My office recently held a mid-career retirement seminar. I probably should have attended, but I didn’t. Unfortunately, due to the need to balance staffing, some slightly older (though not necessarily senior) members of my team attended and I held back. After all, I’m still early in my career, and there will be other seminars. It was interesting to hear reactions to the seminar though. One coworker popped in and out of the office. … [Read more...]
My taxes are almost done!
I am still waiting for one form from my former mortgage company so I can finish my tax returns. And things are looking good! Or bad, depending on how you view taxes. I'm not sure how the state tax return is going to fall out, but it looks like I'm getting a significant chunk of change from the feds. I'm definitely pleased about this as it makes a great start to my Roth IRA contributions for the year. On the other hand, that's money that … [Read more...]
Check one off the list!
I had a pretty lazy weekend this weekend. Well, as lazy as one can be when starting the weekend with a ten mile race. But with Saturday's race, my spring racing season has come to an end, and now I have time to really work on my house again. And one thing I got done this weekend wasn't a house-related thing. I finally set up my Roth IRA contributions for the year! Yes, I realize that the year is almost half over. The whole house buying … [Read more...]
Don’t give up on retirement!
This article about being able to retire well caught my eye yesterday for a number of reasons. The first, of course, being the idea that people are panicked about the state of their retirement accounts, but they shouldn't worry - they can still have a good retirement. I shouldn't be one to worry, with 30+ years til retirement, but I like to plan ahead. The second thing that caught my eye was this quote: "One of my daughters in her 20s said, … [Read more...]
March Net Worth Update (+9.96%)
March was a great month for my net worth! It increased 9.96%. I have to be honest. The majority of that increase was due to some very generous family members who like to share their wealth among the 20-somethings in our family. I am so thankful for their support. That money goes straight into savings, of course, and ideally, will be saved and allowed to grow and benefit others (is it too soon to start a tiny college fund for my … [Read more...]