What's Your Number

Hi All - was chatting with some friends last week and we asked what is our number (the $ NW we need to hit to walk away and never work another job again). I'm not asking if you want to keep working or if you actually like the job but at what point does the $ not matter to you anymore. I didn't have an answer. I have about $750k NW across cash, stocks, 401k, coinvest and some random assets but I feel like i would need $10M of investable assets in short-term / yield investments to feel comfortable with milking my nest egg which seems somewhat doable if I can stay in finance for another 10-15 years

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"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 
WalnutBrain

Not true - just comes down to self discipline / desire to not become everyone else when it comes to blowing money.

Sounds like something a Walnut Brain would say.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

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"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 
Isaiah_53_5 💎🙌💎🙌💎

$8,675,309

Ok, Jenny. 

The only difference between Asset Management and Investment Research is assets. I generally see somebody I know on TV on Bloomberg/CNBC etc. once or twice a week. This sounds cool, until I remind myself that I see somebody I know on ESPN five days a week.
 

I think to maintain a fun lifestyle in nyc area, you need 7 - 10mm across your investments and retirement accounts. Real estate should count towards that as well, but apply a reasonable haircut / illiquid factor.

I’m closing in on 40 and only worth 3mm. It’s honestly annoying how expensive stuff is in nyc.

And my parents and in-laws seem to be in terrific shape, so my inheritance is just fleeting mirage at this point.

 

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