I officially saved $27,000 after my first full year of working!
I'm 22 years old and I started working at a small Health Insurance Tech company near my home in a HCL area in New England exactly one year ago on August 10th, 2019. My salary is $55k a year before taxes and I get a 100% match on my 401k on up to 5% of my income. I have about $7,000 in my roth ira and about $20,000 in my roth 401k, with a few thousand in cash that I don't count because it's for emergencies. The craziest part is that I never really felt like I was killing myself to save. Besides a $2,000 (for me) vacation I was going to take with my family that got canceled because of Covid, I never felt like there was anything I wanted that I didn't get myself. I'm sorry if this post came off as bragging, but I just wanted to share my first year working towards FIRE with someone and I figured there was no better place to share!
Anyway, good luck to all with your FIRE goals!
Posted Aug 10, 2020, 8:50 PM UTC