Slightly more than 3 years into my investment journey, our “projected” passive income has finally breached the $6k mark. Yeah, I know the amount of real dividends I received in 2013 is much lower (<$4k) and that it’s nothing much to shout at compared to other bloggers like B, Dividend Warrior and of course, AK71. (One advantage of updating assets/passive income a couple of weeks later than most is that you can always reference to others in your post =p)

But hey, this is considered a significant milestone for us since this amount translates to a not insignificant $500 a month. $500 will probably enable us to cover the basic stuff we value most for the rest of our life. This incudes utilities (access to electricity, gas and water), broadband, handphone plans and two meals of cai peng a day. =)

If you refer back to my first ever post, this also means that we have managed to reach 30% (Read more...)