My Thoughts: W-2 Employee (Patent Examiner) vs. 1099 Self-Employed (Realtor)

In terms of my career, I have a lot going through my mind these days. This post is just me putting my thoughts in writing. I work as a W-2 employee. I am a patent examiner at the USPTO. I’m coming up on 14 years in October. This job is completely work-from-home, pays decently, and … Read more

2021 Year-End Financial Summary and Life Updates

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Wow, we’re at the end of 2021 already! Here is my year-end financial summary. I’m doing these financial updates twice a year now (semiannually) to keep track of my progress. This is the year we finally became millionaires (read that post here). After over 5 years of hard work and tracking that goal, we eclipsed … Read more

October 2021: Update #4 on my 5 Minute Mile Goal

This is the 4th monthly update on my goal to run a 5 minute mile (see post here). I’ll keep track of my training and progress here. Training For some reason, this was an extremely busy month. I’ve been able to get a bunch of easy 5 mile runs in, but I haven’t really done any … Read more

September 2021: Update #3 on my 5 Minute Mile Goal

This is the 3rd monthly update on my goal to run a 5 minute mile (see post here). I’ll keep track of my training and progress here. Training I ran a little less this month as I was busy with real estate (4 closings in September) and life (kids). I joined Planet Fitness because they just … Read more

Thoughts on Becoming a Millionaire at 35

Like my catchy title? 😉 I’m following the lead of YouTuber TechLead, who uses the word “millionaire” in almost all his video titles. He has some interesting videos, and I find his dry humor amusing but also full of wisdom. After setting a goal 62 months ago to achieve a net worth of over $1,000,000, … Read more

Net Worth Update #62: April 2021

Well, here we are! Officially at a net worth of over a million bucks. It took 62 months to get here since setting this goal in February 2016 (starting at a net worth of about $311k). I’ve been faithfully keeping track of the monthly progress on this blog and writing a quick snippet of what’s … Read more

Net Worth Update #61: March 2021

Here’s net worth update #61. We had a pretty big jump in net worth this month. Here’s why. I had given conservative estimates for the valuation of the houses we own, but I increased the valuation to be more in line with the current real estate market (super hot). I also closed a little over … Read more