starting today, it’d be the 2 fund philosophy since VTWAX/VT was released.

Spreadsheet day! If you asked me how the market was this past month, I would’ve thought we were down. Instead I’m up >3% month over month. I also crossed into the 2 comma club in terms of net worth. This is why I track monthly.

Sometimes the decision makers in the corporate world baffle me. There were layoffs last month at my company. Turns out one of my peers, who was working on the company’s literal highest priority, was one of the chosen ones. Now they are floundering trying to move people around to cover the loss.

I’m probably going to have to cover a second team at work, given I’m one of probably 2 options available. Just absolutely baffled by all this.

At least I just got back from a 2.5 week vacation and had literally wiped my memory of all the insanity that was going on when I left.

Last week of work before I go on vacation! I can’t wait to stop worrying about work crap for the next couple of weeks.

The BS corporate bureaucratic shenanigans are strong this week…

Found out last night that refs in my niche sport are going to be making $200-275/day this season. While I’m not interested in this as a second job, I’ve been thinking about picking it up for a hobby job after I retire. At this rate, I’d only have to do one event a month to cover my club dues in retirement and reduce my required nest egg by $60k!

In today’s milestones, Fidelity’s retirement planning tool now projects I will run out of money at the age of 94 in a significantly down market if I retire in 3 years.

It’s getting close to the end game, guys!

Just finished booking accomodations for my vacation in August! It’s my first trip to South America and it’s currently looking like it’s going to be the cheapest trip I’ve taken on a per day basis, and possibly overall. I’m super excited and a little nervous about this trip!

Lol, I actually hit it Friday morning. Then it dropped Friday, but I hit it again after close on Monday! Of course based on today’s market, I’ll drop below it again… 🤷‍♂️

Sooo close to an $X00,000 milestone invested! Come on markets…do your thing!

Hopefully with my paycheck contribution and if the market keeps creeping up, I might be able to hit it by the end of this week.

Having said that, I apologize for the massive dump the market is about to take to prevent me hitting this milestone as hoped.

Not fucked so long as you are making efforts towards reaching your goals. I can’t imagine how different my life at 45 will look compared to my current life at 35.

Wow, I’m super grossed out by an email I woke up to in my inbox. Peg this as reason #1879 for pursuing FIRE.

Recently, a senior level leader in my company (one step below C suite) was let go by the new C level leader. They sent out a digital card to sign saying thanks/farewell. However, they also made sure to specify they enabled a donation option to gift the recipient money. That just feels wildly inappropriate! This person was almost certainly earning at least several multiples of the average salary of the staff.

Am I crazy for being so disgusted by this?

Sounds like my first nibling will be born today or tomorrow (sister is being induced today)! Anyone ever deposit a gift to a 529 for someone who isn’t their child? Curious if it’s better to start one myself with them as the beneficiary or ask the parents for their account (assuming they set one up)?