Comments on: My Journey To Freedom: $12 to $1,800,000 in 32 Years

By: James Germain

James Germain — Sun, 27 Jan 2019 04:01:53 +0000

Slow and steady always seems to be the morale of the story. If only we all knew from day 1 that the tortoise and the hare story would be so relevant to our financial success.

By: Ela

Ela — Sun, 10 Sep 2017 22:19:21 +0000

I had to Google “compound interest” and “the effect of mutual fund fees on returns”.. That’s sad. But at 31 I feel like there’s still time, and it’s great to have the information at hand and articles like this for motivation.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 14:11:23 +0000

In reply to RPM. BEAUTIFUL!!! Well done, man!

By: RPM

RPM — Sun, 23 Jul 2017 20:40:32 +0000

Hey Mr. 1500,

Your story and others posted here are very inspiring.
My story- December of 2004 – student loan, two car payments, credit card bills. We pretty much lived on credit cards, paying one credit card with another.

That December night was sobering. After the family went to sleep, I laid out all the bills on the family room floor (the bills pretty much covered the space). I decided to do something about it. I thought it was not fair to put my family through this hardship because of my bad financial decision.

Fast forward 2009 March, I was lucky and grateful for the opportunity that presented itself. I took advantage of it.

I can’t believe the journey, from deep red to flush green. My only regret is that I wish I came across blog sooner. I am planning to retire in 8 years. I am handy. I do a lot of fixing around the house. That’s what I am interested in doing after retirement. Any thoughts, suggestions, or advice are welcome.
Thanks for the education !
Sincerely,
RPM

By: Mr. 1500

Mr. 1500 — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 18:51:56 +0000

In reply to BMG. Thanks BMG! It takes patience. Most of the money came in at the very end; just how compound interest works.

By: BMG

BMG — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 10:36:21 +0000

Great post Mr. 1500. Sounds like you did it the right way, slow and steady. I’m happy for you and your family. I’m 41 and just now getting started to try and get our financial life in order. Have a ways to go, but posts like yours keep me motivated!

By: Ed69

Ed69 — Sun, 16 Jul 2017 20:45:23 +0000

In reply to Mr. 1500. I was going to say she must have softened in her advancing age having read some of the rants about your sibling.... ;)

By: Mr. 1500

Mr. 1500 — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 20:04:50 +0000

In reply to EL. Anyone can do it. There are so many ways to make money and a little invested early can turn into a lot if you have decades.

By: EL

EL — Thu, 13 Jul 2017 17:04:28 +0000

Good story and most of the retire early stories involve investing. (Who’d Thunk it, huh) Buying assets is where its at, and if you cant afford to buy assets like real estate and index funds, forget about FI or retirement. Get ready for 65, and possibly a very low level Social security.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 11:58:00 +0000

In reply to Mr. 1500.

Haha yup, me too. All I cared about was girls and partying and girls ;) It wasn’t until I “settled down” with one that I thought it would prob be good to do more adult stuff too – hah.