tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23550078.post114361237778881458..comments2009-01-06T07:24:34.415-06:00makingourwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13748811641577990850noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23550078.post-1143944406240168432006-04-01T20:20:00.000-06:002006-04-01T20:20:00.000-06:00$2M,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the encouragement!<BR/>Actually, I'm more nervous about learning to Golf than I am about increasing my networth by $100k!!<BR/><BR/>Calgirl, I've actually reduced my projection to about $86k, but I'm going to keep the $100k as a goal.<BR/><BR/>It's very likely that we'll have the family medical expense coming up. It will probably cost $40,000, once we add up all the details, plus some additional smaller expenses. I'm going to try to increase my income to offset the expense. If I can't, I'll need to help care for the family member, our net worth will drop proportionately. It's for a good thing - health is more important than money.<BR/><BR/>Back to golf. I'm going to join the club next week - $2M: hold me to it!!<BR/><BR/>I've taken lessons over the years, but never played enough to retain anything. I'm looking forward to putting in at least one game a week to build up some solid experience. <BR/><BR/>$2M, since we're both in NC, maybe we'll play together, one day.<BR/><BR/>Regarding 1,000 visitors. I'm just hoping to have had 1k unique visitors before your's end. I'm new at this and was actually amazed that a few people looked at my blog in March. Daily traffic seems to be picking up - Saturday is usually my slow day and about 50 people have been here so far, but that seems to be a big leap from last weekend. I'll need to keep my expectations low until I see what happens over the next few weeks.<BR/><BR/>I'm going to do some packing tonight to help reduce the moving costs (and chip away at that $40k).<BR/><BR/>Have a wonderful weekend,<BR/>Making Our Waymakingourwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13748811641577990850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23550078.post-1143931341927581972006-04-01T16:42:00.000-06:002006-04-01T16:42:00.000-06:00Learn to golf - I think that is a great goal - esp in the business world. When I was working for startups in grad school - I started playing a little. However after I started working for IBM I cooled off and didn't play at all.<BR/><BR/>However, I am starting to see the need to pick up the game again. My girlfriend's home just so happens to be on a golf course so I can walk right out on hole #5 and play a couple holes if I come over after work. It has really helped me get back into it.<BR/><BR/>What to you mean by 1,000 visitors for your blog - is that per day?2millionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09103439600604422223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23550078.post-1143751316049985982006-03-30T14:41:00.000-06:002006-03-30T14:41:00.000-06:00Justin and Calgirl, I had to downwardly revise the number to reflect an acceleration of expenses - specifically term insurance premiums that will be paid a year in advance (as result of replacing my variable policies).<BR/><BR/>Please see today's posting for my explanation of how I expect to make the increase.<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/><BR/>Making Our Waymakingourwayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13748811641577990850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23550078.post-1143735453047154862006-03-30T10:17:00.000-06:002006-03-30T10:17:00.000-06:00$100K increase in net worth seems like a lot, but depends on how much your salary is. If you guys are pulling in $250K/year, it's very do-able if you life the right lifestyle.calgirlfinancehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10339020569269540019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23550078.post-1143659122022636362006-03-29T13:05:00.000-06:002006-03-29T13:05:00.000-06:00Wow, 100K increase in net worth in a year? Is that doable? You'll either have to put a lot away and/or hope for some significant returns on your investments.Justinhttp://www.indexcreditcards.comnoreply@blogger.com