I recorded the balances in our retirement accounts as this past Friday, June 3. We have surpassed the $350K mark for the first time! It's taken us 21 long months to increase our accounts from the last milestone of $300K. I was sure that we would hit $350K in 2015, but that just never happened. We made it to $330K at the end of 2015.
We have contributed 8K this year, so even though the market is somewhat flat, we have had market gains. I haven't thought about where I would like us to be by year end. The only part I can control without leaving the market entirely is what we contribute, so we'll keep doing that.
How are you doing with your retirement plans and goals?
Retirement Milestone
June 6th, 2016 at 02:59 pm
June 6th, 2016 at 04:57 pm 1465232255
June 7th, 2016 at 04:26 pm 1465316760
June 8th, 2016 at 01:21 am 1465348905
Otherwise, things are rolling normally for me.
June 8th, 2016 at 04:52 am 1465361577
June 8th, 2016 at 04:27 pm 1465403276
I had similar disappointment last year and have had similar gains this year. I agree with you on focusing only on the part we can control. Even though I have a mental target for the account total, I always make my goal the total of my contributions since that's what I do control. And I work to minimize expenses so my gains don't get eaten up.