Step 1: Get laid off. Step 2: Receive severance lump sum. Step 3: Profit???
Late last month, my severance payout hit, and suddenly we crossed a rather significant milestone. It feels a little fake, given that we’re going to start slowly spending down that lump sum, but… I guess take the win while you can?
| Category | November 2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Savings | $153,113 | +42% |
| Investments | $527,254 | -0.8% |
| Cars | $60,036 | -5% |
| House | $587,773 | -0.3% |
| Retirement | $1,012,550 | -0.9% |
| Mortgage | $334,004 | -0.2% |
| Credit Cards | $5,769 | -8% |
| Net Worth | $2,000,953 | +1.4% |
| Invested Assets | $1,539,804 | -0.9% |
When you receive something like $45k in cash post tax, yeah, your net worth increases. 😂 Otherwise, the month was a wash, with everything decreasing (both positively and negatively) other than our cash and net worth as a result. This is why I track invested assets along with net worth! That, and we have to live in our house so its fluctuations are more informational than important to our bottom line. Nonetheless, I suppose we have reached $2MM net worth, so… hooray? Let’s see if we can hang onto it.
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