$100,000
One hundred thousand dollars. Twenty years ago when I was an optimistic high school student (even a young college student or truly even when I was a young lawyer) I dreamed of having $100,000 in cash or salary. I thought a six figure salary meant that you were rich. I thought a $100,000 was a lot of money. Frankly, it is a lot of money and I would not turn down a $100,000 salary or $100,000 in cash. However, in the last 20 years I have learned that a $100,000 does not make you rich. What made me think of this? I finally reached $100,000 in cash/investments. I hate to break this to you all, but despite this, I'm not rich. For future me, I want to lay it out. $57,175 in investments Roth/Taxable account $10,989 in a HYSA $33,429 in a bank account Total: $101,593 I know this is only a temporary amount of money. The stock market may drop considerably today and I'll have substantial losses. Also, over $25,000 of this money (in the HYSA an...