Today was the first edition of the Carnival of Financial Goals. I want to thank Patrick for putting together a brilliant carnival and, of course, including my post. Thanks, Patrick!
The carnival is laid out very cleverly. I say that because whenever I think of financial goals, the first one that comes to mind is debt reduction--probably because I have so much of it,and I've carried it for so long. But this carnival includes 14 financial goals categories.
As much as I enjoyed all of the articles, the Retirement category is my favorite. The Digerati Life and A Renaissance Canuck blog about retiring. The Digerati Life reminds us that life is short and is reassessing her plans to retire as a result of a coworker passing away. A Renaissance Canuck would also like to retire from day job to activities that make her happy. Finally Free from Broke is stepping up his retirement savings next year by planning to make full contributions to his and his wife's Roth IRAs.
With my 50th birthday 40 days away, I often think of retirement. I want to be in control of my next 50 years. That's why I need to free myself from these debt shackles, so that I can move on to saving and investing more. When I'm 80 and I'm sitting on my deck in Hawaii overlooking the Pacific Ocean, I want to look back and have happy thoughts and no regrets.
Wednesday, December 5, 2007
One Carnival, So Many Goals
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Thanks for contributing to the Carnival of Financial Goals! It was a lot of fun to put everything together, and without the support of everyone, wouldn't have been anything! Thanks. ;)
Hi there! Thanks for mentioning my article, hope you enjoyed! Good luck on your retirement goals. I love the idea of spending my post-work days in Hawaii!
I agree with you. Chuck and I would like to retire early - mid 50's - and getting rid of debt now and then building that wealth will get us there!
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