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Hit a round $50,000 net worth last month and it felt completely fake
I checked my accounts on a random Tuesday morning and realized I crossed $50k without even noticing, which is hilarious because I spent years stressing over every $100 saved. Has anyone else hit a milestone that snuck up on you out of nowhere?
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bell.felix5d ago
$50k is a solid number but the way you wrote it with the comma and the dollar sign looks like you're tracking your investments on a spreadsheet at work. That's fine, just seems like you've been staring at the numbers too long. Hit $75k last year during a random market spike and didn't notice until I was paying my credit card bill. The real shocker is how fast it compounds once you stop checking daily.
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logan_young295d ago
And then you accidentally time it right and suddenly that number in your head is way off from reality, it's a weird feeling. I had the same thing happen with a tiny crypto play I threw $500 at during a slow night shift (the charts were just sitting there, you know?). Ended up ignoring it for six months and it turned into something like $2,300, which felt like finding cash in an old jacket.
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