$12K Journey — Month 18, Week 5: This Week’s Buys

While the Market Panics, Dividends Keep Rising

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My goal is $12,000/month in 10 years. This journey is open to anyone — it’s about creating a legacy, taking care of loved ones, and leaving behind a stream of income that outlives you.

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Chaos Everywhere — Calm Compounding Here

Hey friends — Max here.

Another week in the books.

A week of market uncertainty, Bitcoin drama, and a full-blown Reddit collapse for anyone still searching for the “holy grail” inside income-option funds.

Meanwhile, my life looks… pretty boring in comparison 😅
Training with my older kid.
Training with my younger one.
Feed them.
Put them to bed.
Praise them.
Repeat.

And honestly?
I’ll take this kind of “boring.”

Because while the internet is melting down over earnings headlines, my dividend income quietly climbed another +$80 this week — and tomorrow my wife and I are celebrating with a breakfast date. Small win. Big smile.

Quarterly Hype? I’ll Join the Fun — My DIM Check-In

Everyone is obsessed with quarterly earnings right now.
Feels like the perfect time for Netflix to release a “Q Season” series.

So in that spirit, I decided to do my own earnings check —
Quarterly Dividend Income, or as I call it:

Dividend Income Monthly (DIM)

Let’s see how it’s tracking in 2025:

• Q1’25 actual DIM → $482 per month

• Q2’25 actual DIM → $637 per month

• Q3’25 actual DIM → $788 per month

• Q4 DIM estimate → $827 per month
  (calculated using the MaxDividends App)

We’ll see in January whether the actual number beats the projection 😆

But at the end of the day?
All of this is just a fun side quest.

When income goes up almost every week, there’s really only one thing left to do — exactly what Charlie Munger taught us:

👉 Sit still. Do nothing. Let compounding get to work.

Now… let’s talk shop. My buys this week + next week’s plan. We’ll go through:

🟢 What I bought
🟢 Why I bought it
🟢 Updated portfolio stats
🟢 My next-week plan
🟢 The one stock I’m watching closely now

Details below — let’s dive in 👇

— Max

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