And the stock market beat down continued in September attempting to crush my hopes and dreams along with it. I believe the last two months have been the two worst months we've ever experienced as far as our Net Worth is concerned. Fortunately, our path is pretty mechanical at this point, so there's much chance of us getting worried and screwing something up based on fear.

August delivered a fairly brutal beat-down. Previous to this it had been over a year of consistent gains even with the struggling economy. One positive is that our savings account hit $40,000 which is a goal we put in place at the beginning of the year. Our overall net worth goal is going to be a little harder to hit after this month, but at least we've crossed one financial security goal off the list.

Worst month we've had in quite a while, but there are a lot of fears about the economy right now and it's probably going to be a bumpy ride for a while. We're glad to still be positive and pressing forward every month.

The last couple of months haven't been as great as the first couple months of the year, but we are still moving strongly in the right direction. Most of our gains for the last 2 months have come from our additions to the savings account. Staying educated and motivated continues to bring results over time. Inching closer to a quarter million dollars...

Not quite as impressive as some of the months we've been seeing lately, but thankfully still positive. The stock market struggled through May and prevented any impressive gains. Fortunately, I can still make up for those small losses with things I do control, like how much we put into savings.

April was another great month, even though we ended up owing more than expected on our taxes. I've made some adjustments so we should be closer next year. I encourage everyone to track your financial progress. It's pretty motivational, at least for me, to see this kind of growth. Onward to a quarter million.

Nothing dramatic, but another solid month of gains. Looks like we've just about hit $150k in the three retirement accounts, which is more than our entire net worth was just a year ago.

February was a solid month with some great gains. We broke through $200k and it feels good. Consistently paying attention to our finances is paying dividends.

Another solid month, and a good start to 2011. So close to $200K, it will be nice to cross that milestone. The first net worth update I ever posted was for January of 2006, so 5 years ago. Our net worth back then was $27,640.03. Gains were slow in the beginning and 2008 was brutal, but we've come a long way since then, due in large part to the last two years.

We finished 2010 out pretty strong. This year our net worth grew $62,423.01 which was a 48.92% increase from where we started. Hopefully we can keep continue this progress and even ramp it up more where possible going into 2011. I can see a quarter of a million dollars on the horizon...