Sweet Sixteen
Posted: December 31st, 2016, 3:18 pm
This is a report on the 2016 goals which I posted on a year ago on the ‘Sweet Sixteen’ thread on TMF:
http://boards.fool.co.uk/sweet-sixteen- ... sort=whole
1. Keep working on the retirement investing project.
B minus. Good marks for tracking finances accurately, creating a new long term planning spreadsheet, tax planning and having net worth higher than it was a year ago. Bad marks are various. Too much in cash, objective insufficiently clear, some things I meant to do I haven’t got round to. I haven’t prioritised it, that is the problem. To be addressed next year. .
2. Get fitter (this is a financial goal too. If I am not fit I won’t be collecting my dividends for long. Nor shall I achieve my lifetime target fortune by reinvesting them)
Yes! This one I did prioritise. I am one of that middle aged cohort who had the finger pointed at us recently for being alcoholic overweight slobs. I am pleased to say I am doing something about it. I feel much fitter. I have shed 3 stone and reduced the time it takes me to walk 5k from 65 minutes to 50. (I realise it is fashionable to run the 5k these days, rather than walk it, but I have a bad knee which does not benefit from impact so have stuck to the tortoise approach. ) On the downside, I seem to have developed a tendency to lose my balance and go over sideways for no apparent reason. But at least now if I fall over I shall land with less of a thump.
3. Finish the house refurbishment.
There are jobs left to do, but it is a furnished house now rather than a building site
4. Tidy the garden (currently a mangrove swamp scattered with leftover building materials)
Cconsiderably tidier
5. Support TJ at university.
Sigh. Yes, ongoing saga. Lots of time put into this, lots of stress, but he is still there.
6. Win the Lottery (an alternative short-cut to the target fortune. There is no harm putting it down, like a spell, is there?
Achieved! I won another ticket. Not quite what I intended, though. Try again next year
7. Start finding something else to do.
I have been fairly busy recently so it hasn’t been an issue, but I have given thought to the matter. I realise that procrastinating has been one of my favourite activities over the years. So I may do more of that.
T
http://boards.fool.co.uk/sweet-sixteen- ... sort=whole
1. Keep working on the retirement investing project.
B minus. Good marks for tracking finances accurately, creating a new long term planning spreadsheet, tax planning and having net worth higher than it was a year ago. Bad marks are various. Too much in cash, objective insufficiently clear, some things I meant to do I haven’t got round to. I haven’t prioritised it, that is the problem. To be addressed next year. .
2. Get fitter (this is a financial goal too. If I am not fit I won’t be collecting my dividends for long. Nor shall I achieve my lifetime target fortune by reinvesting them)
Yes! This one I did prioritise. I am one of that middle aged cohort who had the finger pointed at us recently for being alcoholic overweight slobs. I am pleased to say I am doing something about it. I feel much fitter. I have shed 3 stone and reduced the time it takes me to walk 5k from 65 minutes to 50. (I realise it is fashionable to run the 5k these days, rather than walk it, but I have a bad knee which does not benefit from impact so have stuck to the tortoise approach. ) On the downside, I seem to have developed a tendency to lose my balance and go over sideways for no apparent reason. But at least now if I fall over I shall land with less of a thump.
3. Finish the house refurbishment.
There are jobs left to do, but it is a furnished house now rather than a building site
4. Tidy the garden (currently a mangrove swamp scattered with leftover building materials)
Cconsiderably tidier
5. Support TJ at university.
Sigh. Yes, ongoing saga. Lots of time put into this, lots of stress, but he is still there.
6. Win the Lottery (an alternative short-cut to the target fortune. There is no harm putting it down, like a spell, is there?
Achieved! I won another ticket. Not quite what I intended, though. Try again next year
7. Start finding something else to do.
I have been fairly busy recently so it hasn’t been an issue, but I have given thought to the matter. I realise that procrastinating has been one of my favourite activities over the years. So I may do more of that.
T