Today is a good day.

On April 10th, 2008, with a net worth of -$33,517, Leslie and I, overwhelmed, lost, but motivated, imagined a day when we would own more than we owe. We were never eternal pessimists thinking that this day would never come, rather we thought how strange would it be if we actually paid attention and tried to get there. We hashed out a plan and named this first positive net worth day: The Day Of Zero.

Brace yourselves, and grab your little yellow spiked cob holders because it gets corny…

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Many things have changed since our initial idea to track our progress some 20 months ago. The most striking change has been in our philosophy and how our understanding of what it means to be wealthy has changed.

Our first focus was on long term wealth accumulation, mainly socking away as much as possible in an effort to move that retirement cake closer and closer. This traditional “deferred life” plan gave way to a focus on the completion of major life goals and the acquiring of “stuff”, primarily buying a used car and buying a house, throw in a digital camera here and a computer there, you get the picture. Today our focus is more towards debt elimination and fufilling income creation as we look towards removing burdens wherever possible and clearing the path to whatever comes next.

A lot has happened throughout our 272 blog posts: we both graduated college, we bought a car, bought a house, I changed jobs, Lez started grad school, we got engaged, we started a business…..we have had wagon falls of over spending, bouts of backwards moving and swampman stagnation, but here we are today still trudging forward, armed with the knowledge and failures of the last 20 months to invest in the next 20.

Thank you to all our friends and family, all our readers and fellow bloggers, here’s to learning, progress, and success.

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