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I'm sitting here with a broken shoulder bone and thinking about good things.
Considering what is going on in the markets and that I have been retired for 2.5yrs (53) I'm very surprised that I'm in such a good mood. Believe me, people don't call me Mr. Sunshine.
I think I'm feeling good because I pulled the trigger on ER, can't/don't want to go back to work and I have enough cash to see me through the downturn. If I were working I think I would be more worried than I am now.
Read more here on how I think things will play out.
http://www.early-retirement.org/for...k-markets-and-how-i-keep-my-sanity-39423.html
So the good things:
- When I ERd I set aside cash for several years of down markets - so the planning is helping me - also I'm not updating my mutual fund prices until 12/31.
- This too shall pass (the market downturn - it will be hard to watch it be dead money for a few years).
- I will be healthy
- Foreign travel will get cheaper - I'm thinking about going to New Zealand and Australia now and maybe Europe if the euro weakens even more.
- Deep cuts in travel costs
- Sales from restaurants to department stores will be huge
- Tourist places will be less crowded
- I'm glad my fears aren't shadowing my ER - too much
It is easy to see the negatives in what is going on but, did I miss any good things?
Considering what is going on in the markets and that I have been retired for 2.5yrs (53) I'm very surprised that I'm in such a good mood. Believe me, people don't call me Mr. Sunshine.
I think I'm feeling good because I pulled the trigger on ER, can't/don't want to go back to work and I have enough cash to see me through the downturn. If I were working I think I would be more worried than I am now.
Read more here on how I think things will play out.
http://www.early-retirement.org/for...k-markets-and-how-i-keep-my-sanity-39423.html
So the good things:
- When I ERd I set aside cash for several years of down markets - so the planning is helping me - also I'm not updating my mutual fund prices until 12/31.
- This too shall pass (the market downturn - it will be hard to watch it be dead money for a few years).
- I will be healthy
- Foreign travel will get cheaper - I'm thinking about going to New Zealand and Australia now and maybe Europe if the euro weakens even more.
- Deep cuts in travel costs
- Sales from restaurants to department stores will be huge
- Tourist places will be less crowded
- I'm glad my fears aren't shadowing my ER - too much
It is easy to see the negatives in what is going on but, did I miss any good things?