You may ask - what is in the name Visually Me? The name stems from the fact that I wanted to build something that is visually pleasing, to visualize our own financial future. I know that there is a plethora of financial calculators out there like calculator.net. Most are fairly basic in terms of the number of inputs / variables that you can specify. Most do not provide projection into the future on a year-by-year basis (e.g. 30 years into your retirement). A lot of these calculators are one-and-done - you perform a calculation for a very specific need and you don't come back until you have another need. I wanted to build something that is persistent - something that will track your financial goals towards ultimate retirement. Our customizable tables and charts allow you to tailor the projection, build scenarios with simple-to-use input forms. No longer do you need to play guessing game on how much your incomes and expenses will be in 30 years.

Welcome to Visually.Me! An app that I wanted to build for my wife and I to take control of our own financial future. Like most typical people, I started off doing our financial and retirement planning from a spreadsheet. Start with a balance, and calculate how much I have been earning from my various investment accounts, etc. I then moved onto doing something a little bit more advanced - using formulas and charts to project my future earnings and income based on a set of assumptions that can be customized as variables. This got me thinking - how can I share that "template" with my friends and colleagues. Obviously I am not going to share my own financial situation with them but I want to share how I am projecting my various income sources down the road. I don't want the hassle of having to remove all of the data when I make improvements to the template with newer capabilities.

With that idea, an MVP (Minimally Viable Product) was born. I made a Linked Post to gauge interests from my friends and colleagues. My initial focus was to build out finacial calculators that are commonly used by most professionals, but with the caveat that the Pension Calculator is based on FERS (Federal Employee Retirement System). It was a timely move since it was built at a time where the current administration was incentivizing early retirements for employees who have been with the federal government for 20+ years.

So far, the calculators that I have built are:

• Retirement Savings
• FERS Pension
• Social Security Benefits
• College Savings and Tuition
• Mortgage Amortization