my year in numbers: portfolio edition, with the embarrassingly simple lesson

36, nurse, no side hustle empire, just overtime I didn't fully hate.

Start of year invested: 118k
End of year invested: 171k
Contributions: 31k
Match: about 4k
Debt paid off: final 6k on student loans

Allocation all year stayed near:
S&P 500 fund 47%
international index 20%
bond fund 18%
REITs 5%
cash 10%

Embarrassingly simple lesson: every flashy idea I wrote in Notes app lost to pick a number, automate it, go work another shift.