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The S&P 500 has averaged an annual return of around 14% over the last 10 years which is around 11% when adjusted for inflation. So unless you're investing a very significant amount each month or have a very large starting capital you're probably falling short of the amount needed to retire comfortably. Unless you are suggesting that I should have had a crystal ball and known which specific stocks were going to really take off in which case wouldn't it have been better to buy crypto over the last 10 years and own my own private island lol or maybe if I could have predicted that little Chinese EV startup NIO was going to 800X in 2020 I'd have bought a lot more shares. Anyhow, it's a marathon not a sprint and you're still here so what have you been doing the last 10 years? I'm guessing you are also still a bit short of the 7 figure portfolio value needed to retire.

 

My last OTR job paid me 0.60 cents per mile. Shop around and see how many companies will offer you that much with a W2. Most jobs offering that much are 1099 so I was pretty darn lucky to land that gig. Plus with a 70mph truck to boot. None the less the 3 to 5 hours to get loaded/unloaded was a thing as was traffic and a hesitancy to want to run my clock out do to fears of not being able to find parking after a certain time remained a thing and I averaged between $1,500 and $1,800 a week. Now I'm in the oilfield get paid % of the load and would be very upset if I only had an $1,800 week which I'm on track for this week do to the long hours in the staging areas lately. Hopefully things pick back up again soon or they start paying detention otherwise I'm going to be looking for another job.