Posts tagged with “milestone”

Nov 2, 2024
Why Is Financial Planning So Hard?
I’ve seen people with various kinds of behaviors when it comes to financial planning. I find it strange. Perhaps it is not strange. Perhaps it is just their history and their experiences in life that make them behave in a certain fashion. I have seen people living in the moment and not worrying about the future and I have seen people with a lot of assets who could have retired 10 years ago, but wouldn’t. The worst part is that they still worry and stress out about losing their job. I am like, – “Dude, if you lose your job, that is the best thing to happen in your life. You can enjoy all the super huge assets that you have saved up”. Crazy world I tell you or perhaps crazy me (more likely).
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Aug 12, 2024
Reached A Milestone
We have finally reached an important milestone! But not in a good way :(. While we are sort of minimalists, we still spend quite a bit. As a result, we recently reached a milestone of Rs. 50 lakhs spent on various expenses since we became financially independent in January 2018. Generally people should be proud of their achievements, but this is not one of them :). Still, it is not all too bad. According to my projections of expenses I should have reached the Rs. 50L lakhs milestone by end of 2022, yet we did not reach it until July 2024. So not too bad.
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