Hopefully you had a Merry Christmas and are off to a great start in 2020.

The Money Related Numbers

30.78% (previously 29.32%)

This is our invested assets/target number. Our invested assets span across a variety of investment vehicles such as 401k, HSA, IRA, Roth IRA, ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Program) and standard taxable mutual funds.

102 months (previously 103)

The number of months until my 45th birthday and our finish date.

88.97 months (previously 93.88)

The number of expected months until we reach our target number based on our current expected monthly contributions, assuming a 10% annual return.

The Expense Related Numbers

8.81 times annual spending (previously 8.17)

This is how many multiples of our annual spending we have saved up towards our goal. For example, if this value was 9.1 and we spent $10,000 annually, we would have $91,000 saved up.

35.25% to minimum FIRE (previously 32.68%)

The minimum number to achieve FIRE is 25 times our annual spending. This number shows how close we are to the absolute minimum.

28.63 times annual spending at goal number (previously 27.87)

We have a goal amount that we’d like to reach. Given our current annual spending, this is how many times our annual spending we’ll have saved when we reach our goal number.

How Much We Invested

30.63% of Gross Income Invested

This is the amount we invested in things like 401k, Roth IRA, taxable accounts, and Employee Stock Purchase Program divided by income from our main employment.

38.55% of Net Income Invested

This is the amount we invested in things like 401k, Roth IRA, taxable accounts, and Employee Stock Purchase Program divided by income from our main employment, but with taxes subtracted.

34.62% of Gross Income Invested with Employer Contributions

This is the amount we invested in things like 401k including employer contributions, Roth IRA, taxable accounts, and Employee Stock Purchase Program divided by income from our main employment.

43.58% of Net Income Invested With Employer Contributions

This is the amount we invested in things like 401k including employer contributions, Roth IRA, taxable accounts, and Employee Stock Purchase Program divided by income from our main employment, but with taxes subtracted.

What’s Happened and What’s Happening

I realized this month that I wasn’t counting money saved in our HSA towards How Much We Invested. That is a change that I will start taking into account this month. Nothing is perfect, all I can do is tweak it over time. For what it’s worth, when I make money on other side projects, I include them in the amount we invest for the month, but don’t change the “amount earned” that I divide that number by. I always keep the “amount earned” based on my W2 income. Again, not a perfect way of calculating the number, but it’s purely an indicator for us to know how we’re doing.

For what it’s worth, this was a 3 paycheck month. We also had to pay property taxes, which is a normal January expense. We’re now paying our auto insurance once a year, which would have normally been in January. On the plus side our expenses for January were a little over $1400 less than January of 2019.