GGD Newsletter For May 1, 2021

After hitting 100% of our retirement number last month, we've remained focused on continuing our pursuit of early retirement. Well...that's mostly true. We did take a minor financial step backward this month by purchasing a new car. We bought a brand spanking new 2021 Mini Cooper S. It is the car Ms. GGD has dreamed about getting for at least the last 15 years (when I first met her). So, once our current 20-year-old car began to have some serious mechanical and electrical issues, we decided to take the jump. While buying a brand new car definitely has the potential to negatively impact our early retirement timeline, we felt that it was ok to splurge a bit for something we really wanted. Let's just chalk it up to hitting a huge milestone last month and call this new car a celebratory gift to ourselves!

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Monthly Financial Update (Full Breakdown):
Even after factoring in the additional debt from purchasing a car, we still saw some good growth this month with a 3.22% increase in the value of our investment portfolio. We are now at 106.0.% of our retirement number!
 
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