Going to graduate school at 29.

Time will tell if this is a good financial decision:
Staying at a job with a pension where I can retire with 60% of my salary at age 60. That should be around $5000 a month. The highest social security amount is $2,788 and I would have to wait until age 67. So from 60 to 67 the pension should be worth 420,000.

T14 law school. Got a biglaw job and a spouse with the same.

Buying a house in Logan in 2003.

Buying our house in 1998. It was a stretch, but sold for more than double 12 years later. Just lucky timing.

Buying a house for $550K even tho the bank approved us for $975k.

Not buying a house in 2006/2007. Pulling that money out of the stock market and putting it into a money market account. Sheer dumb luck.

Starting to invest circa 2009/2010.

Buying a house way less than what we could afford. We didn’t even put my husband’s salary on the mortgage application.

Marrying my husband. I got no financial education from my backward, blue-collar high school educated parents. He works with money for a living and he does well. My worst financial decision...probably getting my Phd.

Maxing our my 401k even during my hardest financial years trying to pay back six figure debt.

Getting married, going to law school, buying a house

Going to graduate school. I went from an income of ~30K a year to 100K (mid 90s)

Getting into the habit of living below my means when I first started working full time. Saving is second nature, I don't worry about money, and we've built up a nest egg that allows us to splurge when we want to.

Buying a house in a neighborhood most everyone considered to be too dangerous.

3 blocks from Eastern Market.

What's the best financial decision you ever made?