I was going to buy a truck last February estimated payment $550 bucks per month. $180 per month estimated insurance cost increase. I decided against the truck, kept the Honda and rolled my savings into SOS stock. I still really want the truck but also want to keep buying more SOS. My brother looked after retards and related a story to me once about instant gratification versus delayed gratification. He would ask a retard you can have one Skittle now or three Skittles in 30 seconds--they always took the one Skittle now. He would pause wait exactly 30 seconds and start over. I've been the retard my whole life. It's time to change. What better place than here what better time than now? Uh! Yeah!

Please?

You don't have to be a Facebook millionaire though, you could be a Google millionaire or some non-tech millionaire too. The job I drive 80 a day for barely covers a few bills, rent, food and gas, usually not all at the same time. I don't have anything to offer except some free labor and a reverse-engineered recipe for Kinder's marinade. I'm in Vallejo, CA, so I may not be far from you if you are a new Facebook millionaire.

If it makes it easier to fill out the forms for charitable deductions we can round it up to $600.

TL;DR: The US will not be in conventional war with itself. If anything, it is going to Balkanize. It will be ugly and not a good time.

Few people want to read books on reddit so I am going to keep this one short(er). If you want the long version, I wrote^1 them^2 here.^3 If you don't like reading, Robert Evans' podcast "It Could Happen Here" is a good introduction to these concepts. All sources are linked at the bottom.

Anyway, the term "civil war" has been in mainstream new cycle as of late. Of course many people balk at this idea because they cannot imagine this happening. It must be impossible in today's modern world with all its complexities. The problem is that those people still view "war" in the way it happened in the 1940s: two big sides, attacks and counter-attacks over lines on a map, money and fuel and infantry on the ground trying to outlast each other, etc. It doesn't work like that. War hasn't worked like that for at least the past 50 years.

The signs of a coming civil collapse can be watered down to four indicators:

1. Freedom and rights are disappearing.

The two wings of our neoliberal political system have refused to return liberties to common people and have only intensified their assault on the unalienable rights in the Declaration of Independence: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. Healthcare, the right to one's own body, a living wage allowing one to own a house.

2. Polarization, hate, and violence are on the rise.

The 2024 presidential campaign started on January 20, 2021 at 12:00. White supremacy is now mainstream.^4

3. Access to information is limited.

An information silo is a business management term for information that is self-contained and walled off from everything else. I'm not getting into business jargon here, so think of it like a grain silo. Yes, that giant tube with a dome on top next to a barn. It's full of grain and on the top you can even stand on it (don't do that). It looks good, sturdy, stable, just like a new theory you are exposed to. But if you start poking around, there are a lot of holes, cavities, voids. If one of those collapses, then you go do

First of all it's not a financial advice so please do your own DD before investing on anything and only invest the amount you are fully prepared to loose! Also if you are a conservative investor, Index fund is far far better and if you are a value investor, there are ton of opportunities out there and always will be. This is a growth bet !

I am long WISH and I might be little biased; however I am in it to make money so I heartily welcome all LONG BEAR points; not short. Short terms are mostly driven by events and not business fundamentals so WISH could go to $2 if people do not like the new CEO for example ! There is no limit how much low a stock can go unfortunately; please go read Peter Lynch. If you are trying to time the market, good luck!! Also if you are a day trader, good luck to you as well !! - I recently read a post from fellow investor who turned over $28 million in a year and was in negative $7600 :) I personally think it's not worth the time and emotional well being.

What I have learned during my 5 years investing journey is that stocks mostly move up and down driven by sentiment; it comes down to demand and supply - if people are willing to sell for less OR if there are less buyers than sellers, price moves down. These are mostly driven by `catalysts` - a positive/negative earnings, black/white swan events, macro events or even a PR ! But these moves do not usually last long so unless you are trying to time the market, its very difficult to win most of the time.

I would mostly like to focus on two things on this DD - why WISH is down? and if it can recover.

Why WISH is down so much?

Sector rotation:

• The short answer is sector rotation - BIG money going elsewhere. It's just not WISH, the whole growth small cap sector is down big time. And there are some add-ons to it - SPAC/new IPOs are further down, e-commerce sector is further down, growth are hammered, companies having China ties are further down. Just look at one year chart of these companies for example - STNE (Warren buffet is an investor), BABA (Charlie Munger), CLOV/OPEN (Chamath); TDOC, CRSP (Cathie Wood) even PayPal and SQ are down big time. Remember February last year? It doesn't take much time to move them back up if BIG money flows back in :)

Macro events:

• Chinese govt crackdown on tech companies- BABA, DIDI,BAIDU and whole Chinese tech. This negatively effected WISH as well.
• Reopening of economy drove consumers to stores and it made the 2nd quarte

I always begin these yearly updates with the same disclaimer that I don't have a specific FIRE date since I was self employed before retirement and slowly dissolved my business over time and started investing in real estate. I use the 2010 time frame for reference because it is around the time I hired a property manager (thus leaving me zero active work to do unless I choose), but it certainly isn't exact.

Also, keep in mind my actual spending is LOW even by leanfire standards (spoiler alert, my total non business related spending this year was $8,531), so don't get upset about some of the numbers included here.

This isn't meant as a comparison to anyone else. This is strictly provided to the FIRE community because I know I would have liked to have seen real world example of how people handle their finances when I was trying to figure all this out many years ago. Another reason I post these is to show there is more than one way to do FIRE. I was able to accomplish this without ever making a high income during my working years. I simply lived very frugally and put the money I saved into individual stocks (hey, it was 80s - 90s...I didn't know better and stock investing was a completely different animal back then) and then converted that to buying rental properties in a low cost of living area in the 2000s.

Quick stats: I'm 56, single, no kid's, about 11 years post FIRE.

INCOME

Total net income for the year.

$124,040 (this does not count reinvested dividends)

If you think they should be counted, my total in dividends is

$10,089

GROWTH AND NET WORTH

My growth in my investments so far

High Dividend Stock account began the year at $98,892. I invest $100 per day into it. It currently is at $169,774.19

Broad Market Index fund account began the year at $193,640. I invest $200 per day into it. It currently is at $394,610.11

My Fundrise account started the year at $44,479. I invested a total of $16,000 so far this year. It is currently at $78,778

My real estate (rentals) is very difficult to estimate since I have partners on some of the houses and some I own outright. Not to mention it isn't a liquid asset. I usually just judge it by the income it produces...that being said it does have a value that adds to my net worth. I'll be conservative and say my real estate portfolio is worth $1.5M - $2M, although the amount I've personally invested into it is well under $500k.

My personal property (the house and 10 acres of land I live on) is worth ab

PART 3: How Justin went from Selena to Hailey to Kourtney to Hailey to Sofia to Hailey to Kourtney to...?

Disclaimer: This is NOT a full justin relationship timeline. there are plenty of IG models (Chantel for example) and instances left out due to not being relevant to the timeline I'm covering. My coverage starts with the Jenners & Selenas fall out in 2014. I tried to keep it contained to the Kardashians/Jenners and their close relationships, which have always included Justin, at times Kourtney and Sofia, Hailey of course and by default Selena as well. I am aware I didnt cover everything Justin did, that would be a novel. LOL. And I'm sorry but this might end up being a 4-part series. Its just too messy.

At this point if you've been following along, you know a few things by now:

1. Justin didn't really care about what he was doing to these women he kind of just did what he wanted this entire time
2. Kendall pushed Hailey and Justin together over & over again for two reasons, first was to sabotage Selena's relationship with Justin after what Selena did to her and Kylie in 2014, and second was to try to make her bestie Hailey happy
3. I have had way too much time on my hands this week due to having it off work and because my actual job is data collection and content creation in marketing, making these brings me a lot of joy and I'm so happy y'all have enjoyed them too! ❤

Now, after preparing and doing research this morning for today's deep dive, I realized I missed something in October. October was a busy month for Bieber LOL. I bolded the new additions below:

• Oct 5th: Pics of Justin on a private vacation with model Jayde Pierce, where hes photographed naked, come out. Lmaoo. Side note here he genuinely just does not give a fuck abt these womens feelings its truly baffling i cannot LOL
• Oct 6th: Justin does a radio interview with a NZ host, when asked what the best part of his teenage years were, [his answer is his relationship with Selena](https://www.seventeen.com

Reposted - Removed all names associated with the case besides the missing person.

Podcast version https://unsettledtruecrime.podbean.com/

This is an update on Episode 1, Deanie Peters, which had its first major break since 1981. This episode will not only cover the arrest of JF, but will include additional and clarifying information mostly from the WZZM13 Investigates Facebook page. I will be covering all of the original information again in this episode.

INTRO

The year is 1981. Ronald Reagan takes office, the first test tube baby is born, and MTV hits the airwaves.

That’s how long ago Deanie Peters disappeared.

THE DISAPPEARANCE

Deanie was a 14 year old eighth grader attending her 6 year old brother W’s wrestling practice with her mom, M. M’s good friend A saw Deanie coming down the stairs at about 4:45 p.m as she arrived to pick up her son P, who had ridden to wrestling practice with the Peters family. Deanie waved to A and said she was going to the restroom and would be right back.

That’s where this forty year old mystery begins.

The disappearance took place on February 5th 1981, at Forest Hill Central Middle School, which is in one of if not the safest neighborhood in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I previously said elementary school, but that was not accurate. Even today people let their kids wander on bikes throughout the suburb. It’s a desirable area. This area is referred to in the news by many names, the general area of the city is called Forest Hills. Cascade is a prime street running through Forest Hills. The middle school is not far from Cascade.

The day of the disappearance, campus was busy. One facebook comment says they were there that day, and whatever happened must have been quick with all the activity.

There were about 75 people in total in the two level gym. The upper level held the wrestling meet. Photos of the wrestling team cannot be found in yearbooks because it was not a Forest Hills Public School System event. Their wrestling program wasn’t large enough, so children from any district were allowed to join. Matches were random rather than by school.

The lower level of the gym had an aerobics class taking place.

The highschool, which shares a campus with the middle school, had a ‘donkey basketball game’ about two hours after the disappearance, which is where you actually dress up as donkeys and play basketball. There is no solid record of who participated in the game.

**

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Had my first ever Five Guys this evening. I already knew it was pricey as far as burger joints go, but I just wanted to try it, see what I thought.

The verdict is never again.

I paid around £17.50 for a bacon cheeseburger, small fries and a coke. The coke, granted, comes with free refills but you pay something like £3.50 for it, you kind of expect that because, well, realistically - how much coke is anyone going to drink in one sitting?

The fries were good, crunchy, chunky, twice cooked, skin on if I'm not mistaken and nicely salted. But making fries like this isn't really any more expensive than making the kind you get at McDonald's so again the accompanying price tag being that much higher seems very hard to justify. The weird thing about Five Guys is the small fries come in a tiny cup, but then you also get like twice that many fries again just scooped directly in to your paper bag. The total portion then for a small is reasonably generous, more than you'd get in a large fries at Maccy D's but also more expensive at again three pounds something.

Only condiments available are mayo or ketchup. Christ, even Burger King have barbecue as long as you're willing to pay 20p for it. McDonald's will give me like four pots for free if I ask.

The burger was alright, but tbh pretty comparable to something like a double whopper from Burger King. Couple of patties, crunchy salad, the bacon in mine was not particularly generous and also burned to a crisp. The quality is what I'd describe as a slightly fancier McDonald's. Yeah it's reasonably stacked but it's not special.

I get the concept, it's going for an American style dining experience in the manner of Wendy's or Jack in the Box, but an American would be screaming at you that they were going to be calling their lawyer if they were asked to pay these kind of prices for a burger and fries.

I left feeling like I'd been to one of those tourist trap places in a foreign country, where you go to eat then find out later they charged you three times as much as they charge the locals. I knew what I was getting in to and I still almost feel like I've basically been scammed.

If it was half the price, say £8.99 for the whole meal, I'd call that reasonable, I'd be like yeah it's a slightly fancier McDonald's, the kind of place you casually go for a little treat when a 99p cheeseburger doesn't feel like it's gong to cut the mustard. But nearly double that at £17.50 - that's to collect or eat in, it's not like I live four

Good morning everyone. We started the first day of trading pretty good. It was nice to see SFT and LOTZ finally move. I believe there was some tax loss selling and some people finally were able to buy some of these names back. Used car prices have soared higher and both companies will benefit big time. LAD, KMX which are cash cows are growing sales at 20-30%, it makes sense for them since they can not grow organically, but sell used cars to buy growth for under 500 million. SFT and LOTZ are growing extremely fast and both LAD, KMX have the power/cash to do so, many times just buy competition. I have Calls on SFT and LOTZ…

I will keep trading my super defensive dividend plays. Sometimes we do have to wait but they come back because they pay you to HODL. IVR! WOW it is up 15% in last few trading days. I am waiting for NYMT but have traded another block. GOGL went under 8 and is back near 10! There is no question eventually the cash cows will figure it out. I have been trading BBD for months now, in different blocks. NM shot from 3.50 to 4.30! They ship and make cash, but do have a lot of debt. They aren’t super defensive but with supply chain restraints around the world companies like NMM, NM, ZIM, GOGL will be cashing in.

I bought PUTS on MDB about 2 weeks ago, the stock price was about $550. I got February strikes of 470. The stock went as high as 565 and my puts decreased in value from $16 to 6! Originally, I had wanted $25 on these puts but I set a good to cancel at $20. Around open yesterday the stock opened down near 20 and my order executed. MDB dropped near $50 and the puts were worth over 30! What a ride, I have been trading RBLX puts back and forth and I am down now but not worried. I do not care what Pelosi does, and so you know her calls were in the money and expire in 2023? Is that bullish? People trade out of options most of the time, it is the apes that will hold till the end. I have traded TSLA puts all week last week. I am down now but will begin my offensive on Twitter near 9:30AM. The facts are this. On 40,000 more deliveries 309K total the market cap went up 150 billion. TSLA does not have 50 billion in sales…. Mercedes [DDAIF 3 million cars a year] worth 80 billion and BMW [BMWYY 3 million cars a year] Worth 70 billion are also making electric cars and I will post the new Benz that goes 620 miles in a single charge and looks amazing. So Mercedes and BMW together sell 6 million cars a year, have cash, make cash and give dividends, c

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

Portrait of William Randolph Hearst, 23rd President of the United States

Administration:

Vice President: John Nance Garner

Secretary of State: William Jennings Bryan (1905-1906 (resigned)), John Tyler Morgan (1906-1907 (died)), John Temple Graves (1907-1909)

Secretary of the Treasury: Thomas L. Hisgen

Secretary of War: John Temple Graves (1905-1907 (promoted)), Charles S. Thomas (1907-1909)

Attorney General: John K. Shields

Secretary of the Navy: William Gibbs McAdoo (1905-1906 (resigned to take office as Chairman of the Federal Reserve)), Reuben R. Lyon (1906-1909)

Secretary of the Interior: Reuben R. Lyon (1905-1906 (promoted)), George Turner (1906-1909)

Postmaster General: James A. Reed

Secretary of Agriculture: Milford W. Howard

Secretary of Labor: John Ford

Despite his differences over the issue of prohibition with former Farmer-Labor nominee William Jennings Bryan, Hearst considered an appeasement of the still-powerful force in the party to be a necessity for party unity, and focused on their agreement in opposition to the British Empire to appoint Bryan as Secretary of State. The Pettigrew wing of the party was denied appeasement whatsoever, with Hearst viewing Eugene Debs and others as undermining his own candidacy, while the rest of the cabinet was made of Hearst allies. 46 year old Massachusetts businessman Thomas L. Hisgen was selected for the Treasury Department, with Tennessee Judge John Shields chosen for the Attorney Generalship. The fiercest Senate battle would arise over the nomination of John Temple Graves, a pro-lynching editor from Georgia, for the position of Secretary of War. With the Senate's two black members, George Henry White of North Carolina and John R. Lynch of Mississippi, leading the opposition to Graves. Nonetheless, the appointment was narrowly confirmed with the intervention of Vice President Garner on the behalf of Graves.

William Gibbs McAdoo, an ally of Hearst closely tied to Georgia Federal Republican leader Woodrow Wilson, was chosen as Secretary of the Navy in the closest Hearst came to appointing a member of the other party. James A. Reed, the independent Mayor of Kansas City, Missouri who endorsed Hearst, was chosen as Postmaster General. Alabama's controversial Governor Milford W. Howard, known for transferring the Italian term for French Boulangism "fascismo" into th

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

Boomer, here. I'm 67, and just retired. Well, "kind of, sort of" retired.

Not all boomers are disconnected from reality. I lived in Texas for 40 years, and I saw first hand what wealthy, white, fundagelical Christian conservatives are willing to do to keep hourly workers, people of color, LGBTs and religious minorities (including Catholics, Jews and Muslims) from amassing any real economic or political power.

When I traveled to El Paso or the Lower Valley (Brownsville, Harlingen, etc.), I took the off-roads and got to see, first-hand, the maquiladoras and the colonias where los olvidados ("the forgotten ones") lived. Imagine living in Texas without air conditioning. Now imagine living in Texas without air conditioning, running water, electricity, or heat (because it does get cold in Texas in the winter), and the nearest store where you can buy food is 20 miles away. Texas used to do something, albeit not very much, to improve the lives of los olvidados who lived in the maquiladoras and colonias. Under Greg Abbott, Texas stopped doing anything at all to help them. Ought of sight: out of mind.

Actually, Texas has stopped doing anything at all to help people who get sick but don't have health insurance, actively discourages use of "Obamacare" (though the powers that be wouldn't have a problem if it were called "Trumpcare"), and does whatever it can to thwart unionization (though elected officials have no problems receiving kickbacks from corporations, which is how Rick Perry went from being middle-class to a millionaire while governor of Texas). Everybody knows about Texas government and the kickbacks. Nobody does a thing about it: in Texas, it's just "business as usual".

I saw, first-hand, how employers would give their employees "holidays" such as Memorial Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas -- but would then make their employees work the following Saturday or Sunday to make up the time. (Some "holiday".) In Texas, you can be fired for any reason or no reason at all, or just because you're "not a good fit".

My experience living in Texas turned me into a card-carrying, dues-paying, active member of the Democratic Socialists of America. I have read Marx: actually, I agree with about 60 percent of what Marx has to say. His description of end-stage capitalism, as we see it now, nationwide, is spot -on. Marx' solution, communism is a utopia which works in small societies such as communes built around a specific purpose, or

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

Hello All.

I hope holidays have been well and I hope you've been decently smart with your money in the meantime.

Its time to think wisely over the next few months on how you want to end 2022.

Let's recap abit.

I was an ordinary trader who found Shiba in January. Put 2k down and somehow made 2mil+ at its height. I converted most of that to bone early, sacrificing nearly a 3mil gain in the lead up to november -- hoping for much larger profits in bone within a years time (march-summer).

...

Throughout the year, I've championed my thoughts on the market and how Shiba as an ecosystem could do better and gained a following through my thoughts on the market.

I've made many short term and longterm predictions. Many of the short term ones failed to come to fruition. Many of the longterm ones have stuck though.

...

My goal is only to share my perspective and what I'm doing and POSSIBLY what you guys should be looking at. I'm only pointing in a direction, it is solely up to you all to do the research.

// This being said -- Let's understand what's happened with Shiba and the ecosystem firstly.

Shiba Inu has passed so many nice milestones, its been fantastic to see the growth of this project. With the success of the last major project (NFTs), its really done amazing to adapt to the market.

Those who got in early have been rewarded. If you got in abit later, you may be waiting for pre-november levels to be in profit. Anyone after this, I believe is getting a nice deal on Shib, but won't be making life changing money.

The way I see the Ecosystem Currently:

ShibaInu -- 3-5x within a year (Low Risk)

Leash -- 10-20x within a year (Medium Risk)

Bone -- 50-100x within a year (High-->Low Risk)

If you noticed, Bone seems to have High-->Low Risk...This is because the Bone LP unlocks were more/less inflating Bone prices. Bone prices were rising because more bone was being locked, but now that increments are being unlocked over ANOTHER 6 Months, it probably means between 2-4 Months bone will be in a loop of gaining and falling until it all balances out.

Unless Bone gets listed, or until we see Shibirium -- Bone will be High risk unless you get it under 1$.

After that period of a few months, Low risk since Shibirium adds utility and Bone should be at its lowest point for its Run.

Leash has the least potential, since its the token with the Least utility to me. Even with utility, Shib & Bone really are miles above Le

What are the best ways to feel happy? My only sources of happiness are exercise, social media (for the most part), masturbating and making/listening to music. Yet, I feel so empty.

I have no interest in drinking or drugs, and I feel like I’ll end up abusing them anyway. I have no idea what I want do in my life. I can’t make friends and never invited to anything. I’m a million miles away from finding a partner. Most TV shows and movies don’t interest me at all, they’re all the same and boring to watch. Video games are just dead and no longer intrigue me either. I believe there’s a God but the religious lifestyle isn’t for me. Even small things like Snapchatting your friend or meeting for coffee don’t interest me at all. Sports is okay but it’s harder to become invested in well off millionaires playing with a ball as I get older.

I feel like nobody else is actually real. Nobody asked to be here, how do people become happy?

What are the best ways to feel happy and fulfilled in life?

BamBOO!

Mr. Montgomery’s a billionaire, so he must be smart. He owns the factory just the other side of town, and I know him because he’s the sponsor of the Entrepreneur Club at the high school. At least, he used to be the sponsor back before I graduated. I was the only member, so I don’t think there’s any Entrepreneur Club at the school to sponsor anymore.

People around here just don’t have any initiative. That’s why I’m trying to leave, because I want to live someplace where there’s more makers and fewer takers.

I can’t afford to go to college, but that’s okay. When I asked Mr. Montgomery if he would fund a scholarship for former Presidents of the Entrepreneur Club, he told me that he wouldn’t, because colleges are full of communists. I sure don’t want to go off to college and be indoctrinated into communism, so I appreciate Mr. Montgomery for not helping me go to college when I asked. I sure dodged a bullet there.

What Mr. Montgomery told me to do instead of going to college was to start a business. He said making money was better than learning stuff, and I figured that once my business made me rich, I’d be able to move to wherever I wanted. So, that’s what I decided to do.

The problem was, I couldn’t figure out what kind of business to start. We already have a convenience store, a gas station, a library, a grocery store, a doctor’s office where my mom’s the receptionist, and a police station in town. Outside of town, there’s Mr. Montgomery’s factory that makes something or other, and then there’s the quarry my daddy works in. And of course, there’s farmers all over doing whatever it is they do to make money, too. It sure seemed like there wasn’t any open market niches for a budding entrepreneur like myself, but I figured that an experienced businessman like Mr. Montgomery would have some good ideas.

It wasn’t easy to get to Mr. Montgomery to ask him what kind of business I should start, on account of his big house has a gate across the driveway and he isn’t at his office in the factory very much. Fortunately, I finally got my chance when he gave me the Young Entrepreneur Award at my high school graduation.

Geniuses like him don’t want to give away their secrets for nothing, so he just pushed me off the stage after he handed me the certificate as everybody in the gymnasium booed and jeered the only billionaire for hundreds of miles around. I just don’t understand folks around here.

Mr. Montgomery and the Entrepreneur Club taught me to

They’re on standbi

This was cross posted in r/leanfire a couple of days ago and r/Fire today, so if you have already seen it there, nothing is different.

I always begin these yearly updates with the same disclaimer that I don't have a specific FIRE date since I was self employed before retirement and slowly dissolved my business over time and started investing in real estate. I use the 2010 time frame for reference because it is around the time I hired a property manager (thus leaving me zero active work to do unless I choose), but it certainly isn't exact.

This isn't meant as a comparison to anyone else. This is strictly provided to the FIRE community because I know I would have liked to have seen real world example of how people handle their finances when I was trying to figure all this out many years ago. Another reason I post these is to show there is more than one way to do FIRE. I was able to accomplish this without ever making a high income during my working years. I simply lived very frugally and put the money I saved into individual stocks (hey, it was 80s - 90s...I didn't know better and stock investing was a completely different animal back then) and then converted that to buying rental properties in a low cost of living area in the 2000s.

Quick stats: I'm 56, single, no kid's, about 11 years post FIRE.

INCOME

Total net income for the year.

$124,040 (this does not count reinvested dividends)

If you think they should be counted, my total in dividends is

$10,089

GROWTH AND NET WORTH

My growth in my investments so far

High Dividend Stock account began the year at $98,892. I invest $100 per day into it. It currently is at $169,774.19

Broad Market Index fund account began the year at $193,640. I invest $200 per day into it. It currently is at $394,610.11

My Fundrise account started the year at $44,479. I invested a total of $16,000 so far this year. It is currently at $78,778

My real estate (rentals) is very difficult to estimate since I have partners on some of the houses and some I own outright. Not to mention it isn't a liquid asset. I usually just judge it by the income it produces...that being said it does have a value that adds to my net worth. I'll be conservative and say my real estate portfolio is worth $1.5M - $2M, although the amount I've personally invested into it is well under $500k.

My personal property (the house and 10 acres of land I live on) is worth about $450k - $500k...again as a cons

Do your worst!

It really does, I swear!

Heard they've been doing some shady business.