2023 - A year in review

Well folks, if you are reading this. Chances are you made it! A week or so in to 2024 and I am very excited for what the future holds. I quietly celebrated the start of 2024 with my wonderful family. Honestly, my wife was down for the count and I was playing video games... I think we're getting old.

I think this year has been great. From an investing perspective, I wasn't overly happy with what we achieved. However in saying that, we still managed to add a chunk of change to our portfolio.

📉 Markets Annual Summary

Portfolio YTD

S&P 500 YTD

As you can see, the markets have overall been stellar! And because our portfolio is 99% the S&P our portfolio is doing quite well. Very grateful for that as we head into 2024.

🔥Our FIRE update

I punched in the numbers to our ProjectionLab tracker and we are on track for FIRE at 47 still. So we're at about 12% of our overall Goal.

I think for many people, they look at how long it might take and think. That is a long way away. I have two comments on that.

1.) Time goes by a lot quicker as you get older. Again I am old now, I am 30...

2.) A great friend said to me one day as I was in the middle of losing weight. He said the end goal is just part of the journey. On your way there you are going to feel great, look better and feel more confident. I think that applies to this journey. I think many people forget that seeing your investments grow and you feeling that you are moving forward is almost as rewarding as the end goal.

🙆‍♂️ Life Update

I've been at this personal finance blog game for quite a while now. I am as inspired now by people taking the steps to FIRE as I have ever been. I thought it would be good to share that my life, like most people's lives, is hectic. It's all good busy.

I chose this on purpose. I am a father of 2.3 kids, an author, and a cricketer and I have a full-time job. This blog rewards me only in the stories and conversations I get to have with people about investing. Which is worth the $$ every month.

As I go into 2024 I will continue to run the blog and write to you my wonderful readers. I see the blog as a fine wine. The longer it goes, the more I can talk to people about investing and helping them change their lives.

My priorities will however be with my family and my aspiring author career in 2024. So if you don't hear from me, please have a bit of extra patience I have not forgotten about you legends!

🙊 Final Word

We are going big this year and I want to make this the biggest year for us toward FIRE. Thanks for the support and I hope you and your families have had a wonderful break.

Excited to see how we tackle this year and how we can help each other move forward.

To a Blessed 2024!

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