DISQUS

Consumerism Commentary: Evaluating This Year’s Progress Against My Goals

  • Single Guy Money · 1 year ago
    Even though you did not hit all of your goals, you still did very well. You have plenty of savings and you paid off your debt. Congratulations on a good 2008 and best wishes on an even better 2009.
  • Him · 1 year ago
    Regarding your website income, have you thought about a solo 401(k)? We were concerned about our website income and decided that a SEP IRA didn't allow us to contribute as much as we'd like to decrease our taxable income.

    We signed up for one with Fidelity. The process was pretty simple and they have good investments.
  • Miss M · 1 year ago
    You still did quite well considering the terrible stock market. My goals were similarly mixed, got the debt paid off but my investment goals were a miss. I went out on a limb for my 2009 goals, double my net worth. As long as the market doesn't go much lower I should make it. I wish you success in the coming year!
  • Bill M · 1 year ago
    Just paying off the debt is a big plus, you can not beat that. It is part of my 2009 goals to be completely debt free except for the mortgage also.

    Investments, well, i do not believe anyone hit their goals this year unless you are madoff.
  • Writer's Coin · 1 year ago
    Congratulations on meeting the big goal! 100k in additional income is awesome, regardless of the tax bill. But I am curious about how that works. Do you know how much of it will get taxed?
  • CelesteWrites · 1 year ago
    Great job. It's comforting to see that you met some goals and not all. That really shows that your goals were a stretch. It's not enought to set safe goals.
    thanks for sharing this update
  • Craig · 1 year ago
    You did a great job hitting some goals and have made strides on others. Good luck with continuing in 09 and amazing that the blog and side projects are so successful to generate that type of alternative income.