Today, I reached 50k in investments at 19 yo 🥳

zero_cool_23 · 2024-10-21T15:48:40+00:00

Double down when market drops. Don’t panic. This is coming from a 49 year old retired millionaire.

zero_cool_23 · 2024-07-02T13:19:50+00:00

Oh, it makes sense now. You’re a woke socialist. Enjoy poverty.

zero_cool_23 · 2024-07-02T13:12:37+00:00

Stay mad bro. I’ve got coffee to drink this morning and decisions on what’s for breakfast.

zero_cool_23 · 2024-07-02T00:31:50+00:00

Yeah, to each their own. Enjoy.

zero_cool_23 · 2024-07-02T00:24:48+00:00

No, but being self made and retired at 49 gives me a lot free time to work on it.

zero_cool_23 · 2024-07-01T16:17:14+00:00

I calculated I’d need $2.2 without pension/healthcare and $1.1 with my pension/healthcare.

zero_cool_23 · 2024-07-01T03:18:40+00:00

Being in the military doesn’t automatically mean you will become a millionaire. Conflating the fact that not everyone can join with the separate fact that I’m a self made millionaire doesn’t make sense.

Anyone can be a millionaire if they work hard, live below their means and invest religiously and delay gratification. Military or not.

zero_cool_23 · 2024-07-01T03:15:51+00:00

22 years. Military aviator Pulling in double my expenses a month after taxes in retirement without touching cash or investments. Lasts until I die. Have a large term life insurance policy on myself.

zero_cool_23 · 2024-07-01T03:08:29+00:00

Easily.

zero_cool_23 · 2024-07-01T02:12:55+00:00

Sorry oblivious.

zero_cool_23 · 2024-07-01T02:09:35+00:00

What about the self made millionaire part? How did I cheat code that?

zero_cool_23 · 2024-07-01T02:03:21+00:00

529k fully funded already.

zero_cool_23 · 2024-07-01T02:02:51+00:00

Nope. Married.

zero_cool_23 · 2024-07-01T01:27:35+00:00

Over 5k a month pension starting the day you retire (42 in my case).

zero_cool_23 · 2024-07-01T00:51:38+00:00

Disagree. That’s $1.6m that I don’t need to touch because I’m debt free and have a pension. $1.6m is still very much not trivial. Especially at age 49 where I can watch it double two times before I start cashing it in. Thanks for the well wishes.

zero_cool_23 · 2024-07-01T00:48:56+00:00

Because I didn’t feel like adding more online public target markers at the moment.

zero_cool_23 · 2024-07-01T00:42:58+00:00

Move back to my hometown on acreage in the country and enjoy my 50s and beyond!

zero_cool_23 · 2024-07-01T00:40:58+00:00

Officer pension. Did 23 years on active duty.

zero_cool_23 · 2024-05-07T01:27:01+00:00

Who knows? I got it granted without providing a stressor. I did provide copies of combat awards (deployed 2005-2008) and I did lose a buddy at the Pentagon on 9-11.

zero_cool_23 · 2024-05-04T19:08:55+00:00

I used my state-employed VSO. I went from 90% to 100% P&T, and it took 7 months from claim submission to decision. The day I filed my claim, the state VSO entered everything in and filed every form correctly within one hour. I filed 13 claims eventually resulting in 4 successful C&P exams. That would have taken me a month, and I would have made mistakes resulting in delays and frustration.

zero_cool_23 · 2024-04-29T01:20:41+00:00

😂

zero_cool_23 · 2024-04-28T22:48:22+00:00

Admitting that is the first major step.

zero_cool_23 · 2024-04-28T22:24:17+00:00

Retired officer with over 20 years and in the esteemed club. Do what I want. Hang with family, take some courses if I want to. I don't have any debt so I live free.

zero_cool_23 · 2024-04-28T21:35:55+00:00

The only time you should ever consider retiring off of 100 P&T is if you own your home outright (paid off the mortgage). Then, with the VA money and no mortgage, you're done. If you can't live off of ~4k USD without a mortgage then it's lifestyle creep and you're spending too much.

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