Persistence compounds

Aging can feel like chronic loss. But the reality is it's almost always ballooning gain.

You thought you'd have reached some goal by now, but you feel further behind than where you started. This chart exists to encourage you without fluff — just showing you the reality of how successful you've actually been, so you can rest in that, enjoy it, and find the motivation within yourself to carry on.

020406080100120140AGE → (140-year lifespan)CAREER · success trajectorythe build years → and beyond (dashed)$1k$10k$100k$1.0M$10.0M$100.0M$1.0B$12k$120k$285k$500kpersonal NW goal $2.0Mbusiness NW goal $500.0M$3.5k$35k$350kNET WORTH · INCOME · INCOME GOAL · Finance— net worth · — income · — income goal (pre-tax)Get married18y → 23yOwn my house and car outright20y → 34yChild 120y → 24y 1mOwn a house, paid cash21y → 33yBuild a real company22y → 29yChild 222y → 26y 5mChild 324y → 28y 10mBest shape of my life25y → 40yChild 426y → 31yPeace over approval30y → 38yChild 528y → 33y 9mChild 630y → 36y 9mgoal (blue)accomplished (green)beat the deadline (gold)

On average you are 7 years and 241 days, or 32% late on reaching your goals.

Family5 years and 47 days · 21% late
Finance12 years and 0 days · 57% late
Health15 years and 0 days · 60% late
Career10 years and 183 days · 50% late
Philosophy8 years and 0 days · 27% late
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Goals slip · accomplishments land later · the line keeps rising  ·  you don't achieve less by being late — only by quitting.