Another European summer vacation in the books, where our investments grew more than we spent in the time we were away. This has happened in 2023, 2024, and now 2025, though we notably did not travel in 2022, when it may have been a different story.
(Actually, looking at the graph of the S&P500 during June/July when we usually travel, it probably would still have applied, even though the rest of the year was a bust.)
While I’m still putting together the trip report, and finished categorizing our expenses for the follow-up trip financials report, we’ll pass the time with another net worth update.
| Category | August 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Savings | $106,734 | -3% |
| Investments | $435,357 | +2% |
| Cars | $67,304 | -0.4% |
| House | $601,553 | -1% |
| Retirement | $759,927 | +2% |
| Mortgage | -$345,594 | -0.2% |
| Credit Cards | $0 | 0% |
| Net Worth | $1,625,281 | +1% |
| Invested Assets | $1,195,284 | +2% |
No surprises here. We slid over $750k in retirement, which felt like absolutely nothing – if I hadn’t have mentioned it in the last net worth update, I might not have registered it as quickly here. We pretty much drained our vacation fund paying for this most recent vacation, but this month is another stock vest so we’ll be filling it back up as usual. My 401k balance keeps chasing our brokerage balance, and it’ll be a weird feeling when it finally surpasses it in the next few months – this has been our largest account for years. now.
Violet Sky 
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