wow, you guys. though time doesn’t fly when you’re trying hard to retire already, it feels like just yesterday that we started this little blog to chronicle our journey to early retirement (actually it was about 10 months ago), and here we are, 100 posts later! today we’re we’re so grateful to all of you for reading, and for chiming in with your thoughts — you help us think differently, and try harder, and get more and more motivated and inspired every day. here’s a big virtual hug from us! (we’re total huggers.)
since we suspect that plenty of you guys are numbers nerds like us, we thought we’d celebrate the day with a rundown on some of the other numbers we’ve racked up while writing these 100 posts. here goes…
// blog stats //
2 — number of logos we’ve had
10 — average number of posts per month
36 — number of comments by our top commenter, maggie @ northern expenditure (steve @ think save retire is not far behind!)
~1200 — average word count of posts
2 — number of mondays we’ve missed since we got into a regular posting schedule (one was memorial day, the other was because we accidentally hit “publish” on sunday night)
0 — number of saturday posts
2274 — total comments on the blog, including our responses, as of 11/17 (about half of those are us — if you’re a blogger and you don’t respond to every comment, we maintain you’re missing out on the best part of blogging)
2 — comments on our first post
73 — comments on our most commented post so far (the anti-greed manifesto)
5 — number of posts featured to date on rockstar finance
the very first rockstar feature
400 — percent increase in blog traffic between may and june, the month of our first rockstar feature and our first big tweet mention
705 — number of twitter followers as of 11/17
1 — number of big award nominations (the plutus awards, you guys! that made our year)
2.5 — months into blogging that we got our first blogger recognition, the liebster award from fervent finance
// the work grind //
107 — number of work flights ms. onl has taken since launching the blog, as of the two this morning (will be 125+ by the end of the year)
744K — current number of hoarded miles on united that will fund post-fire travel
47 — number of marriott hotel nights for ms. onl since launching the blog, plus about a dozen at other chains (15 nights are the bonus for having the marriott chase credit card)
219K — number of marriott rewards points earned since launching the blog
800 — approximate number of hours spent on conference calls, combined, since launch
<100 — number of mondays until we pull the ripcord
// the state of our finances //
38,000 — our max student and consumer debt, in dollars, before we got our finances on track
27 — number of months it took us to pay off that debt
0 — number of big purchases in 2015! (wohoo!)
1 — number of big net worth milestones we hit this year
5 and counting — number of contingency plans we have in place for our early retirement
25 — months until we wave goodbye to our careers (we’re on track!)
79 — percent of our target net worth we’ve achieved so far
// random fun stats //
1 — number of monthly championships our trivia team won this year at the local pub quiz
51 — combined number of days we skied winter 2015
1 — number of days we’ve skied so far this season
58 — degrees fahrenheit we keep our thermostat at during the winter (that’s 14 degrees centigrade for your more civilized folk)
4 — number of articles of fleece clothing i wear most days when working from home in the winter (2 fleece socks, fleece pants, fleece hooded robe)
36 — number of tabs i have open in firefox right now (i know! most of them are blogs i’m behind on!)
110 — percent excited we are to attend #fincon16!
there you have it! a full statistical rundown on our first 100 posts, and the life that has happened in the meantime.
have you hit any fun milestones lately? please share!
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