Months ago, I thought my goal was to own a house by August of 2007. Now it seems my mind has changed. Argh! Why is it so hard for me to make financial plans? I keep saving for "it" but I haven't identified what "it" is. I'd been stashing my savings into easier access money markets and CD's, because I'd anticipated needing to make the large down payment on the hhouse this summer; now I want to start putting more money into my long term accounts- the Roth IRA, brokerages, 401K.
If I had a crystal ball, I'm sure gazing into it would be like trying to peer through swamp water.
It's so easy to say, "I need to pay my car insurance now," and then reallocate funds to pay it off in one quick payment. Or I can think, "I'm going to take a vacation in three months" and then I start up a short term "vacation fund." Short term goals are a cinch, but long term goals? Since "House 2007" seems to be falling through, should I just rename it "House 2008" and try to shape my savings plan around that?
Future gazing
January 30th, 2007 at 12:58 am
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It seems sort of similar to the financial services field, where i put in about 10 years of time, first working for a company that sold mutual funds and variable annuities to broker/dealers, then later a financial newsletter publisher and then later a consulting company that specialized in financial services clients.
Financial services jobs always require someone with prior financial writing experience becus it tends to be somewhat specialized and it's just a whole lot easier if the writer is at least somewhat familiar with certain sensitivities and challenges. I just lucked out with getting my foot in the door at the first job where they were willing to take me on without the financial background, and after that subsequent jobs were much easier to find in that field.
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