Making 9% annually on a $10,000 portfolio is boring
Making 9% annually on a $100,000 portfolio is exciting
Making 9% annually on a $1,000,000 portfolio is life changing
Keep stacking, Brick by brick.
It gets more exciting as it grows
In 2022, I was making around $2,500 a year in dividends.
That was it.
Then I decided I wanted to build a real passive income machine.
January 2023: $22,646/year
January 2024: $51,357/year
January 2026: $79,935/year
Today: $90,488/year
There was no magic get rich quick strategy.
No chasing ridiculous yields. No high yield bullshit. No shortcut.
It started small. I kept investing. I kept reinvesting. I kept adding. And slowly, the snowball started doing more and more of the work for me.
Now it generates over $7,500 a month without me having to clock in for it.
But the biggest point isn’t my number.
Don’t compare your Chapter 2 to someone else’s Chapter 20.
If you’re making $500 a year right now, build it to $1,000. Then $2,500. Then $5,000.
Your only competition is the number you had last year.
Keep building. The snowball doesn’t care where you started.
10 ETFs I would hold for the next 30 years without flinching 📈💰
$VOO ~ Vanguard S&P 500
$SCHG ~ Schwab US Growth
$SCHD ~ Schwab US Dividend Equity
$DGRO ~ iShares Core Dividend Growth
$DGRW ~ WisdomTree US Quality Dividend Growth
$SPYI ~ NEOS S&P 500 High Income
$JEPQ ~ JPMorgan NASDAQ Equity Premium Income
$DIVO ~ Amplify CWP Enhanced Dividend Income
$VYMI ~ Vanguard International High Dividend Yield
$GPIX ~ Goldman Sachs S&P 500 Premium Income
Which one is already in your portfolio? 👇