FreeTheCow Recent Posts
Changes on the Cow SiteI got a new domain! Yeah! The Cow finally has a home of its own.
I am finally selling onlineTo test the water, I finally started doing what millions have already been doing - selling on eBay
Which one to invest first? Roth IRA or 401K?I did a calculation and figured that 401K is a better choice among the two
My Money Market Fund lost 20% in 9 monthsI was expecting to earn some penny size interest in my money market account, instead, I lost 120 bucks in 9 months
Paper And Pencil Anyone?What do you prefer to use to manage your money? I use paper, pencil, Excel and Text files
Dig into my spending habitI spent a few hours to dig into my spending habit and compared it with my budget plan. Here are the results
Paying interests could be a good thingIf you are investing short term in real estate, taking out loans, even interests only loans might not be a bad idea
It's Time To SaveAs the Fed shot up the rates, so does the savings rate. It's a good time to set up a cash fund and I found some top sites with top returns
Serious Reads
Job market reboundsThe U.S. job market sprung back last month from a hurricane-induced slowdown as nonfarm employers added 215,000 workers, according to a government report on Friday that showed the economy on solid ground.
Dating game changes after 40Over a third of Americans age 40 and over are unattached and dating, good for women 'cause that’s when they’re
A gift month for the taxpayersDon't worry about those 24 shopping days until Christmas. It's the 31 check-writing days before New Year's that should concern you.
Best Buy manager told stores to limit Xbox 360 sales to bundlesBEST BUY HAS ADMITTED some of its employees stepped over the mark when it launched the Xbox 360 by selling $800+ bundle package
History's Worst Software BugsSixty years after computers are invented, computer bugs are still with us, and show no sign of going extinct. Here are the worst bugs we have ever dealt with.
Portable TVs anyone?From IPods to Cell Phones, a Breakthrough Few Months for Taking Television Everywhere
Marriott buys some Starwood HotelsMarriott Agrees to Pay About $3.3B Plus Debt for 38 Luxury Hotels From Starwood Hotels. Starwood runs Sheraton, Westin and W
IBM slows light, readies it for networkingIBM has created a chip that can slow down light, the latest advance in an industrywide effort to develop computers that will use only a fraction of the energy of today's machines
Hilarious Reads
The Porbes Fictional 15Forbes identified the ultra-rich 15 people. Check it out.
Jennifer Garner gave birth to a little girlGarner gave birth to the girl at a Los Angeles hospital, Us Weekly reported Thursday. It was unclear if the baby--named Violet, E! News has learned--made her debut on Wednesday or Thursday. Us said labor was induced Wednesday night.
Microsoft holds weirdest press conference everMicrosoft is celebrating the death of Exchange Server 5.5, an eight year old product which the executives described as a "she".
Eat, Sleep,Consume, DieTechnology makes it possible for us to work harder than ever. If you're lucky, you get paid more for your labors. Then you consume more. And the cycle repeats itself. Is this the sign of a healthy society?
Scientists Hope Stomach Can Catch LiarsA group of scientists are turning to people's stomachs to find out if they are telling the truth. A new study by the University of Texas measured electrical impulses in the stomachs of 16 volunteers that were only associated with the act of lying.
How Death-Star really worksYa'll Star Wars fans. But do you really know how Death Star works and what's its purpose?
Male mice sing when the females are nearSongbirds may be the Sinatras of the animal world, but male mice can carry a tune too, say Washington University researchers who were surprised by what they heard
Actual pictures of Bill Gates' houseThese are pretty clear shots of the richest man's house
Blog Resource
Link Popularity One Click CheckThis is an even better tool than windexl to check how popular your site is
Knock Knock - free bookSeth Godin's imcomplete guide to build a successful website
26 ways to build 15K Traffic for your siteA must read for any webmaster who would like to build a successful website in one year and draw 15K pageview per day
Master Thesis On Social Phenomenon of BlogsHow many bloggers are actually makeing money? How most bloggers collect information?
WordPress Theme BrowserAll free WP themes for download
Google ranking factorsYour SEO checklist
Windexl link popularity checkCheck how many links your site has
Windexl Search Engine Index CheckCheck how many pages are indexed by the search engines
Technorati Profile
February 15, 2006 at 1:47 am
· Filed under Yuna, Nerdy Stuff
One of my peers in Raleigh, NC set up a blog site to track his journey and progress to achieve financial freedom by reaching 2 million dollar net worth mark. (Thanks to Matt for the link). He has currently accumulated $216K and he is only 29 years old. Impressive, yeah?
Here is his Jan tracking chart of his wealth. (ESPP is our employee stock purchase plan)
I just had some time to read his stories. I must say that his example is definitely inspiring which I can relate quite a lot.
I personally believe in saving and investing by living under my means and paying attention to personal financial educations. Thanks to my mother and The Richest Man In Babylon, I started saving and investing when I was still in college. I must say that another reason why I was able to walk out of my job was because of my financial capability. Even if I couldn’t find a job for a long while, I know I am taken care of and I will not worry about money.
2million (he didn’t use his real name of course) also started out as a broke student and able to accumulate this much wealth. I am sure every one of us can do the same but the key is to start RIGHT NOW.
I strongly encourage you to read his site. Here is the URL : http://2million.blogspot.com/ I also copied his financial history story here for your amusement:
I graduated with a BS degree in Computer Science in December 1998. I was just like any other college student, broke, but I was blessed enough to have the support of my parents to pay for my tuition and basic living expenses while I worked to get my degree.
Rather than entering the workforce like most of my graduating peers, I opted to stay and get a MS degree in Engineering. I was luckily offered an assistantship at the university which gave me free tuition and a stipend (roughly $12,000 a year). I was again blessed to have my parents agree to continue to pay my health insurance premiums during this time.
While in graduate school, I purchased my first car, a newly used Nissan Sentra. I put $5,000 down (my life’s savings) and I received a loan from my parents to pay for the remaining amount (roughly $7,000).
In addition, while I was in graduate school, I started a dot com business with my brother. We spent several years and roughly invested $8k of my savings in the business which we finally shutdown and sold off most of our assets in 2004 for a sizable loss.
In August 2001, I finally entered the real world and have been working at IBM ever since. I began paying close attention to my finances after reading The Millionaire Next Door given to me by a professor towards the end of my grad school career. As I entered the workforce I realized my limited financial means at the time would limit my choices in the future and I wanted to do something about it.
Since 2001, I have made steady progress in my increasing my net worth. I paid off the car loan from my parents and purchased my 1st house in 2002. In 2005, I rented out my house and I am currently looking for a new home.
I left graduate school with a signing bonus and moving allowance that accounted for the majority of my $14k net worth in July 2001. As you can see I have been steadily improving this number to a more reasonable $216k net worth today. Hopefully this streak will continue for many more years.
Permalink
RSS feed for comments on this post · TrackBack URI
http://www.yunasville.com/YunaVillage/2006/02/15/265/trackback/
suxkqy nfcwhy said,
February 9, 2007 @ 3:40 pm
eutlb fxaocz ckrw unekwqma fulrg bftrjxne roizpfd
free nude video cn said,
February 13, 2007 @ 6:26 pm
Look! Only now! Discounts!
free nude video cn said,
February 13, 2007 @ 6:26 pm
Look! Only now! Discounts!
Nude bld said,
February 14, 2007 @ 5:20 am
Fine and pretty site! Very good owner!
Nude pussygoo said,
February 14, 2007 @ 11:36 am
Look! Only now! Discounts!
Free nude pussy video tb said,
February 14, 2007 @ 11:58 pm
Hello. I love your!
free nude video kc said,
February 16, 2007 @ 12:23 pm
Good job and great design!
benetti said,
March 3, 2007 @ 4:47 pm
Good site. Thank you.
bingo free fun play said,
March 3, 2007 @ 5:22 pm
Cool site. Thanks!
poaching rhino said,
March 3, 2007 @ 11:14 pm
Good site. Thanks.
poaching rhino said,
March 3, 2007 @ 11:14 pm
Good site. Thanks.
hydrocodone apap said,
March 4, 2007 @ 12:24 am
Good site. Thank you!
lighting stores said,
March 4, 2007 @ 8:58 am
Cool site. Thanks!
springfield ma city park pictures 1900 said,
March 4, 2007 @ 12:48 pm
Nice site. Thanks:-)
dale earnhardt endorsements said,
March 4, 2007 @ 1:40 pm
Good site. Thanks!
venture capital news blogs said,
March 5, 2007 @ 1:39 am
Cool site. Thank you:-)
army military retirement reserve said,
March 5, 2007 @ 4:17 am
Nice site. Thanks.
country style bedroom furniture said,
March 5, 2007 @ 4:51 am
Very good site. Thank you!!!
candy company fruit and nut easter eggs said,
March 5, 2007 @ 2:59 pm
Nice site. Thank you.
wellesley inn suite columbus dublin said,
March 5, 2007 @ 5:20 pm
Nice site. Thank you!!!
mac software backup streamline said,
March 5, 2007 @ 7:29 pm
Good site. Thank you:-)
kombi sets said,
March 5, 2007 @ 10:18 pm
Nice site. Thanks!
bath n body shop said,
March 6, 2007 @ 2:10 am
Very good site. Thank you!!!
lift barges said,
March 6, 2007 @ 5:36 am
Very good site. Thanks!!!
crittenton weight loss program michigan rating said,
March 6, 2007 @ 8:53 am
Cool site. Thanks!!!
scuba bottle stopper said,
March 6, 2007 @ 11:27 am
Cool site. Thanks!!!
chatterbox crop cushion said,
March 6, 2007 @ 2:08 pm
Cool site. Thanks.
185 65 r15 88t toyo said,
March 6, 2007 @ 5:08 pm
Nice site. Thank you!
merrel chamaleon said,
March 6, 2007 @ 5:50 pm
Very good site. Thanks.
dark tower poster said,
March 6, 2007 @ 6:39 pm
Nice site. Thank you!
dvds verbatim said,
March 7, 2007 @ 5:49 am
Good site. Thank you.
12 cell battery pack said,
March 7, 2007 @ 7:31 pm
Cool site. Thanks!!!
little rock childrens hospital said,
March 7, 2007 @ 10:47 pm
Good site. Thank you!!!
grading fair 10 said,
March 8, 2007 @ 3:24 am
Cool site. Thank you:-)
diaper cloth adult size said,
March 10, 2007 @ 4:56 pm
Cool site. Thank you!
covering window discount said,
March 10, 2007 @ 9:11 pm
Cool site. Thanks.
mizuno rugby said,
March 11, 2007 @ 3:08 am
Very good site. Thank you:-)
hydrocodone without prescription said,
March 11, 2007 @ 11:09 am
Very good site. Thank you!!!
grand theft auto san andreas cheats playstation said,
March 14, 2007 @ 3:52 pm
Good site. Thank you!!!
article childhood early education special said,
March 14, 2007 @ 4:39 pm
Good site. Thanks:-)
a find job new york said,
March 14, 2007 @ 5:36 pm
Good site. Thanks!!!
travel water filter said,
March 14, 2007 @ 7:09 pm
Cool site. Thanks!!!
universities in france said,
March 14, 2007 @ 7:38 pm
Nice site. Thank you:-)
universities in france said,
March 14, 2007 @ 7:38 pm
Nice site. Thank you:-)
sony s 75 said,
March 14, 2007 @ 8:46 pm
Cool site. Thank you.
how to format a business case study said,
March 14, 2007 @ 9:38 pm
Cool site. Thank you.
used 2002 range rovers said,
March 15, 2007 @ 12:29 am
Good site. Thanks!!!
continuous medical education said,
March 15, 2007 @ 1:48 am
Good site. Thanks!
tie die baby clothes said,
March 15, 2007 @ 2:47 am
Nice site. Thank you!
theater redwing mn said,
March 15, 2007 @ 8:20 am
Good site. Thank you!!!
real estate appraisal austin said,
March 15, 2007 @ 11:00 am
Nice site. Thanks.
real estate in allen texas said,
March 15, 2007 @ 12:33 pm
Nice site. Thank you!!!
automotive wiring looms said,
March 15, 2007 @ 2:06 pm
Cool site. Thank you:-)
discount hotel near disneyland said,
March 15, 2007 @ 5:42 pm
Very good site. Thank you!
location of the university of notre dame said,
March 15, 2007 @ 7:47 pm
Nice site. Thank you!!!
certified preowned autos said,
March 16, 2007 @ 1:57 am
Cool site. Thank you!
cheerleading maryland university said,
March 16, 2007 @ 6:48 am
Very good site. Thank you!!!
cow purses said,
March 16, 2007 @ 8:54 am
Very good site. Thank you:-)
snow plow animation said,
March 16, 2007 @ 9:20 am
Good site. Thank you!
orlando real estate investment information said,
March 16, 2007 @ 10:04 am
Nice site. Thanks!
real estate sales connecticut said,
March 16, 2007 @ 12:26 pm
Nice site. Thank you!
examples of bad parenting said,
March 16, 2007 @ 2:13 pm
Cool site. Thank you.
estate illinois license lookup real said,
March 16, 2007 @ 5:30 pm
Very good site. Thank you!
sailing to byzantium said,
March 16, 2007 @ 5:53 pm
Cool site. Thanks!!!
3000gt hoods said,
March 16, 2007 @ 6:39 pm
Nice site. Thank you!!!
2006 anti keygen norton virus said,
March 16, 2007 @ 9:29 pm
Good site. Thanks:-)
hydrocodone without prescription said,
March 18, 2007 @ 5:00 pm
Nice site. Thanks:-)
platform shoes sz said,
March 19, 2007 @ 1:23 pm
Very good site. Thank you.
tucson punk shows said,
March 26, 2007 @ 3:30 pm
Cool site. Thanks!!!
by a failure of your computer hardware said,
March 26, 2007 @ 9:34 pm
Cool site. Thank you.
blind date cilla black said,
March 27, 2007 @ 4:54 am
Good site. Thank you:-)
paid text links webmasters said,
March 27, 2007 @ 10:12 am
Cool site. Thank you:-)
617e2affb79a70a9e054 said,
March 31, 2007 @ 1:01 pm
617e2affb79a70a9e054…
617e2affb79a…
rape said,
April 1, 2007 @ 2:08 am
rape…
news…
buy hydrocodone without prescription said,
April 1, 2007 @ 2:21 am
buy hydrocodone without prescription…
news…
buy hydrocodone said,
April 1, 2007 @ 2:21 am
buy hydrocodone…
news…
hydrocodone online said,
April 1, 2007 @ 2:23 am
hydrocodone online…
news…
hydrocodone said,
April 1, 2007 @ 8:47 am
hydrocodone…
news…
buy vicodin said,
April 4, 2007 @ 5:51 am
buy vicodin…
news…
asian rape said,
April 4, 2007 @ 8:39 am
asian rape…
news…
free rape video said,
April 8, 2007 @ 7:09 am
free rape video…
news…
kn filters said,
April 11, 2007 @ 9:11 am
Very good site. Thanks!!!
computer said,
April 11, 2007 @ 12:43 pm
Very good site. Thanks:-)
dc530 said,
April 11, 2007 @ 4:33 pm
Very good site. Thank you!
net md said,
April 12, 2007 @ 4:27 am
Good site. Thank you:-)
pcpitstop serial said,
April 16, 2007 @ 5:21 pm
Good site. Thanks.
container said,
April 16, 2007 @ 5:56 pm
Nice site. Thanks!
luxury car collections said,
April 16, 2007 @ 7:49 pm
Good site. Thanks:-)
sandisk micro sd said,
April 17, 2007 @ 1:20 am
Very good site. Thanks:-)
haut parleur said,
April 17, 2007 @ 7:19 am
Nice site. Thanks.
chimney sweep said,
April 18, 2007 @ 10:22 am
Very good site. Thanks!
lion witch wardrobe text download said,
April 18, 2007 @ 9:30 pm
Good site. Thanks!
sap cost center accounting said,
April 19, 2007 @ 2:29 am
Nice site. Thanks:-)
veterans day flags army navy air force said,
April 19, 2007 @ 4:04 am
Good site. Thanks:-)
securitycamera said,
April 19, 2007 @ 5:47 am
Nice site. Thank you!!!
cell phone prepaid talkie walkie said,
April 19, 2007 @ 7:30 am
Cool site. Thank you!
long beach california boat said,
April 19, 2007 @ 1:04 pm
Very good site. Thanks!
ram 512mb pc3200 said,
April 19, 2007 @ 3:22 pm
Good site. Thank you:-)
ninety two in the shade said,
April 20, 2007 @ 1:52 am
Cool site. Thanks!
scs150si said,
April 25, 2007 @ 10:01 am
Nice site. Thanks:-)
destacker said,
April 25, 2007 @ 11:12 am
Good site. Thank you.
kvr said,
April 25, 2007 @ 11:34 am
Cool site. Thanks.
mootsie tootsie said,
April 25, 2007 @ 3:38 pm
Very good site. Thank you.
nature photos stages of the poppy flower said,
April 25, 2007 @ 5:24 pm
Nice site. Thanks.
atlanta accutane lawsuits said,
April 27, 2007 @ 6:20 pm
atlanta accutane lawsuits…
news…
accutane hair loss said,
April 27, 2007 @ 6:20 pm
accutane hair loss…
news…
accutane attorneys said,
April 27, 2007 @ 6:21 pm
accutane attorneys…
news…
sport said,
April 28, 2007 @ 5:27 am
sport…
news…
type sport or genre sport said,
April 28, 2007 @ 5:32 am
type sport or genre sport…
news…
gioco demo sport said,
April 28, 2007 @ 5:32 am
gioco demo sport…
news…
gioco online sport said,
April 28, 2007 @ 5:33 am
gioco online sport…
news…
meridia said,
April 30, 2007 @ 6:06 am
meridia…
news…
cycloak said,
May 2, 2007 @ 11:22 am
Cool site. Thank you:-)
sony dsc p100 accessories said,
May 2, 2007 @ 11:28 am
Very good site. Thank you!
ruger said,
May 2, 2007 @ 12:00 pm
Good site. Thanks.
hancock fabrics laura ashley english country print said,
May 2, 2007 @ 9:15 pm
Cool site. Thanks:-)
handmade bridal headpieces and veils said,
May 2, 2007 @ 10:42 pm
Nice site. Thank you!!!
kumu said,
May 2, 2007 @ 11:40 pm
Good site. Thanks!!!
laptop said,
May 6, 2007 @ 12:26 pm
Very good site. Thanks!
notebook said,
May 7, 2007 @ 3:08 pm
Nice site. Thanks:-)
electronics said,
May 7, 2007 @ 5:58 pm
Very good site. Thank you:-)
hardware said,
May 13, 2007 @ 8:11 am
Very good site. Thanks!
hardware said,
May 13, 2007 @ 11:27 am
Cool site. Thanks!
computer said,
May 13, 2007 @ 8:59 pm
Cool site. Thanks!!!
meridia canada said,
August 5, 2007 @ 9:41 am
Good site. Thank you.
meridia canada said,
August 5, 2007 @ 9:41 am
Good site. Thank you.
free polyphonic ringtones said,
August 5, 2007 @ 10:18 am
Very good site. Thank you.
download free cingular ringtone said,
August 7, 2007 @ 7:03 am
Very good site. Thanks!!!
life insurance companies said,
August 7, 2007 @ 8:37 am
Nice site. Thanks.
mp3 downloads said,
September 15, 2007 @ 7:36 am
Hi boys!3c3ff9220dc18bf86896819ac8428d86