2million's Personal Finance Blog

My Journey to Financial Freedom

April 4, 2011

March 2011 Net Worth Update (+$16,981)

Assets Feb-11 Mar-11 Change % Cash & Savings $ 50,072.99 $ 51,866.01 $ 1,793.02 3.58% Taxable Brokerage Accts $ 139,829.86 $ 161,785.90 $ 21,956.04 15.70% Roth IRAs $ 73,209.24 $ 75,570.47 $ 2,361.23 3.23% Pre-tax Retirement Accts $ 268,099.84...
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April 17, 2011

Finally We Owe Money When We File Our Taxes

Its taken me forever, but I finally was able to pull all the pieces together this weekend to file my taxes. Its been a long time in the making, but I finally owe the government money when I file my...
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April 20, 2011

Financial Freedom

Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words: You can learn more about our net worth goal and our net worth benchmark that we use to make sure we are on track....
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April 25, 2011

Eat For Free @ IKEA

Ikea is running an Eat for Free Promotion April 22-April 25 where you eat in the Ikea Restaurant and receive a coupon to reduce your furniture purchase of $100 or more by your food bill. I've never eaten at the...
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April 29, 2011

Are We Plateauing in Our Financial Freedom Journey?

For the past 2 years I have felt a bit like we are plateauing in our pursuit of financial freedom. Our journey has been on autopilot: busy with life, family, work and with what seems like less time dedicated to...
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